'Little' stud earrings
18ct yellow and white gold
Little
earrings with diamond, ruby and sapphire.
18ct yellow gold and sapphire
18ct white gold and diamond
18ct yellow gold and ruby
All of these earrings are at e.g.etal.
Online shop free shipping in Australia
My online shop will have free shipping in Australia until this Saturday, 20/12 when the shop will close for Christmas.
Online Store - 'My Protection'
I have just released a new range of rings and earrings onto my online store:
http://katherinebowman.bigcartel.com
This range is exclusive to my store.
The rings which form this group are intentionally heavy, so that their presence is felt when worn. Like amulets and talismans, constant awareness increases experience of the piece.
Details of each piece are listed on the shop.
I am more than happy to custom make new work based on these pieces, or make to size.
New work will be added over the next couple of days.
Each jewellery item is a 'one off', I do not have multiples of each, I will make a new one as one sells.
The images here have been put together by Subhadra Mistry who did an internship with me during the year.
She has used images taken by Marli Scott to sit with the individual jewellery pieces.
The landscape photos were taken in the United Kingdom.
'Large Pledge' earrings set with green tourmalines
Sterling silver and 9ct yellow gold Large Pledge earrings set with two 7mm round natural green sapphires.
It is difficult sourcing these larger natural stones. When I saw these stones I brought them straight away.
These earrings are one of a kind and are at
Sterling silver stud earrings now on Online Shop
I have just put this new range of sterling silver stud earrings on my
.
The gold colour is a yellow gold plate. See the shop for individual details.
My Pompeii stud earrings
Sterling silver with yellow gold plate My Pompeii stud earrings.
These earrings can be made to order in other metals, with and without stones.
My Pompeii stud earrings No.8
My Pompeii stud earrings No.7
These earrings are at e.g.etal
My Pompeii stud earrings No.8
Sterling silver My Pompeii stud earrings No.8.
These earrings are approximately 10mm at their widest point, and are at e.g.etal.
My Pompeii
All are in sterling silver. Some pieces have yellow gold plate, some are oxidised. One pair of earrings has 18ct yellow gold wires.
All can be made to order in different metals.
There are a series of stud earrings which go with this work and should be finished by the end of the week.
Earrings 2
Sterling silver with yellow gold plate.
Earrings 1.
Sterling silver with yellow gold plate.
Earrings 3
Sterling silver with yellow gold plate.
Earrings 5
Sterling silver, 18ct yellow gold.
The oxidised pair of hoop earrings are called Earrings 4
Sterling silver, oxidised; yellow gold plate.
I have been making jewellery for a while now.
Lately people have been suggesting to me that I simplify my work and mass produce certain pieces, which makes sense from an economic perspective, as often what I do is labour intensive and is often not economically viable.
The conundrum of hand made work.
Over 15 years or so of making I keep coming back to this.
A decision I made when I first started making jewellery was to celebrate the hand made nature of working, which is why I leave file marks, and prefer a more organic texture.
A machine can beautifully make an accurate/symmetrical piece, and I will leave that to the machines.
I also wanted to ensure, that when someone buys a piece that I have made, that I actually made it myself. Not only that, that it was my own design.
After all this time, this is the cornerstone of my practice.
It is just me making these pieces, not anyone else. My workshop consists of me and my dog Milly.
This is something people often forget when they buy things, and when they ask you to drop your prices. Factory work allows for factory prices and a singular maker has different over heads.
I write all this as I came to the conclusion that as long as Katherine Bowman jewellery continues, Katherine Bowman will be making the work and I will leave mass production up to people who excel at this.
I recently read an interview with Amy Renshaw, a jeweller who is a dear friend of mine and who I have a great deal of respect for, and in answer to this question:
Amy says:
Making. Working quietly on a piece. It can be a very peaceful process and one that can’t be hurried. I love working with my hands and watching a piece as it transforms from the initial design, through the construction, and then into the finished piece. It is also very rewarding seeing a piece being worn and loved by someone else, especially when that pieces represents a significant event or celebration.
