Jane Frances Reilly creates colourful designs inspired by her surrounds of home and garden. Titled 'Tea Bag', these earrings are an excellent example of her focus.
On one side, these earrings feature block red, as well as hand-drawn black lines highlighting borders and edges. On the reverse side, the black lines again mark portions of the surface, with a white background. To ensure they make a perfect brew, Reilly has made these 'teabags' porous by puncturing the copper with a random series of small holes on the lower half of the earrings. These earrings are versatile because they can be worn with either side facing the front.
Copper, sterling silver, paint.
Length from piercing: 70mm
Width of earrings: 40mm
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.
