Put the kettle on.....

These are snaps of the collection I made for the "Put the kettle on" group exhibition in July this year at Red Poles in the McLaren Vale here in South Australia.

We each made a tea cosy in the theme of the Mad Hatters Tea Party which was a lot of fun indeed!

Leaf to Cup

Sterling Silver, fabric, cotton

Cupless

Sterling Silver, Enamel paint

Doilace

Sterling Silver, Vintage Fabric, Cotton

Lapsang Toogood

Sterling Silver, Coloured Pencil, Vintage tablecloth

Milk in First

Sterling Silver, Enamel paint

Sweet T

Sterling Silver, Leather, engraved

Resin Necklace

Resin, rubber and sterling silver.

Daisy Bowl

Copper Wire soldered and coloured.

Butterly Stick Pin

Sterling silver and Titanium

Terra Australis

Another pair of earrings for the exhibition. Quandong seeds and sterling silver.

Cherry Blossom Bracelet

Working on mixing sterling silver and leather and made this Cherry Blossom bracelet.

Terra Australis

The above is a collection of work I have created for the Terra Australis exhibition at The Red Shed Studio/Gallery. I have used the seeds from the Quandong fruit (the native peach of Australia), sterling silver, enamel paint.

SALA (South Australian Living Artists) August 5-28 2011

Terra Australis

Red Shed Studio/Gallery

Shed 2/75 Main South Road

O'Halloran Hill

SA

Ceramic Jewellery

I have been playing around with clay in the Ceramics Studio at Tafe O'Halloran Hill. Here are two examples. The necklace made with pressing lace into the clay. The earrings by pressing vintage buttons into the clay. Bit of an experiment!

Aroha

Aroha - "love" in Maori. Made with sterling silver and coloured pencils.