I love autumn, I know it is Spring now but I miss it!
With autumn came bountiful berries, swollen hips and bright haws in the hedgerows. They look like natures natural beads with their sparkly, reflective, red, oranges, creams and mottled patterns adorning the tracks I walked back in autumn. I noticed that often the autumnal fruits were highlighted by the stark stems of elderflower bushes, with no leaves or fruit just a natural structure all too often holding up the dropping fruits. I liked the way the colours and shapes contrasted with each other, and so the earrings were born! Using ashwood beads that I already owned, I sanded and using pyrograph added my usual spiral design that I like to add to all my work. For this piece the spiral signifies the spiral of the year, the trees and the fruits, ready to rest until Spring or the next stage going through it all again. Bringing a piece of my favourite season to Spring!