All
the jewellery is handmade on the premises starting
with sheet silver, wires and stones. Each piece
is unique; every stone is set individually and set
with simplicity to allow the stones to “do
the talking”. This philosophy also goes with
the ever growing beaded range. As you can probably
tell nature is a constant inspiration to my work
including her animals and sea life. I also love
incorporating symbols
into my work from different cultures including the
new bay leaves and the spiral. Along with this I
love mixing gold and silver.
Through all these years
the silver feathers have and are still a big part of the
business. Originally inspired by the buzzards that lived
over the old work shop, one day they had baby buzzards
and they then decided that our resident wood pigeons were
good hunting and the constant feather supply soon became
a source for designing the silver feather! . Made one
by one they use every technique on the work bench so they
are great to warm up the hands and their symbolism to
live for your dreams and prayers still rings true with
little feathers philosophy.
Now with around four different stone dealers and four
different silver dealers the range of little feather jewellery
is constantly growing. Every season brings new stones
to work with and new findings to play with and every year
brings the challenge to find and use all these different
pieces in different ways!
You may also notice in the shop the range of native arts
from America and Canada. These two places I have been
lucky enough to travel and all three times they have been
an inspiration I have great respect for their philosophy
and stories. Their use of animals as teachers I find fascinating
as you can tell from both the Zuni fetishes and my silver
smithing.
The other element that I have found that drives my love
for design is the history of jewellery. For many of thousands
of years pieces were worn to guide and protect then it
was worn to show wealth but at the same time other cultures
were wearing it to tell their life story. Jewellery for
centuries has been worn to tell a story or to give an
impression to others I feel that this can still be the
case along with mixing in a bit of crystal healing if
one needs to, it is and should be, a personal thing and
that is what we strive for here.
So have a look around, take your time, relax and enjoy...................................
