The tiger’s face is in fine silver burnished with 24ct gold foil by the Korean technique of Keum Boo to give the golden stripes of his coat, with the black stripes in patinated silver.  His eyes are orange glass foiled beads.  The chain passes through a fixed bale hidden at the back of the piece.

Ref P-TIG Size 60mm high

The lion’s face is in sterling silver with a muzzle of black patinated silver. The eyebrows are of 9ct gold and the eyes are tigers-eye beads.  The face is suspended over a black rubber necklet which passes through a tube within the creature’s muzzle.

Ref P-LIO Size 60mm high

The giraffe is in sterling silver with 9ct gold decoration to give his characteristic checked coat.  The eyes are tiger’s eye beads.

Ref P-GIR Size 55mm high

The zebra has his stripes pressed into the sterling silver sheet through rolling against a stencil of textured paper. The impressed stripes are then black patinated. His eyes are black Swarovski crystal beads.

Ref P-ZEB Size 60mm high

A pair of dolphins dance within the oval frame.  Both are sterling silver with 9ct gold decoration, one bright silver the other black matt silver.

Ref P-DOL Size 52mm high

The whole beast is depicted in alternating layers of bright and matt black sterling silver from his rump on the back of the pendant to the nose at the front.  His eyes are black Swarovski crystal beads.

Ref P-PAN Size 50mm diameter

This piece in a combination sterling and fine silver has been textured by rolling with paper having been burnished with strips of 24ct gold foil.  All the silver of the fish has been patinated to give an entirely black and gold piece, with a black onyx bead eye.

Ref P-FIS Size 50mm diameter

The snake coils around the circular frame attached only by the tip of his tail.  His body is a mixed metal wire drawn from a twisted strand of silver copper and bronze.  The head detail and tongue are of 18ct gold.

Ref P-SNK Size 55mm high

The seahorse stands within the oval frame attached only by the curled end to his tail.  Largely of sterling silver the top-most fin is of fine silver to support burnished gold decoration.  Within the gold tube of his eye is a tiny sapphire, visible when holding the piece up to the light.

Ref P-SHO Size 75mm high

The sea lion is performing his classic trick of balancing a ball on his nose.  The ball is a Chinese Chrysocolla bead. He is of patinated sterling silver with 18ct gold wire whiskers.  Within the gold tube of his eye is a tiny citrine, visible when holding the piece up to the light.  The pendant is reversible.

Ref P-SLN Size 55mm high

The elephant pendant is in sterling silver with red Swarovski crystal eyes, connected to the circular frame by the tip of his trunk.

Ref P-ELE Size 50mm diameter

This is a large brooch in sterling silver as a complex multi-layer design with his camouflage pattern depicted in bright and black patinated areas.  He has green malachite bead eyes.  The same design could be made to a smaller scale if preferred.

Ref B-FRG Size 80mm diameter

This is a large brooch in sterling silver.  The body of the dragonfly is a row of iridescent glass embroidery beads threaded onto a silver wire. The same design could be made to a smaller scale if preferred.

Ref B-DFY Size 80mm diameter

This oval brooch as the orca is in silver, part black patinated jumping out of a sea of green agate.

Ref BR-ORC Size 55 x45mm

This brooch was created for an Italian exhibition entitled 'The posing Jewel'.  It is a large statement piece, constructed in complex layered pieces of sterling silver.  The eyes are blue crystal beads.

Ref BR-CRB Size 75mm diameter.

This brooch is a statement piece made as an entry for an Italian exhibition entitled 'The Posing Jewel'. constructed fro sterling silver sheet and wire, each prawn was modelled separately and the soldered to the circular brooch frame behind.  Each prawn has different coloured eyes of lapis, onyx and malachite.

ref BR-PRN  Size 90mm diameter.

A friendly black-faced ram as a layered sterling silver pendant.

Ref: P-RAM 55mm

This striking agate bead has been formed into a pendant of silver tubes.  The 'chain' is a purple and white kumihimo cord, knotted between each silver spacer bead.

Ref K-P-KNOT 60mm long

This large deep blue agate bead is suspended in a silver frame on a blue/white/grey kumihimo cord.

Ref K-BLUE 55mm long

This necklace is a deep blue striped agate bead suspended on a silver tube. The fastening is a bold silver hook and eye.  The cord is a 12 thread multi-coloured kumihimo rope.

