Silver brooch with mudlarked nail hand stitched with silk thread on stainless steel brooch pin.
Materials: Silver, silk thread, mudlarked nail and stainless steel brooch pin.
Dimensions: 25 x 20 mm.
Liz Willis is a Hertfordshire (UK) based jeweller, using silver & hand stitched silk threads to add layers of colour & texture to her work. She uses found objects collected from mudlarking along the River Thames. Everyday objects, such as pins & nails, that were handmade generations ago & have had a previous life & use, are worked on by her hands to give them a new chapter & make them little pieces of wearable history.