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Real Jewellery for real people
Posted by Sally Lees on
I noticed that the lady in the lift was wearing a bright yellow cuff with butterfly motifs on and after straining to see it realised that it was one of my creations! I then said 'I made that cuff you're wearing!' and she said that she had bought it in Greenwich Market some time ago
I asked her for a photograph and she was very kind and said yes!'
The Houses of Parliament 'New Dawn' Jewellery Collection - Making the 'New Dawn' Brooch
Posted by Sally Lees on
I did so many sketches with lots of ideas about quite diverse pieces of jewellery that captured the esscense of the 'New Dawn' artwork. The highly polished surface of the aluminium really suited the job as it can be dyed a variety of vibrant colours.
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- Tags: Aluminium, Blue, Brooch, Commission, Disks, Green, Jewellery, New Dawn, Parliamentary Scrolls, Purple, Red, Silver, Suffragettes, The Houses of Parliament, Yellow
The Houses of Parliament 'New Dawn' jewellery collection - Pin
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The pin was a simple jewellery item to design but presented a few issues in regards to construction. The silver wires had to be attached to the aluminium without soldering as aluminium cannot be soldered to silver so they were inserted through a drilled hole in the centre of the disk.
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- Tags: Aluminium, Commission, Disks, Jewellery, New Dawn, Parliamentary Scrolls, Pin, Silver, The Houses of Parliament
Handmade at Kew - Rose Garden inspiration
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My work is inspired by nature with roses taking centre stage so Kew Gardens is a wonderful place to show my jewellery and cufflinks.
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- Tags: Aluminium, Hand Printed, Handmade, Handmade at Kew, Jewellery, Kew, Kew Gardens, Red, Roses, Silver
The Houses of Parliament 'New Dawn' Jewellery Collection - Inspiration and Conception
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When I was contacted by The Houses of Parliament to write a proposal to create a collection of jewellery to accompany the launch of Mary Branson’s ‘New Dawn’ art installation celebrating women’s suffrage I was both intrigued and excited.
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- Tags: Art, Houses of Parliament, Jewellery, New Dawn, Sally Lees, Suffrage, Women and the vote