Skyscape Neckpiece - Night
As the price of silver and gold continues to rise myself and many jewellers have been forced to reevaluate our ways of utilising precious metals. In a contemporary jewellery practice this consideration holds within it the opportunity to do something exciting - something new. In the case of this work, silver and gold become powder, which is then combined with vitreous enamel - a typically industrial material that once was used to coat our road signs, white goods and cookware. The mix is fired onto stainless steel and together these elements create a technique that is entirely new, that suits the creation of jewellery but also begs to be applied in other contexts and opens up an exciting world of continuing material innovation.
Photography by Connor Patterson