
Welcome to The Woodland Collection
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It's Imbolc, so what better time to introduce you to The Woodland Collection than whilst the trees, earth and plants are bursting with the potential of fresh, green growth?
Walking in the woods has always awakened a sense of calm in me. Something in the magic of the wild, the smells and the sounds reach something ancient in me.
I’m often reminded of the Andy Goldworthy quote “We often forget that WE ARE NATURE. Nature is not something separate from us. So when we say that we have lost our connection to nature, we’ve lost our connection to ourselves.”
This collection of jewellery is moulded from real twigs that I’ve picked up from forests, walks and national parks around the UK, as little tokens to remind us what we are – NATURE. So if you need or want to have a little reminder of calm or tranquillity to keep with you on a busy day, I think this is the collection for you.
I've found the perfect twigs for each design and even use twigs and leaves as design elements in OOAK (that's one-of-a-kind) gemstone pieces using a variety of different techniques like imprinting or silver-clay painting.
I also make a selection of mushroom pieces but these aren't cast from real mushrooms. I make these all by carving each individual one in soft dental wax and having them cast directly into solid silver. Once they're in metal the design is completed and polished. It's a long and fiddly process but it's also extremely satisfying - I love those wiggly little guys!
My favourite piece from this collection is the Alder Bud Necklace, which was moulded and cast from an alder bud I picked from a tree along the River Dee in Llangollen. The buds remind me of spring, and the buzzing energy filled with promise of the year to come. It feels full of optimism and hope.
Take 10% off The Woodland Collection until midnight on Feb 7th using code WOODLAND10
Photos taken by Carla Mundy
I also wanted to take this opportunity to remind you that I have added an app by One Tree Planted to the website which allows you to pay £0.81 to plant a tree! They work all over the world planting trees to increase wildlife biodiversity, restore areas destroyed by wildfires, grow food, clean the air, reduce soil erosion, lower global temperatures and more. You can just click the tree icon in the bottom right, or toggle on the donation button in your shopping cart!