Frida Sjogren

have some photos of golden jewels to share

hoping you all are having a great beginning of the wonderfully fresh year!

i’m busy working on the web store so hopefully will be up and running soon!

cold cold, clear blue sky

ocean mirror playing with the sky and everything is crisp and oh so cold!

i have one new piece for December chills

This collection is built on the concept of karma, or vibration
A reminder that for every action there is a reaction
Every thought, every word you speak, all creates
a vibration – good and bad – and we are all living
in this constant motion

While making these pieces, letting my hammer touch the metal, slowly shaping the piece
tap, tap, tap, evey blow stretching the metal just a little bit more
It becomes clear to me, while i’m watching my piece of silver on the anvil,

how all our actions will shape our life, our world
One way or another

The shape i intended to create was that of the golden spiral – to me one of the most beautiful shapes of all -
just perfect!
And while each piece turns out differently, there are a few that just makes it! and there’s an
interesting point as to where does one finish
When is the piece done and where do i stop hammering?
There is actually always a moment, a moment where i know – it is done.
And i always wonder – am i close to the golden ratio now?

well.. here are some of the first pieces

 the spirals are all interchangeable, and the beads shown here are “Zulu teething seeds” and dumortierite

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

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

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