ABOUT MY WORK
Dragonfly
Arts & Crafts
A collection of my finest treasures
Me on a sunny day out hunting for treasure!
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A beautiful, one off pair of sea foam coloured
Pierced and hung on hand forged sterling silver swan hoops.
Into the Wave
2008
You can buy the original or prints
After finishing my degree in Applied Arts,
I moved to Cornwall and spent many a day beach combing with my dog Mooch, finding bits of beach glass and pottery.
from sea glass (Mor gweder in Cornish)
and beach pottery found on Cornish beaches.
Often
referred to as Sea glass, marine gems, sea sapphires, mermaids tears or
lucky tears.
These interesting bits of 'rubbish' probably started life
as beer and pop bottles.
The most common being jade, or kelly green and brown.
White probably being bits of windows, windshields and glasses.
Teal, maybe Bombay sapphire bottles?
And
the most rare being red, cobalt blue and lilac, which is actually white
sea glass that has reacted with sunlight turning it a lush colour of
light purple. Very hard to spot!!
Sea pottery, however, could be anything from cups and blue and white utility and willow pattern
china plates flung overboard.
Some pieces could be hundreds of years old! Who knows?
White sea glass handmade necklace with hand wound wire features, marine blue glass beads and
a beautiful little piece of genuine
beach pottery.
My sea inspired handmade jewellery designs, of which
no two are ever the same,
consist of genuine beach glass and sea pottery which is naturaly tumbled by the ocean.
When constructing bits of "rubbish" into handmade jewellery,
I
prefer to use sustainable materials, such as, recycled electrical wire,
re-used suede (usually old clothes from car boots or charity shops) and
reclaimed shells.
Therefore satisfying my interest in the natural world and
the desire to look after it.
This gorgeous piece of "Blue and white" sea pottery
was found on a cornish beach on a sunny day.
This beautiful gem has now been made into a unique handmade hemp necklace which can be found on the
In October 2006 I started my handmade jewellery business, Dragonfly Arts and Crafts,
in association with the Princes Trust.
In February 2008 I was invited to meet HRH the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall,
presenting the Duchess with a handmade necklace,
bracelet and earrings.See below.
These pieces were all constructed from hand wound sterling silver wire and New Zealand Paua shell.
Dragonfly
Arts & Crafts