Ref: K-Blue 2 Pendant bead is 40mm

These unusually shaped rhombic agate beads are on silver droppers to radiate from a matching cord.

Ref K-RUSS - Beads are 50mm long

A beautiful translucent large disc of moss agate suspended from a spiral of silver around a matching kumihimo cord.

Ref K-Moss2

I have made a wide variety of these picture jasper cabouchons set in silver on kumihimo cords with threads to match the colours in the stone

Here we have The Chrysler Building and Statue of Liberty

REF PC-NY Size 55mm high

Here the Eifel Tower and Louvre Pyramid

Ref PC-PAR Size 55mm high

Sydney Harbour with the opera house and bridge

The sun has a central Botswana Agate bead surrounded by silver and gold wire rays while the sand has been burnished with gold foil and textured by rolling with sandpaper.

Ref BR-SUN Size 50mm diameter

The moon is a white Howlite bead set over a sky of matt black patinated silver with gold stars in burnished foil.

Ref BR-MOON Size 50mm diameter

An 18ct gold lightning bolt drops from black billowing clouds into the stormy sea, backed by sheets of rain in black silver wire.

Ref BR-CLOUD Size 50mm diameter

This brooch has a concave background of black patinated night sky shot with gold inlayed sparks.  Bursts of iridescent hematite stars on gold wires are the forground.

Ref: BR-FIR 50mm dia

These simple earrings with comfortable Omega Clips are a perfect companion for any of the chevron necklaces.

Ref ER-CHV 25mm

This silver bangle shimmers with trembling hematite stars.

Ref BA-STA 75mm dia.

This necklace of alternating interlocked hematite and silver hearts has a fluid movement like its sister the H-Link Necklace,

Ref N-HEART 52mm long.

A purple chevron bead forms a flying kite in this oval brooch.

Ref BR-KITE 44 x 55mm

Six of the chevron beads nestle into this simple circular brooch.

Ref BR-CHV

This necklace is alternate iridescent hematite chevrons and silver beads.  The silver beads are H-shaped which prevents the beads from spinning on the cord.  This is a threaded necklace that moves like a chain in a flowing motion.

Ref: N-CHV-H-LINK  Various lengths available to order.

This dramatic bangle is sterling silver with iridescent Hematite beads suspended on wires that pass through the bangle structure.

Ref: BA-CHV 50mm wide 70mm dia

This group of delicate pieces uses the wide rainge of Hematite beads available set on silver wires to generate snowflake-like clusters

EP Hematite beads woven into pendants with silver wire

These beads are available in a dramatic range of shapes and iridescent colours.

A range of jolly earrings to match the hematite necklaces

Green and blue cast glass beads are set apart by shaped silver spacers that keep the beads flat and in position.

Ref N- WAV. 54mm long

The centrepiece of this necklace is in Argentium silver decorated to match the deep blue crackle agate discs to each side.

Ref N-CRK length 54mm

A rainbow of coloured jade beads with silver tube spacers

Rich midnight blue agate beads with spacers of silver triangular tubes.

Deep green crackle quartz beads with curved silver spacers

These agate beads lie flat between intricate silver spacer beads

A choice of black onyx or white coral beads with or without bead caps

Intricate fabricated spacers keep these delicate aqua jade coin beads flat, can you see the choirs faces in the spacers?

A statement necklace of patterned silver spacers and domed beads with green jade ring beads.

A necklace of shaped stone beads of dragons blood jasper threaded with silver beads and tubes.

A bead tube bead necklace of facetted quartz beads and decorated silver tube spacers.

This crouching dragon grasps the encircling chain ready to take flight.  Layered in sterling silver sheet the eyes are amber beads and the flame from the mouth and nostrils is in 9ct gold sheet.

Ref N-DGN Size 135mm wingspan

Dragon necklace Detail

This is a segmental necklace in layered sterling silver fused near melting point to give this textured surface .

Ref N-CROWN

Dramatic Argentium star flower with set citrine gem as its centre.

Ref N-STAR 60mm long.

The cocktail stick here is a long loose pin used to fasten the piece through your coat into the tube of the glass stem.  The ice cubes are Swarovski glass crystal.

Ref BR-MART 100 x 60mm

The three layers of foliage, bright silver, patinated silver and silver with burnished gold foil hold in place the apples which are small rubies and tanzanites.  Trunk, roots and branches are fabricated from 9ct gold wire.