This is from the Pieces of Eight blog.
I feel exactly the same way.
So, all these words lead me to My Pompeii, and Love Tokens.
I want to keep things interesting for myself. So I have decided to create small new bodies of work that inspire me and make me want to keep making. That is why I used My.
My Pompeii is a fabrication of an imagined historical jewellery group. It references what I am interested in and what I look at when I research jewellery.
This new body of work is available at e.g.etal.
Love Token rings
I have just finished this new range of rings.
They are called Love Token rings.
These rings were thought of as tokens, small gestures. Filled with intent.
18ct yellow gold set with diamond.
Love Token earrings 1.
18ct yellow gold.
Love Token ring 2.
18ct white gold with diamond.
Love Token ring 3
9ct white gold with champagne diamonds
18ct white gold with champagne diamonds.
These four rings as well as the pair of earrings are at e.g.etal.
My Pompeii
My Pompeii, is a new range of jewellery that I have been working on over the last couple of months.
I will post more images and information over the next couple of days.
Here is, how they say, a sneak peek.
9ct yellow gold Seashore earrings with parti sapphires
9ct yellow gold Seashore earrings set with Australian parti sapphires.
These earrings were made for a friend, who patiently waited for me to find the right stones for her, with a mixture of green and blue.
There is a sterling silver pair which is similar, with a different selection of parti sapphires at e.g.etal.
Wing stud earrings
These were delivered to e.g.etal this week.
7 collections in one collection
a found thing (the consolation of consolations) is made up of 7 collections, 52 individual pieces in total. The largest collection of jewellery that I have made at one time.
This exhibition is the only time that these 52 pieces will be viewed all together, in the way that I originally intended them to be seen.
The seven collections are:
1. Hero
This series is made up of five sterling silver pendants.
2. Cante
There are seven pairs of earrings in this body of work.
3. Interiors
There are four pendants in this collection.
4. Journey Keepsake Protection
29 rings make up this collection.
5. Nomad
Three pendants form this collection.
6. The consolation of consolations
Is one sterling silver necklace.
7. After
Three pendants form this collection:
1. After Lhasa
2. After Anita Cummins
3. After butterfly wings
This exhibition is the only time that these 52 pieces will be viewed all together, in the way that I originally intended them to be seen.
The seven collections are:
1. Hero
This series is made up of five sterling silver pendants.
2. Cante
There are seven pairs of earrings in this body of work.
3. Interiors
There are four pendants in this collection.
4. Journey Keepsake Protection
29 rings make up this collection.
5. Nomad
Three pendants form this collection.
6. The consolation of consolations
Is one sterling silver necklace.
7. After
Three pendants form this collection:
1. After Lhasa
2. After Anita Cummins
3. After butterfly wings
a found thing (the consolation of consolations) is on until Saturday 29 September 2012 at e.g.etal.
All photos by Andrew Barcham.
Exhibition opening tonight
The opening of my exhibition, a found thing (the consolation of consolations) is tonight from 6 - 8pm at e.g.etal.
I hope that you will be able to join us to celebrate this new work.
The exhibition is on until Saturday 29 September 2012.
A found thing ( the consolation of consolations)
a found thing (the consolation of consolations)
Opens
tomorrow!
I have made a collection
of jewellery pieces.
This collection was conceived as a private collection
gathered together by one individual, from different places at different times.
So the collection itself is disparate in form.
Colour, texture and material are the keys to the interest of the collector, and are
reasons for the inclusion in the collection.
There are 7 individual collections within this one
collection, 52 individual pieces in total.
The title for each of these groups are:
Hero
Cante
Interiors
Journey Keepsake Protection
Nomad
The consolation of consolations
After
I hope that you will be able to visit the exhibition, I am very proud of it.
a found thing (the consolation of consolations)
September
17 – 29 September 2012
Opening: Thursday 20
September, 6pm – 8pm
To be opened by Ramona
Barry.
e.g.etal,
167 downstairs Flinders Lane, Melbourne
3000