Frida Sjogren

to see some of my rings mentioned and displayed at the carrotbox  by alice matsumoto

made my day – thank you!

i am still exploring the foldforming technique. i absolutely love  watching the metal stretch and conform under my hammer blows – it’s such a great way of working the metal and i am hoping it will develop into some interesting pieces as i go along

here is the beginning

a brooch

earrings

rings

these last photos are all

images of rings worn  like this

…vanilla from my lovely makalani nuts!

(or if you want to call them doom palm or just vegetable ivory)

i love working with this beautiful material – it’s so smooth and sweet in my hands

here the front of a pendant

and the back

the nuts are hollow on the inside giving the piece a lovely 3 dimensional feel

and here i have made a pair of earrings

and that was it for now! 

have been working with the foldforming technique lately, so here are my folded jewels

first a bracelet

and earrings

this ring is the start of a series i have been thinking of

 and this beautiful agate was given to me a while back – such a stunning landscape – this week i set it in a ring

thought i should end it all off with some prettiness! these are both pieces i made on commission

a cold, beautiful late august day

morning walk by the sea watching waves in the wind

changing country, workshop and life seem to influense my design a lot

well we’ll see how goes..

here are some of the jewels i’ve been making lately

a pair of earrings for my friends birthday, in silver with oxidized wire

they look really great on her so i’m hoping she’s gonna send me a photo of her wearing them so i can put it up here!

pearl earrings i made for a shop, where i might end up selling some things!

i also designed and made this ring for them

Visby, a town on the swedish island Gotland, is becoming a world heritage site in september this year

this ring will be for sale in a jewellery shop in Visby

available in 18k gold or 925 silver

mmm.. and some of my scetches

been missing south africa lately, so drawing proteas has becoming a comforting thing to do

..and also piercing them

protea earrings and ring in silver

and something beautiful

 i think it’s a page i cut out from a cape town indaba magazine a couple of years ago

wanna show you some more of my pieces from this year

foldformed and oxidized

i really like this technique

the earrings are very light but yet a nice and solid feel

brass, silver and oxidized copper

same technique as before, so elegant and ethnic

these rings i made in silver, set with peridot and tourmaline cabouchons

they can be worn together, which make them look real nice a little like pebbles, or separate

oh and about pebbles

i have made a few pieces with beach pebbles this yearthese ones are from big bay beach, outside cape town

these rings were one of my first pieces last year, i think they are sweet

like little creatures

these little rings were cast in silver and then set with a nut from namibia called makalani

it’s a beautiful material, also called vegetable ivoryanother little cast ring, wood inlay and brass wire wrapped around

and here the grand finale piece,

or at least i really like it, i like looking at it

actually it doesn’t look as nice on photo but..

my yoga ring

maybe more zen but i have had so much love for my yoga this year that i wanted to give it this ring

have got some new photos for You

hope you will enjoy having a look!

the world

the back

neckpiece in silver and labradorite beads,

clasp with etched pattern of the world – meant to be worn on the back

i made this piece in the beginning of last year – this year i developed it and used it for my rhino design

this piece was grown in solidscape and cast in silver – strung on aventurine beads and also here the clasp is meant to be worn on the back

a green world

the back of the piece

away in the clouds..

Autumn is creeping in, soup’s on the stove and boots are on.

Hope i can get some photos up for you!

seeded heart

up close

I have been collecting pebbles as long as i remember. My latest favourites are heartshaped ones.

The heart symbolises warmth, love and happiness for me, but is also such an amazing shape – specially when found created by natureitself! Have we given the heart shape its  amazing-ness  or does the shape itself hold this gift?

The following piece was supposed to have been the frame for the pebble but it did not work out, so i forged it with a back into a heart with a pebble feel to it, and the strung it with teething seeds.

silverheart with teething seeds

up close

hi! this is my way of updating You with what’s new in my work

at the moment i’m busy finishing my degree at CPUT, south africa and most of the pieces i will show You the next couple of months will be from my exam work

hope You will enjoy having a look!