more watercolours...

I explored these little barnacles I found on the beach by photo copying them, and increasing their size...

The photo below shows the ridges of the barnacle up close...

To recreate these ridges and patterns of the barnacle, I used a wax candle as a resist and then painted over with colours that i feel represent the ocean. I slightly tilted my paper so that the colours would pool, and some sections would be richer in colour than others.


These watercolour squares were used in my display Design Indaba. I placed perspex over each one and used that as a platform for my jewellery.

Playing with watercolours

To explore my subject matter/references more closely, i decided to look at sections of them, and then paint it...
The photo below shows one of my favourite pictures, burrowing clams. I looked at the shapes around the edges of the clams, and the detail on the inside of them...

Beach Holiday Pics...

These are some photos I took while walking along the beach up the North Coast...




The above funny little blue squishy thing was very strange. I've never seen one before! It was very pretty though. It looked alot like a glass bead, but felt soft and slimy.

More Drawing...

With these designs I thought about what jewellery I could create using materials such as glass, enamel and ceramics; as well as silver.

Designs for 'Sea' Jewellery

My Photos

During my holidays i took photos at the beach and at the aquarium. I snapped away at things i found interesting because of either their colour, texture or shape...