A look behind the scenes of the creation process for the Bud Necklace.
The piece took months of technical refinement and engineering, drawing on the closed bud as a metaphor for protection.
Veined jadeite was central to the design, selected for its inherent variation - drifting green, clouding, inclusions, asymmetry - introducing texture and movement into the final form.
Tempus Fugit Earrings.
Whose “free-form shape sits somewhere between a sketched doodle and something we might see flashing up against a night sky.” - @felixbischof_
Scroll for the process in reverse - from finished jewel, to sketch and back to the source, uncovering these magical Moonstones in the Meetiyagoda district of Sri Lanka, where they are mined, shaped, and transformed from rough to polished cabochon.
1. Bud Necklace, Protection Series.
Diamonds, emeralds, jadeite, blackened gold.
3. Glazed Stoneware Ceramic by Kara Chin.
The bud operates as the central motif in this piece, drawing from the earliest biological architectures of protection. Rounded, encasing shapes echo seed pods in mid-enclosure rather than full bloom, balancing strength and fragility.
This language takes literal form in the Bud necklace which wrap sinuously around the neck, gestures of enclosure that seek to create comfort rather than constraint.
