I have been making art and craft and playing with colour since a child and have found these activities essential to my well-being. As a certified craftaholic I dabbled in a wide variety of art and crafts including millinery, crazy patchwork, felting, marbling, mosaics and pastel and oil painting and more.
My jewellery creations began with playing with beads in the early 1990’s which lead me to silver smithing, then wire-wrapping and precious metal clay; a challenging medium with exciting possibilities. I have taken several short courses, but my skills are largely self-taught and I delight in continuing to learn new skills and techniques.
I am inspired by shape and pattern anywhere, from vines in the rainforest, bubbles in the sea, rain drops running down my windows, plants in my garden, architecture, poetry, and spiral forms, which are a recurring theme in my jewellery. I care about quality in both my materials and craftspersonship, incorporating recycled materials and that every piece of my jewellery is different. I never replicate a piece of jewellery; each piece will always be different, whether in shape, pattern or colour accent.
E-mail: Eve.Grace@bigpond.com
Phone: 0428531951

Very exciting – first photoshoot! On the 24th February Wi Hihanni and I had fun creating a photoshoot, at Whian Whian Falls, with a few pieces of our work. All part of a wonderful course run by Caroline Fisher “Love Your Camera” through Byron Community College.

Below are some of my shots taken in the middle of a flowing stream (complete with wet boots), on moss and on a leaf (still working on the camera skills, but was heaps of fun).

Here are the 4 pieces I made for the exhibition. It was a great night with top music and lovely people. I’m already wondering what we might have as our theme for our next exhibition. (if you can’t see the full picture just click on it)

These were a productive experiment; embedding fine silver wire directly into the thicker clay before firing. I was really delighted when the wire didn’t melt. And as much as I love colour I’m also enjoying the purer look of using silver on its own. Then…

Precious Metal Clay, known as PMC, is one of the primary mediums that I use in making my jewellery. It was developed in Japan in the 1990s and is an amazing (and challenging) medium made from recycled silver, that when fired becomes fine silver. I pattern it before firing with stamps and tiles and textures. At the moment I use a butane torch to fire each piece, but am currently exploring access to a kiln to enable me to make more sculptural pieces. The sterling silver and fine silver wires that I use to make my ear wires
or to connect pieces of fired clay are also made from recycled silver from A&E Metals in Sydney. After making the silver I like to enhance my work with touches of colour with Swarovski crystal, dichroic glass, lampwork glass or semi-precious beads.

A few pendants and necklaces made from silver Precious Metal Clay, known as PMC. It was developed in Japan in the 1990s and is an amazing (and challenging) medium made from recycled silver, that when fired becomes fine silver. It has endless possibilities that I am only beginning to explore. But keep checking back because there are new developments underway.

I ‘ve wire wrapped these semi-precious stones with both fine silver and sterling silver wires. The stone itself, its shape and striations, is my inspiration. Then when the supporting structure is in place I embelish each piece with 2mm and 3mm sterling silver beads. I add a few beads here, then a few beads there as the piece calls for it. These pendants really are about listening and letting the stone itself speak to me.

These are some of the funky upcycled earrings I make from floppy discs and fine silver wire, with sterling silver ear wires. I had been saving my floppy discs for the last few years because I knew I wanted to use them in some sort of jewellery – and now I have. I hammer the wires because I love the effect and its fun to do – I love seeing the light refraction appear as I hammer.