Industrial brooch series of five

For this year's Christmas show at jaggedart I have created a special, one-of-a-kind series of 5 brooches. Combining colour, a mix of materials and an industrial edge they have a powerful visual cohesion. A colour palate of dark chocolate brown, bright pink and a mustard yellow is combined with different woods and sparkly 23.5ct gold leaf lines. Perfect on their own or grouped together. Here are images of the finished brooches, along with some of the steps I took to get there:

The finished brooches in a line
Cutting and sanding the base shapesApply tape resist to the surface of the wood and laminate.
Peeling off the tape, leaving the shiny glue
tape swirls on white paper
Applying the gold leaf.
Working on the silver brooch backs.
Working out the design details on the back of the brooches.Brooch backs in progress

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