This diamond-shaped brooch features the silhouetted female form, the lines of which contrast with five grey-green sapphires set in a geometric pattern. Handcrafted by Australian Master artist-jeweller Dorothy Erickson as an homage to Austrian Symbolist painter Gustav Klimt, the title and imagery of this piece suggest the human form moving through water. When pinned, the wearer's garment becomes a backdrop to this finely crafted scene. This piece can also be converted and worn as a pendant.
Materials: 18ct yellow gold, 18ct white gold, sapphire
Dimensions: Length 68mm x width 29mm
Australian Master artist-jeweller and author, Dorothy Erickson hails from Western Australia and has been exhibiting her jewellery internationally since 1979.
Erickson draws inspiration for her many collections on different aspects of geometry, the wild and domesticated landscapes of Western Australia and in later collections the paintings of Gustav Klimt. Some of her later collections are also based off the wildflower paintings of her mother Rica Erickson. You can see these influences come through in her use of form, texture, colour and material.
