Shiny cabinet of shiny shinies

The period after New Year is a quiet time when trying to sell art and craft (unless you've got a really generous January sale maybe!) So, I took the opportunity to look through my stock, remove a few early pieces from sale because they no longer meet the standards I've set myself along the way and expand into new areas, particularly hair-wear.This doesn't mean I'm making hats, but I am expanding my range of one-off fascinators and hairbands (now known as 'plaitinators' courtesy of fellow artist Lisa Thorne... As part of this, I've replenished my cabinet in the Art House (AKA 'my second home') in Southampton. Here's some of what's currently available - enjoy!

Pendants - steampunk and blacksmith styles.

Mini-me in a frame.

The cabient in all its shiny glory.

Purty fascinator with mesh, bows, checks and rhinestones.

Cyberpendant.

Cyberbrooches.

'Plaitinators' made of leather offcuts from Conkers Shoes in Totnes.

Mighty steampunk mechanical brooch.

(Keep wearing) fascination

No, not an homage to the Human League (I make no apologies for punning) but an introduction to my recent foray into making hair-wear/fascinators. This may seem an odd addition to my jewellery range, but they are small pieces packed with detail, so more of a logical progression that they may initially appear. I'm also retaining (of course) the recycled/reused ethos, so apart from the bases and clips, they are constructed out of, well, all sorts of things and generally have an industrial/cyberpunk/steampunk feel - there won't be any sprays of dyed feathers... for more, have a look here - they are quite tricky and time-consuming to make but there are more in the pipeline...

Fascinators with mainsprings - wobbly!

'Cyberpump' fascinator - a wondrous device for your hair (and lighter than it looks).

The first one I sold - a tiny time machine - here being worn by its new owner at a Steampunky gig.

Cross-fertilisation

If you've been here before, you'll know that I like to explore scientific themes and imagery (if not, here's an example) and try to employ reused and recycled materials as much as possible. I also make jewellery under the name Rebejoo and it was only a matter of time before they started to inspire each other. So, having acquired a large bag of leather offcuts from the splendid Conkers Shoes in Totnes, I decided to see how they might be used to create jewellery - colourful but with the additional of the gold circuitry and patterning I've been adding to recent drawings and paintings. Here are the first few pieces which will be offered for sale as brooches, hairpieces and similar. I hope you like them - they'll all be posted on Rebejoo.