Birthday Banquet

Of late, my younger brother turned 21. In collaboration with Jimwah from upcoming label Giraffe Banquet, I created this one-off piece to compliment his boyish good looks and cool kid styles -

The necklace consists of a brass, geometrical, hand forged ring and a bronze cast nintendo 'crucifix' arrow control button (courtesy of Jimwah) . I intended it to be a memento of  playing N64 games  as kids.

 

 

The brass ring was originally a technical exercise where I took four brass rod rings and deconstructed & reconstructed them to create different forms.

Alas, my brother already has lost this necklace, while riding a banana boat in Fiji. I guess with the coming of age, wisdom does not always follow. Happy Birthday Marky-Moo. x

Old as New

Over the summer break, I've re-visited some old pieces and given them a new look in terms of surface and use. A few subtle changes can shed an object into a whole new light.




Twig Ring, from Wilberforce series, originally taken through a dipping process to deepen and highlight parts of the silver...


...now heat-treated white, said to look more like bones than twigs. It has been converted to a pendant, simply hung on knotted cotton thread to not detract focus from the central piece and to keep an organic feel.




Other pieces I've made over recently are my ready-to-wear kite tail inspired bow ring and bangle, transitioned from the cover piece made last semester:

Original cover piece, inspired by Roksanda Ilincic and kite tails..




Transitioned into Ready To Wear :hand forged, heat-treated white silver bangle and ring with organza kite-tail bows









I scored these flash pics while collaborating with other fashion and photog students for an end of year shoot. Lucky I brought some of my own pieces along to snap.







Photography - Adrian Mansueto

Threads - Erin Boubli

Location - Raffles Design College studio, North Sydney


Makeover: I replaced the frayed edge for a more tailored take on the over-sized bow. Shame I haven't got these remakes photographed so nicely. Good shots make all the difference.

Blessed & Wed

I recently had the pleasure of being in the presence of true love this past 29th of December and the honour of making the groom's ring and the bride's big black bow. My dear friend Kesh and her husband Tim held their reception at Oxford Street's low key, classy pizza joint, Love Supreme, Sydney. I can easily say it was the most laid-back enjoyable wedding, with great food, including a massive stack of Rocky Road as their wedding cake. Congrats guys! X




Tim wanted a more rustic wedding band and so it felt strange to let solder marks be solder marks and lines be lines. I sanded it up only using the coarsest grade of sandpaper and groom was happy.







Kesh wanted an over-sized black bow as a headpiece that matched black zipper heels. I used a fine black velveteen fabric and simple clip. The wedding shoot is also featured on OnceWed , a site that even makes the 'never planned my dream wedding at the age of 12' kind of girl sit up and take notice.





Dress – Lorraine Bryce

Kesh’s shoes: Juicy Couture

Kesh’s Bow and Tim’s ring: Andrea Santoso

Tim’s suit – We Rob Banks

Tim’s shoes: St&ard

Reception venue - Love Supreme

Photographer: Jonas Peterson (SERIOUSLY INCREDIBLE PHOTOGRAPHER! Full shoot on this link)

Shoot Location: Centennial Park and Love Supreme, Sydney

Adding a ring to it.

Sorry about the false start. I set up this blog then didn't post for a while. I guess I'll start off with this piece I finished last semester. This ring was in response to the significance of my childhood experiences of a place I often visited growing up. My Opa (grandfather) planted thousands of Oak trees on this property after migrating from Germany. Our family's horses now occupy the area.

Wilberforce Ring, 2009, nickel silver, copper, horse hair

The piece was created from forming a dome that was then hammer textured and burnished. Copper wire formed the acorn cap sprig and horse hair was sewn into the centre as a nest.

here's some close ups..





some supporting material..

Twig Ring, 2009, cast silver.

Carved from wax and cast in silver, I uses a dipping process of sulpher, ammonia and bi-carb to achieve the colouring on the surface.

Oak Leaf, 2009, brooch, nickel silver

Roll milled with a paper stencil, this brooch was saw-pierced to create it's veins.