Blog task week 4

                                               New Zealand jeweller 
                                 RUTH BAIRD 

                                                                       Beech

NECKLACES, PENDANTS, BROOCHES, AND EARRINGS BASED ON THE NZ RED LEAF

Pendants: 35mm long x 23mm wide.
Earrings: 30mm long x 20mm wide.

Necklaces, pendants, brooches, and earrings are based on the native 
New Zealand tree, which grows in the south of the South Island.This evergreen tree sheds a few leaves from time to time, and whenI'm tramping I can be walking over paths carpeted in these leaves.
coloured, textured and riveted onto a sterling silver backing.
They are available in three basic colours: deep blue,
paler blue-gold, and pinky-gold.
I gather on a beach in the very south of the South Island. Around
the back is a silver crochet band .
Pendants are hung on 30in sterling silver chain.
Earring earwires are sterling silver.

The coloured metal is titanium or niobium, which is shaped,

Necklaces use beech leaf shapes and are combined with pebbles.