Art and crafts inspired by nature in the North
Today I shall show you some of my new autumn jewellery. Shown in the photo above is a necklace composed of pale grey pearls, carved leaves of aventurine together with vintage crystals and a pendant of aventurine and sterling silver. Aventurin comes in several colours, my favourite is the semi translucent green which I have... Continue Reading →
This week there has been an autumn chill in the air, nice weather but definitely signs a colder season coming on. The leaves are just starting to change colour and the fruit on the pear tree in the garden are starting to drop. Magpies and blackbirds are on the ground enjoying a feast. I have... Continue Reading →
Last week I created three new necklaces, two of them being made of two types of coral. The first is composed of red coral and creamy freshwater pearls. The second, in the photograph above, is composed of stingray coral together with pale grey freshwater pearls. The name "Stingray Coral" was named as such for it's... Continue Reading →
February brings storms, lashings of rain and new necklaces! In wet and windy weather, one of the best things to do is to create new jewellery. The necklace above is composed of lava, tubes of hematite together with vintage crystals. These are in total contrast to the pendant which is a heart composed of a... Continue Reading →
At last I have finished a series of jewellery for Christmas. After a spot of bad health, I have not been very creative, so when finished with these five necklaces I felt a feeling of relief - back in business again. This necklace is composed of carved jade, beads of onyx and adventurin, together with... Continue Reading →
Although this photo was taken late summer in Sweden, I feel Autumn vibes. There has been so much rain recently that the main colour locally is grey. Here are two different Heuchera growing beside each other in my front garden flower bed. The leaves are fascinating, different colours on each side of the leaves. One... Continue Reading →
The photo above shows three necklaces I have created in this colour. The main stone used is phrenite, interspersed with smaller beads of amethyst, aventurine and vintage olive-coloured Murano glass. Ferns have unfurled and waft their fronds in the wind I just brought this beautiful vase home from my son's antique/seconhand shop. It is... Continue Reading →
Today I am showing three chunky necklaces which I have created. The first, "Zebra", is of rutilated quartz, together with tiny olivine beads. Rutilated Quartz is a transparent Quartz with golden yellow or black rutile inclusions that are in hairlike growths. The Rutile inclusions range from thin, sparse, and parallel, to thick, dense, and crisscrossed,... Continue Reading →
These are the first pieces of jewellery I have created this year. The necklace in the above photograph is composed of red, purple and violet stones - I really enjoyed putting this together: chunky segments of coral, amethyst and rose quartz, together with glass and Bali silver spacer beads, and with a bracelet to match.... Continue Reading →
The variety of agate beads is never-ending. The lowest necklace in the photograph is composed of egg-shaped agate which I have combined with hematite tubes , labradorite and coral. I feel the shape adds to a modern look. My second creation also has hematite tubes, together with chunky rock crystal, lava and with a carved... Continue Reading →
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