'Droplets' necklace

I just enjoyed making this one, nice for a change to spend time on a necklace rather than a pendant. The links are hammered with a texture that catches the light well, and it has a clasp that is designed to blend in with the overall look of the piece.

Silver Pendulum Pendant

A 'pendulum' pendant forged from thick silver, with a smooth mirror finish front and a hammered reverse. I've got a bit of a fascination with pendulum shapes and weighty shapes at the moment so there might be more along these lines to follow.

Homing Pigeon Brooch. Silver, steel, computer bearing.

This brooch trembles with the movements of the wearer. The birds are taken from sketches of Plate 169 'Homing Pigeon' in Eadweard Muybridge's 'Animals In Motion'. I used oxidised silver to distinguish the birds from doves, and kept the wires short so they tremble as opposed to swing, a more suitable form of movement for a small bird.

Welsh Love Spoon, Iron Wire and Eggshell, 2003.

This is an interpretation of a Welsh Love Spoon. The fragile binding wire structure set against the half eggshell is a representation of the fragility of love, and the cage like structure of the handle cupping the eggshell symbolises the protective element of relationships. When there is a pair of spoons it is possible to see the heart that they represent.

Bird Rings. Silver, steel and recycled computer parts.

Part of the Eadweard Muybridge series, simple silver bands with bearings from a computer hard drive mounted on the top holding the birds, which spin and move above and around the hand. A conceptual series of work that took further inspiration from Alfred Hitchcocks 'The Birds' - do you remember the main advertisement poster in which Tippi Hedren had her hands in the air with birds circling above?

Running Man Bangle, Silver.

'Running Man' bangle inspired by Eadweard Muybridge's images capturing humans in motion. The bangle is made entirely from sterling silver, with each running man pierced from 0.5mm sheet, then hardened, shaped and polished before being rivited onto the bangle.