These earrings and neck piece were influenced by Indonesian ethnic jewellery.The stone in the neck piece is Turquoise.

These images were taken for a great online magazine called "It's Now Cool" and Josie Clough the editor and owner  has used some of my pieces for the shoot ,which she got from a fabulous shop called "Behind The Monkey"

In this image the bracelet is  my work, the design being influenced by antique Sri-Lankan jewellery.

 The earrings are my design and are hand raised.

 The cuff is the  same one as above,and the pendant is fold formed

Last night we attended one of Perth's Fashion Festival events where my jewellery was used with Empire Rose's designs. Here are some of the images taken on the night.

The bracelet is my work.

This neck piece was made from sterling silver and gilding metal.

Neck piece was constructed from fold forming gilding metal.

As it was a tribal theme this neck piece was made from a silver plated Emu breast bone antique Osterich  feather and red coral.

This piece was constructed from found steel,red coral,bamboo sterling silver and red chord.

Neck piece  made from copper,gilding metal and antique Osterich feather.

These images were beautifully taken by

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This neck piece is more of a sculptural piece than a piece of jewellery I designed it for it to be worn on the catwalk if the theme was going to be tribal.It is constructed with wood,Baltic Amber,leather and I am not too certain where the Ivory comes from ,by that I mean what kind of animal ,as I bought it a long time ago in an antique shop in Scotland,and it is set in sterling silver.

This neck piece was sent to Spain last week for a jewellery exhibition to be held in Barcelona next month.It is called Tribal 1 and is constructed from Porcupine quills,wood,sterling silver,leather.cubic zirconium,natural gold nugget and the stone is Tiger Eye.This image will be appearing in the next Contemporary Jewellery Year Book 2012.

     

This neck piece and pair of earrings are constructed from two raised gilding metal  bowls and then  cut in two.

These two neck pieces are constructed from found steel  and fused brass

This ring is constructed  with Sterling Silver a fresh water baroque pearl and Lava rocks,both of which are very hard .I blunted a number of drill bits working with them.

This neck piece is constructed from fold formed copper, Porcupine quills  and leather.

To see more of my work my web address is www.why-creations.com.All pieces shown are available for sale and my contact details are willem@iinet.net.au , P.O Box 120,Darlington Perth Western Australia 6070.
Phone 61 08 92521639.

This neck piece is constructed from an old found chain which has some links gold plated and a piece of Turquoise.

 This neck piece is constructed from an old fuel line from a car,a piece of old chain  with sterling silver and a piece of Amber  set in gold.

This bracelet is constructed with found steel(rusty tent pegs)and a synthetic blue topaz.

This pendant is constructed with reticulated sterling silver and a slice of black butt wood.

This bracelet is constructed with found steel(rusted old chain links) and fresh water baroque pearls.

This pendant is constructed  with found steel(old chain link) with a fresh water baroque pearl.I call it Melting Moon.

This ring is constructed with a old chain link,sterling silver and a Blue Agate.

The pendant is also a brooch made from sterling silver with a natural gold nugget and so is the ring.Both pieces have been oxidised. 

The bracelet I made for an up coming exhibition called "Black Gold".It is constructed  with hollow form silver  which has been oxidised  to represent the rocks  and a natural gold nugget.

 This brooch is constructed with gold plated barb wire and a synthetic Garnet and is called "Blood in the  Wire"

This bracelet was made from found steel in fact it is a fuel line from an old car that has been formed,together with a Bali pearl, silver and an synthetic Peridot.

This brooch is made from fold formed copper and s/silver.

Ring made from found steel,s/silver and a star agate.

The top ring is constructed of two found rusty steel(hence it is titled "To Steel You Away") nails and a Peridot stone.The other ring is constructed of Lava rock ,found steel,s/silver and c/z

neckpiece

This neck piece is called Wave Rock,constructed by fold forming.S/silver

This ring is made of s/silver with a natural gold nugget.and the photo was taken by a London photographer Tony Hutchings