In the pink!

Oh, hello pink my old friend, it's been a while since you have graced my bench so vividly!
Another sneak peek at some pieces for the new unnatural exhibition at Craft Victoria in October.
(I had some expert help).

Sunsets

As the days are starting to get longer and the evenings warmer, the young assistant and I are enjoying staying out later to catch the spectacular sunsets that have been heralding almost-spring. The joy of the colours has crept onto the bench. 

Here are some new earrings and a necklace just sent to Pieces of Eight in Melbourne. 

Some almost spring brightness.

The jasmine in the garden is starting to bloom and its sweet scent is filling the house. My heart sings at this moment each year as it means that spring has almost sprung! 

With spring around the corner, so too the next instalment of my unnatural jewelling adventures with Lauren Simeoni looms (at Craft Victoria in October). My studio is starting to fill with brightly coloured new work and again I am enjoying the simple pleasure that comes with repetition. The piece below is sliced, drilled sections from inside a flower bouquet threaded with freshwater pearls and a plastic flower cast in silver and coloured with enamel paint. I have been doing lots of casting from my collection of plastic plant bits and am enjoying both their silvery presence and returning colour to them with paint. 

Blue boats, grass and door