Rakaia River Bracelet
This is part of a body of work made for The Cassleberg Trust's poetry/jewellery event "A New Line", in which eight poets were teamed with eight jewellers and the jewellers were asked to respond to a poem. I was paired with David Eggleton and chose his poem "Orogenesis", which is about the geological process involved in Mountain Building, inspired by his tramping trips in the Southern Alps. I drew on old photographs of what used to be my family's farm at Lake Coleridge, by the Rakaia River in the Canterbury High Country, and made two brooches, this bracelet, a pair of earrings and two rings.
Made from sterling silver, sand from the Rakaia River, resin and nylon cord. That was the first time I had made a bracelet or a box clasp and it took me weeks!
Available from Quadrant Gallery, Dunedin. http://www.quadrantgallery.co.nz/
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Anna Claire ThompsonI make unique, high quality pieces of jewellery out of silver and materials from the south coast of the South Island. My pieces are available in galleries around New Zealand and I welcome commissions.
