Pearls & Steel....

Another piece within my wedding collection is a forged steel necklace suspended on a string of fresh water pearls. The combination of blackened forged steel and the creamy pearls is beautiful. Inspiration for this piece came when looking through wedding magazines and I saw the below image of green pearls with a diamond encrusted element. What first got me excited was the angle of the piece, not having the main element in the centre. I thought u could do that but bigger and with a classical look. The below image is just a sample of my idea and where I am with it now. However I have just ordered my pearls so they will be on here very soon!

Forged Silver Headpiece

These are a selection of photographs of my first ever forged silver headpiece.t first it was a daunting experience as the material was so new to me and it does not work the same as steel. However once I started and began to understand how the material moves it was incredible to forge. What was most enjoyable was the softness of the silver compared to steel. When forging silver I use the same techniques tools and methods as I do when forging my steel pieces. This is a important fact to my work as it emphasises my idea of precious vs. non precious with the question what actually makes it precious. I hope to answer that question with my work by treating each piece exactly the same regardless of the material used. Therefore it is just the design and skill that has made the piece precious.