Vetkat Kruiper

Vetkat Kruiper was a contemporary artist who continued the tradition of Bushman rock paintings. At an exhibition at Bergtheil Museum in Westville, Durban a while back, jewellers were asked to create a line of jewellery based on his artworks.
Using 1 of his paintings as a reference (image unavailable), I created the following element:The idea was to make a long necklace with these set at intervals.

Clover Basket

I came to the realisation that, as it is, the piece will lie 2 flat on the hand, so I'm going to bend the petals downwards slightly. In doing so, the actual clover will need to sit higher on the shank, necessitating a basket. I want to pierce a modified version of the image above for the basket.

At last! The Nightmare is Over!

The filigree on this piece gave me endless problems. I have been using thinner wire for my recent projects and it's taking a while to get used to soldering it. As a result, I had a few melted mishaps and on 1 occasion, the entire piece was literally stuck to my soldering block and caused an entire section to yanked out! But now it's done and needs to be put on a shank.