Commissions - II

The second piece I made for Elizabeth for one of her wedding party is like an amalgamation of a couple of pieces I've made before. She liked the idea of a lariat style necklace - like "anyone can fall in love" but decided she would like a cat with the heart instead of "anyone" as the recipient is a cat lover.

So here is Elizabeth's second piece:

If I was naming it, it would probably be something like "my heart belongs to my cat".....

Again, I've put the date of the wedding on the bottom.

I'll show you some more commissions as and when I finish them - but it could be a while yet as one of my dear friends is getting married this weekend. Festivities run from Friday lunch all the way through to Sunday brunch. We are hosting the wedding brunch on the Sunday at our home. I made her some necklaces for the wedding party too - so after this weekend, I'll show you those.

Seems like the blog has gone from sequel posts of "collaborations" to now one about "commissions" .....I wonder what will come next????? "c....."???

Commissions - I

I am doing quite a few commissions right now - in fact, I have 10 on at the moment.

I'm doing a couple for the daughter of a friend. The daughter is getting married on the 1st August. They both came round to my studio a couple of weeks ago and looked at what pieces I had, then came up with two ideas.

Here's the first one:


You may well recognise the design as I have done another bunch of grapes like this a long time ago - but then it was smaller. Elizabeth saw those and asked that I make a larger version as her friend wears large pieces! So it's a biiiiiiig bunch of grapes! They are 6cm long from stalk to bottom - but as it hangs from an angle, it isn't quite that long.

It seemed pretty large when I'd done it - but when you hold it up, it works well, as the holes for the grapes don't make it bulky. I like it - think it works well at this size.

The wedding is here in Sonoma County - aka wine country - so I think it will be appropriate. I also "wrote" the date of the wedding on the back of the piece.

Seems so different from my style nowadays..........

Artisan Wedding Jewelry

I've just finished a commission to make a necklace and earrings for someone in Germany for her wedding next month. She had seen some of my flower pieces and so selected a type of flower and this is what I made her:


How nice to have a spring wedding and wear flowers for jewelry!

Many congratulations Beatrice. Have a wonderful special day on May 15th - and enjoy your life together.