LoginShakespeare's Gems Collection
Originally created for the Stratford-upon-Avon Art Society's Summer Exhibition 2024. As it was my first time of exhibiting with the society I wanted to create a something special. I had the idea to design six unique pieces of jewellery using gem stones that are mentioned in Shakespeare’s plays, and chose 6 gemstone quotes to inspire my designs, each from a different play. I had a lot of fun looking at symbolism within each play, and planning how to depict some of these elements. The resulting designs are statement pieces that are much more illustrative than my usual jewellery designs, and each one carries meaning that I hope will resonate with fans of Shakespeare and the theatre. Starting with flat silver sheets and silver wire, I set about the fiddly process of making all the little elements for my designs: tiny toadstools, ivy leaves, comedy and tragedy masks and cutting tiny tufts of grass, stars, poppy seedheads and olive branches.
