a happy story with a sad ending....

the story of the found and lost (destroyed!) necklace...

something different; there is n't any porcelain ....!

Summer Treasures

cushion brooch

Without my kiln, for a while, finally I mounted some of the smaller pieces, that I keep 'collecting'; my trials and errors and my color- and form tests, these test pieces somehow manage to start a life of their own as jewelery pieces or sometimes as little animals. Maybe because I find it really difficult to throw anything away.. (one never knows if they could turn into something...) and because these small scale trials inspire and keep me going... If they turn out interesting, I try to find out other possibilities. The cushions brooches I have been making for a while, have three layers of thin porcelain, the bottom layers are closed, so in baking they 'rise' nicely!. (I just made an appletart for Sanne's birthday, so this phrase is in style..) and the third layer has holes for the 'pins' and pearls and the stitching.

earrings

porcelain (glazed), sliver and gold (filled)

summer jewellery

porcelain, silver, silk, gold, resin

'Renaissance' Necklace

thin folded porcelain reinforced at backside with resin,
gold, silver, cotton thread

bird earrings

bird earrings,

porcelain, resin, gold

porcelain jewellery

Treasures at the Lake
with Chiara, Giulia e Margherita
almost all pictures by F.J. Grinovero

jewels

brooches, porcelain with silver pin

jewels ; brooches, rings

small stories and a lullaby




pieces of a letter
a surface of ice blue
some lines of gold
some half forgotten song...



rings

folded love letters (large and small)

see also "fragility- some thoughts.."

folded earrings

colored porcelain, gold,
coral, pearls, onyx, glass

my-garden necklace

porcelain, silver, fabric, plastic
threads, semiprecious stones,
goldfilled, pearls

a Maria das Rosas 2

porcelain, fabric, silver,
resin with paper

flowered cake cups necklace

porcelain, silver,
paper, fabric,
semiprecious stones

Folded & Knotted Things

'shell' jewels

brooches and
pendants; porcelain with silver

Fairytale-jewelry

porcelain with gold leaf, silver, glass
plastic, paper (printed with etching),
thread, silk

earrings and earrings; some flowers, some leaves, some spaghetti ?

Giulia showing earrings

picture by Francesco Grinovero