All work

No. 20

Metalwork & Jewellery

Deviant Collection

A five-piece jewellery collection: cuff, brooch, mask, pendant and ring.

Winged brooch in polished white metal with two wire-wrapped stones hanging on chains, on dark cloth.

The project

A collection of five pieces shown together in a display case: an openwork cuff bracelet, a winged brooch with two hanging stones, a pierced mask, a pendant and a ring set with a blue stone. Process photographs show design sketches, hand-piercing, soldering and wax carving.

Category

Metalwork & Jewellery

Year

2021

Gallery

Openwork cuff bracelet in polished white metal.
Ring set with a square blue stone.
Pencil design sketch for the winged brooch.
The collection displayed in a case: mask, cuff and ring on white plinths.
Mask pierced from sheet metal with fine scrollwork, on the bench peg.
Openwork cuff bracelet in polished white metal.
Ring set with a square blue stone.
Pencil design sketch for the winged brooch.
The collection displayed in a case: mask, cuff and ring on white plinths.
Mask pierced from sheet metal with fine scrollwork, on the bench peg.
Openwork cuff bracelet in polished white metal.
The collection displayed in a case: mask, cuff and ring on white plinths.
Ring set with a square blue stone.
Mask pierced from sheet metal with fine scrollwork, on the bench peg.
Pencil design sketch for the winged brooch.

Process

Filing a pierced wing section against the bench peg.
Soldering a piece with a torch on a soldering block.
The cuff in copper being finished with a rotary tool.
Brooch wings and a cross pendant pierced in copper.
The mask pierced and formed in copper.
The ring on the bench before polishing and stone setting.

Next project

Faceted Copper Teapot

Faceted hexagonal teapot body folded from copper-coloured sheet, with a formed spout, on the workbench.