I like bowls

I like bowls.

bowls

That is all.

My jewellery collection #24

It’s no secret I have a jewellery-crush on David Neale‘s work … I’ve been unashamed and rather brazen about it.

I’ve been skirting around it for a while now, and following his recent ‘close’ post I finally succumbed to the inevitable – I now own a beautiful piece of David Neale Aster jewellery.

the package

Oh be still my beating heart!!

with flash ... so delicious!

without flash, at night, in my house ... weird ambient colour?

I may have squealed and danced about the house a bit when I opened my parcel …. maybe …

It’s a most magnificent 40mm sterling silver Aster pendent.

Now my task is to find a suitable and worthy chain. In the meantime though, with apologies to David(!), I really really want to wear it so it may actually be first seen on a not-so-ideal chain I already own.

So excited!

… previous post on my jewellery collection #23 …

My favourite book

It’s a big call … I’m not sure I’m quite ready to make it … but let’s just say I was FORCED to choose my favourite book from my collection, this would be it.

my favourite book

‘Colour – Travels through the Paintbox‘ by Victoria Finlay.

You can see by the state of the tome that it has been well-read and much-borrowed. I and my friends are all very careful with books – so the wear isn’t out of disrespect but out of love.

There are so many reasons for my love for this book: the content of course, but also the memories of when I bought it (by ‘accident’ on the first day of a week-long holiday in the north of Scotland) and of when I was reading it.

It is the perfect holiday book. Every artist, especially those interested in the history of colour, would get something from reading it.

My jewellery collection #23

As I wrote in my recent post about the Peaches and Keen exhibition, I have added a new Lucy Hearn (also see artist profile) piece to my collection.

That makes five! [see my collection #13, #9, #7 and #6]

beautiful Lucy Hearn necklace

I wonder if I have the largest collection of Lucy’s pieces (outside her own collection of course)!?

There is such joy and colour in this piece.
It made me smile to wear it today, especially walking in the sunshine.

Plus – it’s my 23rd piece and it’s the 23rd today – yay!

… previous post on my jewellery collection #22 …

My jewellery collection #22

I’ve been admiring the pieces Katherine Wheeler (artist profile) and Abby Seymour have been making recently under their collaborative label Goldenink.

So much so, that now I have added one of their jewellery pieces to my collection.

GoldenInk necklace

It’s weighty (we all remember I like to feel my jewellery), and feels wonderful in my hand and on my chest.

Soon I hope to have some of their tableware too … little bowls happen to be a weakness of mine…

Also, twenty-two is my favourite number. Hoorah all around.

… last post on my jewellery collection #21 …

I like presents

A lovely friend of mine recently went back to her home-country, The Netherlands. She brought me back the most delightfully gorgeous little ceramic box …

too cute

Traditional blue and white ware … and just the perfect size for some of my jewellery collection.

... and handy!

So sweet. I’m a lucky girl.