Homewares and Crafts · Jewellery

Wine inspired brooches

The original brooch in purple
The original brooch in purple

I was asked to make a few more wine inspired brooches. The brooches are a stylised bottle and a wine glass.

In my original design, I created a base design of a bottle on its side with a wine glass charm and embellished the design with wire curls. The wire curls are for attaching pens, openers and glasses. It has been ‘road tested’ and held up successfully under stress.

I love the way the wine glass charm turned out. It was made using twisted aluminium wire that was shaped and hammered.

The Blue Set

Each item has been embellished with a charm and the surface design is dotty. The hooks are made from copper as it is a stronger gauge than the wire used on my first design.

Brooch with hook for glasses or attachment such as a waiter’s friend
Reverse side: brooch pin decorated and stamped
Wine charm
Jewellery

Wine and Grape Inspired

I love working with textures. I created a mould using the leaves from a grape vine. These made me think of creating a few fun earrings that are wine and grape inspired using this mould.

Love the dangles ❤️ 🍇🍃 and will look to find other ways to use this mould in designs.

Created using the mould and alcohol inks
Reverse side highlighted using metallic wax
Larger dangles – frosted grape bunched (stylised)