van gogh at work

To coincide with Van Gogh & Britain at the Tate Gallery, jewellery designers represented by At Work Gallery were invited to respond the brief: “I am always doing what I cannot do yet in order to learn how to do it” Vincent van Gogh.

I used this opportunity to learn to carve a face in wax; something I’d not attempted before. The breath is symbolic for inspiration, so I thought this cherub face breathing Van Gogh’s sweeping starry night sky was apt . I don’t use a lot of texture in my work normally, so this was an exciting development. The wax was cast in silver and the small 18Ct gold star details were added later.

To purchase, head over to @Work Gallery’s website by clicking here