Welcome to my Etsy Shop. This is where you can find a selection of my hand painted paper ear studs and brooches.
stud earrings 15 x 15 mm
01/39
All my stud earrings are mounted on stainless steel hypoallergenic posts
I have been making this jewellery since 1983. It all started when I was heavily pregnant with our now 28 year old daughter. I was living in London and working in a studio on the top floor of our house in Brixton. It was becoming increasingly difficult to navigate my way around making my textile wall pieces and it was a hot summer, I needed a sit down job! It occurred to me to attempt to make jewellery out of the huge collection of cast off papers I had kept over the years from commissioned wall pieces. So it began and still continues happily today.
Each piece of jewellery is an original work of art, a miniature landscape or abstract art piece. Unique combinations of design and use of multi media on paper and fabric formulate the work. There are many processes building up the layers of colour through hand painting, using gilding creams and metal leaf to embellish the surface and further emboss them with many natural and geometric designs. The gilded surface is sanded to reveal the underlying colours giving the jewellery a distressed appearance. The beauty of the materials is that they are light weight and become very durable when lacquered, which is done to protect them against most daily rigours. I don't recommend a cycle through the washing machine, although they have been known to survive!
You can now purchase my handmade jewellery in my Shop on Etsy 'OfStitchandLine'.
New stock is constantly being added so please check in on a regular basis or sign up to my news letter to be kept up to date with new items, shows and events.
Right: work in progress
Every item of my jewellery is a complete original miniature work of art, all unique and hand crafted. Bespoke earrings and brooches are hand painted using mixed media and gilding metals on paper that is textured and embossed using hand made tools.
My jewellery is available to purchase in various galleries and museums in the Uk and If you would like more information please contact me via email, or visit my Etsy Shop. Thank you
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