Crystal Jewellery
These unique crystal sculptures are created using the lost wax method of casting glass. Initially the sculpture is made in wax and then cast in plaster.
The wax is then removed by steam, leaving the negative form. Following several weeks of drying, the plaster mould is filled with small pieces of lead crystal and fired in a kiln. After three days it can be removed from the kiln and the plaster can be chipped and then soaked away leaving the crystal sculpture. Once thorough cleaning and polishing has been completed, it is prepared for the silver work.
Jennifer completes each stage of the process by hand. Due to the nature and complexity of the production combined with the delicacy of each sculpture; for every five wax forms created only one will become a piece of jewellery of exhibition standard
These unashamedly brazen crystal sculpture rings and necklaces play on the stereotypes of femininity. With ideas of beauty and love they challenge and engage with the legacy of feminism. They are playful, decorative and light-hearted – a ‘forbidden’ narrative in contemporary art.
The wax is then removed by steam, leaving the negative form. Following several weeks of drying, the plaster mould is filled with small pieces of lead crystal and fired in a kiln. After three days it can be removed from the kiln and the plaster can be chipped and then soaked away leaving the crystal sculpture. Once thorough cleaning and polishing has been completed, it is prepared for the silver work.
Jennifer completes each stage of the process by hand. Due to the nature and complexity of the production combined with the delicacy of each sculpture; for every five wax forms created only one will become a piece of jewellery of exhibition standard
These unashamedly brazen crystal sculpture rings and necklaces play on the stereotypes of femininity. With ideas of beauty and love they challenge and engage with the legacy of feminism. They are playful, decorative and light-hearted – a ‘forbidden’ narrative in contemporary art.
