A look back!

Silver Leaf earrings


Silver leaf ring


Enamel brooch


Silver Floral cutout earrings with red enamel


Silver Floral cutouts earrings with blue enamel



Floral cut out studs


Forged Two finger leaf ring


Lady knuckleduster ring


Flower finger hugger


I looked back at the work that I produced over the last two years and realised that I have concentrated on forged rings that are sculptered around the hand and floral patterns inspired by lace or fabric, pierced out of silver. Above are a few of my favourite things( to borrow from the Sound of Music).

Sherbert!!(thats only because I don't want someone else to make me swear)

Have you ever felt so frustrated that you could just explode!!!! Well that is how I feel this very moment. Today I got a taste of the real world and that people are not nice all the time. When they are just mean it can really get you unexpectedly. I didn't see that coming at all. Some people want look out for themselves and to hell with the rest. I can imagine that be a lonely place to live in. But lonely as it be right now I am totally pissed off at said people. And before I punch the keys of this computer right through the desk. I'll just stop right here. Hoping that i can put all this in a cyber bubble and blow it away.

Transkei Sunsets

So Maybe you are wondering what the Transkei is. Transkei is where I'm from. Yes I know it's called the Eastern Cape now but I'm from the Transkei. The original if you know what I mean. Some people will know what I mean. The pre-Democracy government formed what they called the "homelands" or the TBVC states made of the former Transkei, Bophutatwana, Venda and Ciskei. That is where I was born and spent many years. I have started to remember what I love about home and all the colours came back. The family holidays at the coast and the sunsets and sunrises at home are like no other. The colours, red, orange, yellows,purples, blues, violets all melt into each other against the green background of the hills.

So I have began my experimenting with enamels to see if I can recreate the sky of the Transkei. This is my first attempt at layering colour. The reds are tough to work on because they burn so easily. And the colours change everytime I fire in the kiln. I'm hoping to add more colours with out over doing it. I don't want that thick look in the enamels. I'm still experimenting so watch this space

Bare Exhibition

I was invited, along with some of my classmates to exhibit at Bare in Morningside Durban. I said yes but didn't know how I was going to manage doing everything(work and exhibition). I think it was a good thing because I had to push myself and came up with some interesting things. Lets not forget that I became a zombi afterwards but that is a story for
another day.

I found paper in my journal that I had stuck in and forgotten about. I drew on the patterns on the embossed paper and found a shape which became the bases for some of my new jewellery. The obvious leaf shape, I found interesting because of it's simplicity and yet organic connetations. The simplified lines of the shape which still have strong reference to a leaf lead me to forging earrings and rings. I also found myself returning to the old mussle like shape that I used last year and using enamel(in the picture above). The multiple finger rings seem to have stuck with me. I would like develope the one in the picture above by adding to it colour by using stones, enamel or other media.

A Spoon full of sugar!!!

So I challenged a friend to taking the plunge and write a poem. I have always wanted to be that type of person who can charm with words. But alas I do not posses the gift. I have decided to take the plunge as long as he does the same. So here is my first attempt. It will hopefully become better with time and practise.

A second counts

it changed my everything

Once I was here now I am there

Will you come for me?

I do not know where there is

It feels so foreign to the touch

I do not belong there

Return me here.

Here, where the seconds are sweet as the sun

And pure as the rain.

They can last a lifetime

So come for me in a second

I'll make it count.

Today I stayed in bed way too long trying to avoid all the things I have to do today. One of them being preparing for an exhibition at Bare in Morningside Durban. Which is on the 2nd of July. But alas the guilt finally got to me and I woke up. So we will have to see what i come up with. Another thing I have to do is try to find tickets(free) to either The MTN Durban Fashion Week or the Durban July. How hard is it to find tickets!!!!!! I have been trying but I'm starting to question my skills. I used to be able to do this!!!! I've lost my MOJO!!

Half Year Display

I had to put up a half year dispaly. Which part of that sentance gives away the fact that I didn't want to do it? But after looking at it I saw somethings that I could work on, like the earrings (now I see I needed a close up). I like the simlpicity of the shape that is formed through forging. The use of line to make a shape is interesting to me. Now I will see if i can actually do some work instead of talking about it.

I did want the display to be a combination of natural, dangerous, harsh and old in the cactus and wood with the delicate lines of the jewellery. But I don't think I achieved that.