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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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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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Handmade at Kew - Rose Garden inspiration

Posted by Sally Lees on

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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Handmade at Kew - Making Roses inspired jewellery

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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.

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The Houses of Parliament 'New Dawn' Jewellery Commission - Sketches

Posted by Sally Lees on

The 'New Dawn' commission to create a collection of jewellery to accompany Mary Branson's artwork celebrating women's suffrage was an exciting and intense project.

The most difficult thing was that I was sworn to secrecy!  I did so many sketches with lots of ideas with quite diverse designs for the jewellery until we decided on designs for the final pieces.

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