92/365

92 - "stay gold, ponyboy, stay white gold" - Bought Material (acrylic sign), Stainless Steel and Aluminum.

91/365

91 - "Homage to David Neale" - Bought Material (papermache reindeer (20cm)) and Stainless Steel

Sorry for all these weird homages - but sometimes one must tip ones hat in the direction of perfection.

90/365

90 - "Orange she lovely?" - Bought material (plastic fake fruit) and Cameo Finding

89/365

89 - "A homage to Maria Hees Circa 1978" - Bought Material (black plastic hair comb)

88/365

88 - Found Material (piece from a jigsaw puzzle found at the train station) and Bought finding

87/365

87 - Reclaimed Material (dish washing scourer) and Stainless Steel

86/365

86 - Given Material (once again from the awesome kristin - i love receiving new materials (hint hint) - plastic tray from a chocolate container) and Stainless steel and Aluminum. 

85/365

85 - Given Material (painted wooded balls in the best green in the world - Thanks again kristin) and bought finding 

ps. there will be more little green ball brooches to come - they just haven't been finished - man I LOVE THIS GREEN!

84/365

84 - A Homage to M. Young - Given Material (plastic strand of pearl pink beads from the very lovely Kristin D'Agostino, as well as another strand of wood? beads from my grandmother) and stainless steel 

83/365

83 - Bought Material (plastic blue fly swat), stainless steel and aluminum

82/365

82 - Given Material (plastic spool given to me by my mother "Zoe could do something with that" - sorry it wasn't more inventive) and stainless steel

81/365

81 - Taken Material (plastic bits that go in the bottom of glass vases) and bought finding 

80/365

80 - 'Incase of an emergency" - Given material (a Durex given to me from a friend, who clearly thought i needed it more than she did! ha! Thanks lady!) and Stainless Steel.

79/365

79 - Found Material (plastic nozzle from a 5Lt keg of beer and the tip of a branch from a plastic pine tree) and Bought finding 

78/365

78 - Given Material (Florist wrapping that came from some flowers that were meant for my co-worker, but she had left for the week, so i got to take them home YAY) and stainless Steel. 

77/365

77 - 'last chance learner' - Found Material (the 'L' cut from a learners driving sign) and bought cameo finding.

76/365

76 - "tick tock" - Reclaimed material (the second hand from a clock that my sisters gave to me on my 14th or 15th birthday, the clock finally coming to its untimely death at the hands of my flat mate and a tennis ball) and bought finding. 

75/365

75 - "silence - making a little gesture as if turning off the radio " - Aluminum, enamel paint and stainless steel 

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Sorry for the extended silence, damn internet capping, but back on board now. enjoy. 

74/365

74 - "the necklace that wanted to be a brooch" - Reclaimed material (Genuine Mother of Pearl - JAPAN necklace) and Stainless Steel

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I started this project a few months ago as a way to power through the all those 'lost' moments of the recently graduated. You know the ones... they sometimes keep you up at night.... and go a little something like.... "what am I doing?... what did i just do with the last 3 years of my life??... who the hell would wear that?? you can't even wear that?? oh you're a jeweller - can you fix my diamond ring?? yeah its made out of paper.... eek!" I have a nasty suspicion that these feelings don't ever go away, sometimes they are louder and other times they are just a whisper on the wind.

It seems that this little (*cough*cough*) project has taken on a life of its own. I would never, even in my wildest dreams, have imagined that it could gain so much attention. The latest bout of blog love as been amazing if slightly daunting (these sites have so many members/visitors, eek!).

So many many many thanks must go to...

Feature Blog on the super excellent Kit & Caboodle (link) 

Post on the HCJ member Blog (link)

Post on Montserrat Lacomb's freaking awesome blog (link)

....remember if you have any spare/random materials lying around that are crying out to be made into a brooch drop me a line, as they say, nothing like a bit of fresh meat to liven things up.

Cheers. 

73/365

73 - Reclaimed material (faux gold chain) and Stainless Steel 

72/365

72 - Given Material (golden insert from a chocolate box (sans chocolate) and Plastic cherries) and bought findings.  

71/365

71 - "I think we need a bigger boat" - Found material (plastic guard from truck) and Given Material (plastic Toy Shark - Thanks MY) and Stainless Steel. 

09/08/09

09/08/09 - Found Material (feathers from a Badminton shuttlecock) and Reclaimed Material (costume brooch from my grandmother) 

08/08/09

08/08/09 - Found Material (lint collected from the washing machine) and stainless steel

07/08/09

07/08/09 - Reclaimed Material (cardboard pen (LAMY) boxes) and bought finding

06/08/09

06/08/09 - Reclaimed Material (cardboard pen (LAMY) boxes) and bought finding. 

05/08/09

05/08/09 - Reclaimed Material (cardboard pen (LAMY) boxes) and bought finding. 

04/08/09

04/08/09 - Reclaimed Material (balls of Silica-gel from a desiccant satchel) set in epoxy resin, aluminum and stainless steel.  

03/08/09

03/08/09 - 'CRA(F)T' - Found Material (plastic letters), Reclaimed Material (vintage drink coaster), Aluminum and Stainless Steel

02/08/09

02/08/09 - Found Material (bits from a plastic washing basket), Aluminum and Stainless Steel