P-ATREE size 45mm dia.

These pieces are domes of fine silver decorated in burnished gold foil and patinated.

ref BR-SNO/ E=SNO  65mm dia.

This sterling silver cylindrical box has a disc of translucent agate set as the lid.  It is lined with white leather.

Ref BX-ALT Size 65 mm high 75mm diameter

This jar has a bohemian glass crystal cylindrical body with a sterling silver lid.  The knob is a glass crystal bead in a choice of colours.

Ref BX-GTJ  Size 175mm diameter 340mm tall.

This silver filigree holder with hinged lid holds a toughened glass tumbler for the preserves.  The tumbler is removable and replaceable.

Ref: BX-MJAR 75mm dia 100mm high

This shows the jar closed.

Drip shaped silver box with swivel lid of blue jasper. White leather lining

Tiny pill box with carnelian cabochon lid. Inscribed with ‘a pill a day keeps doctor away’

This statement bangle is set with trembling hematite beads suspended on a wire that runs within a central tube.

Ref BA-CHEV

This sterling silver cuff has 9ct gold applique to add interest and colour to the design.

Ref BA-FDL

This piece is filigree made from over a metre of rectangular silver wire.

Ref BA-SQG

This statement cuff is in the tarnish resistant Argentium silver alloy with fused decoration in 9ct gold.

Ref BA-APL

A sterling silver bangle with a trembling ring of rainbow hematite stars.

Ref BA-STAR

This silver bangle could be made with any text.  My one reads ‘All that glisters is not gold’  The anticlastic section shields the words from damage and catching on clothing.

BA-SHK

A solid silver oval bangle decorated by a panel of woven glass beads

A nine-sided polygonal bangle set with nine blue jade coin beads.

This brooch was made for and entered in the Legnica Silver Festival exhibition, theme ‘Silver’. It represents the silver atom which has 47 electrons in five orbits. It is in sterling silver with a nucleus of electroplated hematite an electrons of 9ct gold beads.

Ref BR-ATOM 75 x 55mm

This brooch commemorates the 2004 Rosetta space mission made and entered in the ACJ (Association for Contemporary Jewellery) exhibition theme ‘Icons’.  It shows the spacecraft in silver with solar panels of 9ct gold floating above a disc of purple agate representing deep space.

Ref BR-RSM 60mm dia.

This large silver ring has a flat-bottomed glass crystal stone.  Inside and viewed through the stone is a coiled snake whose tail sticks out through a hole in the stone.  It was made for and entered in the Legnica Silver festival themed ‘Illusion’.

R-HSNK.

Here is the snake!

This large brooch has a concave silver mirror as its centre so that when you view the piece you see your reflection distorted and upside down.  there is an insect on the edge of the frame which is engraved with the words:- ‘ the gift to give us is to see ourselves as others see us’  It is a quote from a Robert Burns poem ‘the Louse’  where a smartly dressed woman is unaware of a louse on her hat.

It was made for and entered into the Legnica Silver Festival themed ‘Illusion’.

Ref BR-LOUSE

this pendant was made for entered and accepted for the ACJ exhibition themed ‘Slight of Hand’. It is worn initially as shown here with the top hat brim up with wand across the top.  if commented on the wearer swivels the hat over to click into place brim down…….

…… as the hat tips three bluebirds ‘fly’ out.

Ref P-TRICK  85 x 45mm

This silver pendant is the EU flag with twelve 9ct gold stars one of which has torn out and is dropping through the frame.  Around the outside of the frame are stamped the words. ‘Don’t blame me - I voted to remain’.

It was made for and entered in the Legnica Silver Festival theme ‘Identity’. It was entered and accepted into the exhibition ‘In my Opinion’ which has toured to London, Beijing and several venues in Poland.

This silver pendant on its cord of leather barbed wire was made for entered in the Legnica Silver Festival for the theme ‘Boundaries’ The flower has a citrine centre and one layer of petals plated in rose gold.

Ref P-ROSE 55mm dia.

This brooch was made for and entered in the Association for Contemporary Jewellery exhibition theme ‘Meaning and Messages’ Hands, soap bubbles and virus all feature with the rim text reading ‘now wash your hands’

This brooch was made for and entered in the Legnica Silver Festival Exhibition theme ‘Still Human’. The face reflects the emotions on that part of the rim.

A selection of rings made in the tarnish resistant silver alloy, Argentium.