Grainne Morton presents a new jewellery collection as she celebrates her 25th Anniversary as a practising jeweller. The Scottish Gallery was the first to exhibit Grainne's work in a new graduate exhibition in 1992 that focused on flowers and floral motifs, themes which have continued to be a source of inspiration throughout her career. Growth will feature Grainne's Anniversary Flower Earrings, which have been designed especially to mark 25 years as a practising jeweller.
Born and raised in Northern Ireland, Grainne was immersed in and surrounded by the traditional crafts, folklore, music and fairy tales of the country. Perhaps it's this beginning to her story that has now imbued her work with it's somewhat contradictory nature - all at once vintage and contemporary, precious and non-precious, spontaneous and ordered, junk and treasure. Each piece, carefully choreographed, the arranging and re-arranging of little objects, and precious things, moved and re-placed until they establish a relationship to each other and tell a story to the viewer. Moving to Edinburgh in the late eighties to study at Edinburgh College of Art led to Grainne becoming an avid collector of antiques and ephemera. When her parents visited her in Edinburgh, they would go on antique-buying trips for their shop at home in Northern Ireland, and Grainne would tag along. Her collections became her inspiration, and her inspiration became her work. This use of unexpected, and delightfully juxtaposed, materials is where it all started, and 25 years later, is now firmly her trademark. Grainne's work has been exhibited internationally and, in 2007, she was shortlisted for the Jerwood Applied Arts Prize.
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Anniversary Flower Earrings
2020Vintage Rhinestones, Vintage Cabochons, Cameo, Coral, Garnet, Lapis, Amazonite, Aventurine set in Fair-mined gold plated silverSoldAnniversary Flower Earrings (modelled) View detailsGrainne Morton
Anniversary Flower Earrings (modelled)
2020Vintage Rhinestones, Vintage Cabochons, Cameo, Coral, Garnet, Lapis, Amazonite, Aventurine set in Fair-mined gold plated silverH:12cm W:4cm D:0.4cmSoldEye Teardrop Charm Necklace View detailsGrainne Morton
Eye Teardrop Charm Necklace
202018ct gold plated silver, coral, vintage glass, pearl, labradorite, prehnite, antique button, jade, cameo, malachite, shell, peach moonstone, citrineL:42cm£1,050Photograph: Stacey BentleyHand Hook (white) Earrings View detailsGrainne Morton
Hand Hook (white) Earrings
202018ct gold plated silver, mother of pearlH:2.8cm W:0.9cm D:0.3cmSoldPhotograph: Stacey BentleyEye Peeper Drop Earrings View detailsGrainne Morton
Eye Peeper Drop Earrings
202018ct gold plated silver, opal, glass, coral, pink chalcedony, lapis, pearl, turquoise, prehnite, mother of pearl, shellH:10cm W:4cm D:0.7cm£825Photograph: Stacey BentleyEye Peeper Drop Earrings (modelled) View detailsGrainne Morton
Eye Peeper Drop Earrings (modelled)
202018ct gold plated silver, opal, glass, coral, pink chalcedony, lapis, pearl, turquoise, prehnite, mother of pearl, shellH:10cm W:4cm D:0.7cm£825Three Charm Moving Drop Earrings View detailsGrainne Morton
Three Charm Moving Drop Earrings
202018ct gold plated silver, rhodonite, opal, pearl, vintage glass, cameoH:3.6cm W:1.4cm D:0.5cmSoldPhotograph: Stacey BentleyHand Hook (black) Earrings View detailsGrainne Morton
Hand Hook (black) Earrings
202018ct gold plated silver, boneH:2.8cm W:0.9cm D:0.3cm£150Photograph: Stacey BentleyEye Balance Drop Earrings View detailsGrainne Morton
Eye Balance Drop Earrings
202018ct gold plated silver, onyx, glass, moonstone, smoky quartzH:4cm W:2.3cm D:0.7cmSoldPhotograph: Stacey BentleyLoading
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