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Dragon lines

July 8, 2013 by simonhlilly

For a change, and to show what else whitters my time away, I thought I would show some of the jewellery projects I have been slowly working at this year. Firstly, and most recently, a series of dragon designs.

This one, quite a Gothic dragon, pre-Raphaelite even, is becoming quite a sharp-lined heraldic pendant ( not quite ready to show yet).

This one is a nice design to make in thick sheet silver, giving a smooth, tactile simplicity – and relatively few fiddly bits to smooth out or file.

Having sold the first one, I am making another now. It can be economical to get originals cast, but it is also nice to make each piece from scratch as they then have their own quirks and personalities. The new one of these ‘Double Dragons’ have eyes more prominently, for example….

I work on iPad using Zen Brush, a simple and elegant app that allows me to sketch away with minimum farting around with knobs and menus. It has disadvantages, but the ease of flow is more valuable for working out this type of design work. The next few designs are part of the same series and, I think, work out very well in silver. Simple but with elegant line the style is somewhat Oriental, Asian with a smattering of other influences here and there….

I am just finishing off these couple of designs. The first has found a new home, so I have remade another, the second I look forward to see polished and mounted up on its chain.

Hopefully, a few more will be completed soon, and I will show them then….

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged art, design, dragons, drawing, jewellery, mythic, new pendant designs, sentience, silver, silversmithing, sketching, studio work | 16 Comments

16 Responses

on July 8, 2013 at 10:31 pm | Reply atoasttodragons

Cool designs.
on July 9, 2013 at 3:55 am | Reply Bonnie Marshall

I like the sense of arrested motion you craft, Simon. Lovely.
on July 9, 2013 at 7:57 am | Reply simonhlilly

Thanks!
on July 9, 2013 at 7:35 pm | Reply elenacaravela

Wonderful!
- on July 10, 2013 at 7:37 am | Reply simonhlilly
  
  Xxx
on July 10, 2013 at 9:17 pm | Reply Cynthia

Quite lovely. 😉
- on July 11, 2013 at 8:10 am | Reply simonhlilly
  
  Thanks Cynthia. Just been looking at your work over the last month ( somehow missed a lot of it with being busy away quite a lot). ‘Mazing good!
on July 13, 2013 at 2:10 am | Reply Daodejing 42 | Reason & Existenz

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on July 13, 2013 at 2:20 am | Reply tocksin

Nice Simon, nice use of negative space and it does not surprise me you are so capable.
on July 13, 2013 at 5:17 pm | Reply petrujviljoen

What kind of price tag is attached to the finished pieces? … could you convert it to South African Rands? No idea of the exchange rate these days.
- on July 13, 2013 at 6:47 pm | Reply simonhlilly
  
  You can see this new work, and some brand new pieces I will hope to put up later today, at http://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/TreeSeer. The approximate prices in ZAR are: for double dragons and dragon dance 678 ZAR, for the lower one (flying dragon) 1,130 ZAR, and for the largest of the new pieces on etsy, round about 1,280 ZAR. ( etsy should be able to transfer their dollar prices into ZAR for you – just click the right thingy).
  - on July 15, 2013 at 7:05 am petrujviljoen
    
    Thanks!
on July 23, 2013 at 9:19 pm | Reply 47whitebuffalo

Do you ‘do’ ear cuffs with these?
Asking because I would very much like to replace one lost and these designs look very enticing. Merci.
- on July 23, 2013 at 9:46 pm | Reply simonhlilly
  
  May be possible. Small enough will be the thing. Which design? I’ll have a go and let you know!
  - on July 23, 2013 at 9:57 pm 47whitebuffalo
    
    The one ‘lost’ was at least an inch long–a mystical single rose that curved along the outer edge of the earlobe. If you think you can do something such, then I’ll pick a design and we can talk cost. Okay?
  - on July 23, 2013 at 10:08 pm simonhlilly
    
    Pick away. I’ll tinker.