Maidenhair - silver plated pendant and necklace silver A bright and colourful design

A bright and colourful design

glossy resin coating protects the artwork and gives the pendant a luminous

The base comes from an ink painting and it is the inks that give it the intense

Here I have adapted the original design with the addition of these lovely pumpkin coloured beads at the tips of the petals

rich purples are reminiscent of the autumnal hedgerows bursting with ripe blackberries

Maidenhair - silver plated pendant and necklace silver A bright and colourful designMaidenhair is a silver and resin necklace that contains a cyanotype Maidenhair fern frond. Cyanotypes are made by creating a photosensitive fluid from two chemicals. This can then be brushed onto a surface and can be used to make photographs. These particular chemical react to the uv in sunlight. Botanical items can be place on the surface and the u protected part of the photo reacts but those parts in shadow won't. The final stage is a rinse under a