Each year I try to create a cameo using items that I have avialable or that have been given to me. The cameo profile in the first four are that of my Grandmother, Margaret Ashworth.
Brooch "Grandma"
mink fur, shell, gold thread, crystal, gold and pearls
2.5"x1.5"
2009
Brooch "ME"
mink fur, silver, gold, gold leaf, crystal, and glass beads.
2.25"x2.5"
2009
Brooch "Grass Isn't Always Greener"
turf (two different types) milk jug, brass nuts, C clip, reflector, and gold.
3.5"x4"
2010
Necklace "Grandma II"
silver, Orings, vinyl album, and cirrcut board.
20"
2011
This piece was in keeping with my cameo series but using only items that were sustainable from the farm I was living on. I wanted to use the concept of morning jewelry and the eye portraits used at the turn of the century. My lover would be given this brooch and only they would know that my "eye was on them" as the wore the work.
Brooch "4myLVR"
copper, raw cotton, shell cameo, horse hair, leather, pearls, glass, silver and water color.
1.5"x2"
2012
