Yet more brooches

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A few more brooches . . . . my favourite art form.

This brooch was constructed using sterling silver and carved

18K yellow gold set with Owyhee Jasper.

Inspired by the dramatic landscape of the Guilin area of China.

70 mm x 50 mm x 12mm

From an original design done on 14/10/1986,

some ideas take time to come to fruition!

This brooch is cast and fabricated in

sterling silver with 18K yellow gold, set with a cabochon zircon.

Part of a Christmas collection called "Brussels Sprouts"

(note: I visited Belgium that year!)

"Waveform" © Neil Aird

This brooch incorporates a section of laminated niobium and aluminium,

etched and anodized by my Kingston associate Paul Smits.

The Sterling section was cast. 18K yellow gold was fabricated and applied.

Above is a 7.87ct Crystal Opal from the Black Flag Fields, Coober Pedy.

I designed the brooch using 18K red,

yellow and green gold with palladium settings for the small Diamonds.

The Opal was spectacular, with a bright orange flash

when viewed at 90 degrees to this photograph.

The brooch had double pinstem to permit wearing in any orientation.

The fourth brooch again incorporated a section of etched,

laminated niobium and aluminium by Paul Smits.

I set it with two long rectangular Brazilian Tourmaline gems.

18 karat yellow gold and sterling silver framed the laminated centre section.

This brooch is sterling silver and eighteen karat yellow gold

with yet another sample of etched aluminium and niobium.

The small brooch shown below was fabricated in 18 karat red,

green, yellow and white golds.

One of a series of "Treeform" brooches I made.

"Four Seasons" © NCA

This brooch used several new techniques (to me) in the process of construction.

The first was the inlay of 24K (999/1000) gold into silver (925/1000)

without the use of solder.

(The small squares - one is on the trunk of the tree and

the four others integrated into the apartment block).

To complete this task I had to make some special "Japanese" chasing/inlay tools.

Continuing on the Tree theme. Here is "Treescape" which uses Tantalum in the background.

The back was at one point a Niobium and Aluminiun panel depicting ice-floes,

but since this brooch was heading to the west coast of Canada for an exhibition

"East meets West" I replaced the background with the Pacific Ocean instead.

The "book" shape was to symbolize the use of new trees for paper, instead of recycling old paper.

Above is a very simple brooch in oxidized sterling silver

with 24K (999/1000) gold and a stunning little black opal.

For a change, this is a small pendant in sterling and 18K

with a small oval Lapis Lazuli from Afghanistan.

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