About Jenna

I've been an engineer, a mathematician and a trainee actuary. Now I'm a studio jeweller and a mother but my brain still works the same way it always did!

Fresh Friday – Swatch earrings

Inspired by all the lovely new leather sample pieces I picked up on Thursday… so many gorgeous colours that I simply had to show them off! Handmade ripple-textured rings and etched housings in oxidised sterling silver are attached by rivets to mini ‘swatches’ of carefully-cut leather in a variety of delicious shades.

These [...]

Thrift Thursday – Leather!

I’m seriously excited today… !

You might have seen some of my work with leather in handmade silver housings recently. The prototype pieces I showed were really well received and for that I’m really grateful! The great feedback on those pieces made me look at my little stash of leather pieces (mostly reclaimed [...]

Saturday Shout-out – Ponoko

Who are Ponoko?

Billing themselves as “the world’s easiest making system”, Ponoko is a hub for people who use digital technology to prototype stuff and have it made. Ponoko gives direct access through its various locations to 2D laser-cutting/engraving and through the US hub to 3D printing, and it’s super easy to [...]

Fresh Friday

Fresh this week: I’ve got a pendant in teal leather and a couple of pairs of earrings (one red, one blue-grey/brown) in the style above ready on my bench and waiting to be photographed. I’ll be uploading these to the Etsy store tomorrow morning (Saturday, Sydney time).

Also working on a couple of [...]

Fresh Friday

 

Shop update day! Here’s what I’ve been working on for online purchase this week… all up on Etsy today.

1. Pierced sterling silver motif earrings with amazonite drops.

2. Simple silver-and-leather riveted disc hoops earrings in red/black rough leather with rollprinted silver; and in deep teal and deep mauve leather.

  3. [...]