design process

I was commissioned by Leigh and Vicki Smith to create a jewellery collection to celebrate and be worn by their South Mainland Up Helly Aa Jarl Squad. After our initial discussions, I created mood boards of images, played with ideas and pencilled initial concepts. Wolves teeth (the incisors, carnassials and fangs) caught my imagination and became the prevailing motif. Leigh and Vicki provided valuable feedback as designs of the earrings developed from my drawings.

I then created a wax carving of the Incisor hoops, which was cast in silver to produce a ‘master pattern’ and used to reproduce the final pieces in a range of precious metals. Each hoop earring is hand-finished in Hoswick and Hallmarked in Edinburgh.