My work focusses on the fascinating ways in which people construct the narrative of their life through memory, bias, and idealistic perspectives. I’m interested in how our lives and relationships to others are bound by fiction.
A friend of mine asked that I make her a paper plane pendant after seeing the origami unicorn I had made. I’ll admit it took a bit more effort to make than I thought it would, but it turned out okay in the end.
Here are all the origami themed pendants I have made so far.
Two years ago, when I started making jewelry, I made a brass unicorn pendant meant to be a reference to the origami unicorn in Blade Runner. I wasn’t until later that I started working with silver.
I was then able to make it in the metal that more accurately resembles the metallic paper used in the movie.
While I was making the flat silver unicorn pendant, I considered that I could make it three-dimensional – like the origami crane. And so this silver unicorn was born.
The two origami themed pendants:
This is one of my favourite rings to wear. It’s modest and plain, but it invites closer inspection once it catches the light. It also makes for a great stacking ring. I made it with a silver ball that I picked up in studio.
A friend of mine commissioned a ring based on the pinch ring. She requested however that the setting be square instead of round or oval, so this was my first attempt at making a setting with squared corners.
This is a simple little pendant I made a little while back. I really like how simple it is. I was going to have it hang symmetrically, having the ring either on the tip of the wing or the crane’s chest, but after testing it out with a friend in studio, we came to the conclusion that it would accentuate the geometry of the design if the pendant was hanging a little off centre.
The flower power ring (no shame for giving it that name) was a practice run for the silver flower crown I wanted to attempt. A friend of mine left her soul crushing job to pursue her passion for photography, and one of her client’s wore a silver crown that inspired me to make one myself – with flowers. Mine is a civic crown – coming together at the back and worn like this. This was my first attempt so I learned quite a bit – like the entire thing became a heat sink which made soldering frustrating at times. It’s obviously not perfect, but I really like how it turned out.
Back of the crown.
Side view.
Detail.
I seem to alternated between geometric and floral, or overly sentimental designs. This week saw me do another flower ring. I wanted to test this Hydrangea design, so that I could start on a slightly more elaborate piece next week. I want to make a silver flower crown. Overly sentimental for the next few weeks I guess…
I often see designs on the internet that I want to try in jewelry class. The instagram feed of Laurence B inspired me to try this pinched design.
Inspired by the square rings by Yellow Jewellery, I decided to try make one like it. Once you’ve attempted to create something, you have a better appreciation of the skill involved in making the real thing.
Suné Horn 
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