2020s

  • Dream

    This brooch is made of silver and has a faceted piece of quartz as an accent.  It is by the Finnish jewellery design company Kalevala, established by the Finnish writer Elsa Heporauta in 1935. Elsa was born in 1883 in Puumala where her father ran the local sawmill. In 1907 Elsa married Frans Akseli Heporauta who…

  • Firework

    Ten years ago, I posted a brooch by Sphinx which I called ‘Glitz & Sparkle’.  At the time it was the nearest brooch I had to a firework.  I mentioned in the post I needed to look for a ‘proper’ firework brooch.  Finally, after many years searching I have found one.  This month’s brooch to…

  • Pencil Case

    I have known Jo McAllister for a number of years, we first met at the Designers Jewellery Group exhibition at the Barbican Centre in London, where I bought a brooch from her ‘Sketchbook Series’ which was featured as a Brooch of the Month in May 2015.  I first spotted the ‘Pencil Case’ at the Goldsmiths’…