May we see with new eyes, each old thing, each known thing.
Custom Work vs Bespoke Work
March 10, 2019
It is only in 2019 we developed a mindset of having a distinction between custom work and bespoke work.
Recognising this distinction has enabled us to frame our projects, perfect in eliciting a workable budget from a customer and then working to expectations; abuse if without.
The HeART in Revival
March 3, 2019
The meaning of fun is sometimes very heart-wrenching. It is rooted in what you have or didn’t have as a child. It ignores what inspires you, if only to spite you. So you keep listening to your heart, lead or gold.
Last month I made the long box above to house three rings we made. It is now far away. So many times I was tempted to just leave the rings in ordinary ‘professional’ boxes, then I remember I first liked to make things through paper and scissors. I don’t know how to ‘professional’ with ‘warm’.
The Noir in Lo-Fi
January 22, 2019
I always wonder why no one has defined jewellery by music.
Lo-fi jewellery is what it is, jewels that shine not from glitter but from the notes in your heart.
Highways
January 2, 2019
A project involving three rings. This is the first. The face is the size of two knuckles.
For a woman. From her husband. By us. Me. I keep replaying this scene.
This project is very exciting. Because it is one of those projects I get to do what I can feel, and get to do it like that.
Yet every time I photograph the work-in-progress, I am a little astonished.
CCO, or Chinese Ceramics Ornament
December 24, 2018
The reality is we have come to love ceramic ornaments around the same time we started selling and making jewelry.
It is possibly we love the ceramics first, for photo interest and always as a component of our thinking lives.
Porcelain Vocals, Britta Phillips
December 6, 2018
Discovering music is amazing. Britta Phillips’ Drive makes a woman’s version ok.
Making art, making music, why being alive is worth our dreams.