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Fran Alison

1,  Joker brooch,  Oxidised silver, miniature card, bottle caps
2,  Club brooch, Oxidised silver, miniature card
3,  Diamond brooch, Oxidised silver, miniature card, found jewellery

With Fran Alison's work she finds materials whether it being toys, bottle caps or anything she finds on the street, she can somehow always make it into a beautiful piece of jewellery, see in the 3rd brooch, she uses a ordinary playing card which has what seems to be black card that is stuck behind the card,then using a old piece of jewellery she stuck it right on top of the diamond of the playing card.

Because of this design of her brooch, it has given me an idea to create jewellery out of playing cards, but I would like to make them a bit more crazier by ripping them and mismatching them together, but i might even copy the idea of adding jewellery to cards to make them stand out a bit.

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New Zealand Jeweller

Roy Mason

Name: Celtic Ring and Kiwi- No 57
Material: Pink Gold

With Roy Masons Jewellery it is very easy to tell with his work that they are New Zealand origin mainly because of his designs on them. As you can see with the jewellery on the left he has Maori designs engraved all around the ring.

But his work doesn't necessary show it is from New Zealand because of his use of Moari designs but also his use of materials, the ring down below shows a different aspect of New Zealand.

Title: Contemporary-No. 340
Media: Paua and Mela Mela Ring

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Jewellery with a Symbol

Artist: Gina Machitt
Title: Paua Smash Nike
Date: 2001
Size: 98(Height)x39(Length)x8(Width)
Materials: Paua Shell, Silver, Fine Silver, Stainless Steel, Resin.



I found this piece very intriguing because you can tell it's the Nike Symbol but what really took my interest was how Machitt used Paua Shells inside the tick. I also liked how Nike is a American brand but Machitt added the Paua which kinda gives a New Zealand edge to the design. 

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Cultural Jewellery

Date: First half of 2nd century B.C.
Artist: Unknown
Materials: Gold Country: Greece
Title: Bracelet showing Snakes













In Ancient Greek jewellery commonly consisted of gold beads shaped like shells, and flowers. Bracelets were mainly used on both hands over either elbow or around the wrist, the appearance of the bracelet may seem simple at first, made from solid materials which then forms a spiral or open with or without decorations. 

In mythology the snake stands for fertility or creation of birth. For both Greek and Egyptian mythology, the snake represented eternity. Ouroboros, the Greek symbol for eternity, which consisted a snake curled in a circle or hoop, biting it's own tail, it is also believe that snakes would eat themselves and are reborn from the endless cycle of both destruction and creation.

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Jewellery of the Past

Art Nouveau

Artist:Rene Lalique
Title: Pendant with leaves and poppies
Year: unknown
Media: Blue enamel, yellow-green enamel, white enamble, grey- lavender pearl, gold
   
Originated from France.French jeweler glass maker Rene Lalique, inspired by Japanese art, Lailque was then able to express nature in jewellery to show his different aspects of nature in his works.  

Many jewellers were keen to create this style in tradition, with it's works of sculpted and enameled gold, and also with the acceptance of jewellers as artists, In many of enameled work of period, precious stones receded such as Diamonds, which were usually used with less familiar materials such as molded glass, horn or ivory.