Hare Bangle



On the first day of its first exhibition, my Searching for You hare bangle proudly wore its red 'sold' dot. It was my first piece to be sold at Celebration of Craftsmanship and Design 2014 and as it was unveiled only minutes before its sale, I would count that a successful first showing for the collection.
 

After its success at C.C.D., the Hare bangle has attracted a lot of interest. The 

bangle itself is created from reclaimed silver with 18ct yellow gold hares' heads at either end of the piece.

 

At Art in Action this year I was lucky enough to meet fellow artist Jackie Morris, whose beautiful words and illustrations in her book 'The Song of the Golden Hare' resonated hugely with my new collection. After meeting her and explaining about the collection, Jackie has very kindly agreed to let me accompany the display of my hare bangle with some words from her book.

“Now the children, brave and still,
began to sing. At first only his sister,
a high wild note, free as a lark. Then the boy,
joining his voice for the first time with hers,
weaving and winding the hares’ speed
and the twilight dancing with the threaded
memory of the hare’s music, and fear and love and beauty.
They sang until their song brought the hounds
to a halt and the huntsman to his knees.”

“As the hare’s song ended
there was a texture to
the silence held in every leaf
of every tree
in the wild wood."

Excerpts from 'The Song of the Hare' by Jackie Morris

To find out about the inspiration behind the bangle visit my previous blog post about the research behind my newest collection, Searching for You.

Hare Bangle in decorated box - pencil drawings

Along with the bangles, I am currently creating the Hare necklace. The necklaces will show the whole animal in a classic running pose, racing around a cable necklet. Starting life as a wax carving, the basic hare shape is formed...

The original wax carving for the Hare pendant

Then it is cast in silver and I do further work to ensure it is as I want it to be...

Rough silver version - lots more work to do!

Finally it is ready!

 

The finished silver hare on a cable necklet

On a leather cord







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