Final Pieces – Remade: Toru and Wha

Materials: sterling silver, gold leaf, rooster feathers

End Statement 2 – Melissa

You were stolen.

I cried for a bit.

And then I remade you with a few changes.  Better than before.

The End (for now).

End statement – Melissa

That’s it I’m done.  You are free to go now.

It was a bit frustrating until I accepted it wasn’t right to try and change you.   But I like the end result.  I think it works well.

Good luck out there x

Mid Point – Melissa

Dear Feather

I’ve kept you in the envelope since I got you, now its time to set you free.

You’ve been cramped up in there, your lush greens and deep reds peeking through the plastic window, a flash of colour when you fall from my workbook.

I thought maybe I shouldn’t use you, that I should be conceptual, go beyond, underneath, over, around, but then I realised in doing so I could well be denying your refulgent nature.

I’m not gonna fight you no more.  You are what you are and all I can do is give you a platform for the world to see.

I hope I can do you justice.

From me x

PS I found you some feathery friends:

PPS I may have to chop you up sorry.

Beginning Statement Melissa

Refulgent – shining brightly, radiant, gleaming.   The word is not nearly as pretty as the meaning but what a word!  Lends itself perfectly to jewellery.  Doesn’t it??

And a rooster feather (a bit kismet to get this considering my last two brooches used feathers).  It’s beautiful.  I bet he was too.

It seems to me there’s only thing for it really.  Bling.  Facets.  Big, sparkly, shiny, stand up and take notice jewellery.  

 At least I think so anyway …

Material to Melissa Byrne (Whitireia) from Kate Hutchinson (SCA)

Text to Melissa Byrne (Whitireia) from Kate Walls (SCA)