Handmade at Kew - Making Roses inspired jewellery

Roses are beautiful flowers and convey messages depending on their colours. Red roses are a symbol of true love, yellow brings messages of platonic love and white conveys innocence and purity.

 

 

 

   

 

Sketches of roses

I took various photographs of clusters of roses in bunches and sketched them from above. I then simplified the sketches giving the drawings a stylised feel.

I drew a small area of roses with a fine nibbed pen which I repeated giving the finished design an organic feel to it as there are small gaps inbetween some of the rose shapes.The stylised drawings translated really well into repeat patterns.

                                  

Once etched I cut up the silver to make all of the jewellery items.

      

      

They then went to Assay at Goldsmiths' Hall in London to be hallmarked where I am registered to hall mark my jewellery.

Some pieces had the roses drawings filled with gold giving them a luxurious feel.

 

 Silver and gold Roses money clip.

Collections will be available to purchase at Handmade at Kew 6th - 9th October 2016