Waste Jewellery Disposal Unit

I created this brush brooch and jewellery box in reaction to all the thoughtless, mass-produced jewellery in the world.

Any such unwanted jewellery can be placed into the Waste Jewellery receptacle in preparation for its revivification or recycling.

The brush brooch can be used to sweep any fragments of broken jewellery into the receptacle, ensuring maximised sustainability and outcome of the process.

a Waste Jewellery Disposal Unit is a must have for all environmentally conscious lovers of jewellery everywhere.

Wholeness

This Jewellery piece is an exploration into symbiotic relationships. The relationship between the parts of the piece to each other and the relationship of the brooch to the wearer and the wholeness which springs into being when all the interdependent parts come together.

Without the metal appendages which slide into the housing of the shell structure of the brooch back, the piece is incomplete. Likewise, without the brooch back the patinated metal components (these could be called the brooches perhaps?) are unwearable. The coming together of the pieces brings the Object/s into a state of wholeness which is both physical and visual.

If we follow this line of thinking, the brooch isn't a brooch until it is worn. Before a person pins it to their coat, it is just an object with potential. When worn, this potential is realised, the object becomes jewellery; a Brooch.

Baby Elephant Hike

Pendant - Sterling Silver, neoprene; oxidised.

Brooch - Sterling silver, stainless steel; engraved, oxidised.

Austin Healey Owners Club Comission

These two photos show one of two identical hand made lapel pins which were commissioned by the Box Hill Austin Healey Owners Club.
They are made from (925) Sterling Silver.
The pins will be awarded to longstanding members who have performed outstanding service and their contributions to the club.