Gold and Gingham

Vintage gold - a neck full of talismans

Green Molly Goddard gingham

 And scruffy trainers made for walking in and out of town for lunch with friends

Amy's Bag

My friend Amy's bag - vintage silver charms hand sewn (by Amy) on to the front. Would LOVE to own it

Chains of Protection

Couple from Salamanca, 1912

Joaquín Sorolla

An image from the brilliant Sorolla: Master of Light exhibition at the National Gallery.

The couple wear their betrothal outfits, the woman resplendent in chains and necklaces of corals, medallions and reliquaries all of which are symbols of protection.

The exhibition closes on 7th July 2019.

Mme Moitessier

Portrait of Mme Moitessier, Ingres

1844-1856

Took him 12 years to get all that opulence right - he did the frame too

Stacked

An early morning call time and so a very rushed squish of rings on my hands last week - so random but very enjoyable all the same 

It's A Kind of Majique

All kinds of Majique at Roman Road Market this weekend

Demy

Demy de Vries from Viva Model Management late last year

Styled by me

Bling

Them Apples

Love the play of textures in this jewellery still life 

Shot by Anthony Cotsifas

Set design and styled by Haidee Findlay-Levin

For NY Times Style Magazine, August 2016

JH

Latest piece of gold, a JH ring I got made from a jewellers in Hackney

Ten years in the waiting, after seeing an initial ring in Shepherd's Bush market

Persian rugs

Persian rugs and a very similarly printed House of Hackney dress on set last week...
Full story to come. Excited for this one!

Spanner & Wingnut Look Book

 Finally got the pictures from a jewellery look book I styled a few months ago up on my tumblr

See it in full here

Pinning

Every now and then I have a frenzied time pinning just about anything that I've collected over the past few weeks to the pin board in my room.  I've never been one for minimalism - despite all my best efforts.

This is my latest - a celebration of summer and thoughts of travel.

Coming soon...

First image back from the look book I shot with Ben Simpson for jewellery brand Spanner & Wingnut. More to come... 

Mid Night

Brilliant still life shoot in Love magazine this month, shot by David Hughes. 

 

 

 Captures a certain time of the night pretty aptly - my real life version has far less expensive accessories unfortunately.

A long time coming

It's been a long time coming. Almost 10 years since the boy with the Del Boy ring (see here).

A birthday and Christmas windfall allowed me to run in to a favourite Shepherd's Bush pawn shop and finally realise a teenage dream.

Jamie's rings

Silver thorns, onyx and a glass eye. A good selection in my book.

Spanner in the works

Pawn shops do make me sad, but then I think how happy I'd be if I had this bolt and spanner bangle

Plastic Keepsake

An understated plastic keepsake from St Marks, Venice. Beats a postcard

Plasticine

I love looking through old magazines and keep them for years. I find that when they are brand new there's almost too much to take in, and I always skip stuff and later discover missed gems. One point in case is a still life shoot from Vogue last year which saw jewellery on, in, hanging and spilling from household objects made from plasticine by French artist and illustrator Alexandra Bruel.

 

See more of Alexandra's amazing work here.