compartmental jewellery
Grainne morton - scottish jewellery artist
“Grainne makes compartmental jewellery using bits including old buttons as well as materials like silver, gold and oxidised copper. A lot of her high fashion work - necklaces and bracelets - are made from laminated flowers.” (from dazzle exhibitions)
She begins by collecting obscure and miniature objects which are both formed and found. The found materials can include pressed flowers, old buttons, shells, pebbles, sea glass, printed tin and graphics/print. She complements these with formed elements creating handmade objects such as enamel work, miniature drawings and punched metal shim. These are then grouped into ‘collections’ and housed in handmade boxes. (from craft scotland)
Originally from Northern Ireland, Grainne now has a workshop in Edinburgh … from fashioning jewellery from flowers to trawling antique fairs for one-off items to complete her compartmental jewellery, Grainne is happy making a living doing exactly what she wants.
more images at the scottish gallery
flow gallery
velvet davinci
March 11th, 2006 at 11:45 pm
Dear Whipup girls,
I found some beautiful old Linen Handkerchief and want to turn them into something interesting and beautiful. Please Help. :*) BTW you girls Rock.
March 12th, 2006 at 12:03 am
i´m in love with this jewellery. what can i say, amazing…
March 12th, 2006 at 2:39 am
That first image of the brooch blows my mind! The little compartments that incase each object…driving me crazy. I love the detailed work. Thanks gals. Love your site, by the way…ALL OF IT!
March 12th, 2006 at 2:58 am
feli,
if you have access to an asian bookstore, check the zakka books. they have a lot of nice ideas for linen projects. simple and elegant. (not a whipup girl, just a reader)
March 12th, 2006 at 3:03 am
absolutely breathtaking! thanks for sharing this!
March 12th, 2006 at 4:55 am
it’s been a while since something i’ve seen has made my heart flutter and my jaw drop…but this brought the feeling back. thanks!
March 12th, 2006 at 6:46 am
sigh, the combination of textures and shades of colors is just dreamy.
by the way, thank you for such a wonderful daily blog.
it gets those creative juices simply flowing!
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March 12th, 2006 at 6:59 pm
fate is strange, i was doing a post for my blog about tiny jewellery and Grainne was top of the list as my favourite jeweller ( I gave up jewellery after seeing her degree show, it was a similar style but so so much better),
My blog entry was meant to be posted yesterday but we had a powercut! I lost my entire post and to console myself I, naturally, turned to Whip Up for some visual consolation, and there was the image of my all time most desired piece of her work that I was about to post! How fab.
April 21st, 2006 at 3:30 pm
I like the use of materials and textures. I make jewellery too! Take a look if you feel so inclined. Or better still someone blog about it! I was disappointed only to see two posts in the “jewellery” category; is “handcraft” more fabricy in general?
Nice site: like the community spirit.
February 2nd, 2007 at 5:28 pm
wow! fantastic! very creative beautiful work