I weave 22kt and 18kt gold wires by hand, flat off loom and then shape the precious woven fabric into a 3-dimensional form. Using a separate stickpin as the attachment mechanism, the sculptural woven gold is wearable as a brooch.

I developed this design while working on the Rhapsody pendant. … Playing with ideas to suspend the drop, I realized that the tight double curl was a perfect way to hold and hide the point of a stickpin. Change the stickpin, adorned with a South Sea pearl, a gemstone or a wire-embellishment, and you completely change the look of your brooch. Wear a stickpin by itself. Slip the sculpture on a neckwire and wear it as a pendant/slide. Use silk ribbon to weart it as a centerpiece. Rhapsody offers you many ways to express your own style.

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