Jane Frances Reilly creates colourful designs inspired by her surrounds of home and garden. Titled 'Aprons', these earrings are an excellent example of her focus.
On one side, these earrings feature block colours of mustard, black and red, as well as hand-drawn black lines and dots highlighting borders and edges. On the reverse side, the concave and convex black lines again mark portions of the white surface. These earrings are versatile because they can be worn with either side facing the front.
Copper, sterling silver, paint.
Length from piercing: 53mm
Width of earrings: 30mm
With training in both ceramics and jewellery making, Jane Frances Reilly brings to life her surroundings in blocks of bright colour and monochromatic line. Her motifs and mark-making are like drawings that tell stories of memories, and Reilly takes inspiration from the home, garden, footpaths and roads. Although responding to her immediate surroundings, Reilly’s pieces are in fact an abstraction of her world.
Working predominantly in copper, paint and sterling silver, Reilly’s pieces possess a playful presence.