Hilary Bravo Jewellery

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Hilary Bravo Jewellery I paint and make Art Jewellery from paintings, resin and found objects - gilding - casting - layers. I like to share my discoveries.

I have a B.A in Fine Art and Ceramics and have continued to develop my ideas and methods since I left Art School in the 80's. This in turn lead me to research the history, techniques and art of papier-mâché. I paint and also make - vessels, objet d'art, jewellery, tutorials and videos. I especially enjoy taking an era from history and delving into it's past whilst making . For example - a series

of papier-mâché bowls, plaques, platters or a collection of jewellery based on say - the pottery shards of past civilizations - Ancient Egyptian faience, aged Roman iridescent glass, faded frescoes from Pompeii, the moods of the Arcades of Paris, the colours in Venetian glass, the distressed paintwork on French and Cornish fishing boats or the ever-changing atmospheres of Devon valleys and moorland where I live. This process inevitably leads me to look at details and at fragments. This is also a way of focusing, of understanding, of slowing down and realizing that information is frequently gathered in fragments from which we construct our personal view of the world we live in. We develop our imagination by use and creativity is the close companion and gift of the imagination - collective and personal. I love the world I've created - it involves many things now and I'm daily surprised and delighted by the new fragments of understanding that I actively seek out or that come my way by chance and I'm pleased to report that as a consequence I am never bored. I like to research, travel, paint, take photographs, write and make - I think, along with many others, rather beautiful & very unique kinds of jewellery. These are sometimes made from fragments of my paintings or constructions of fine white papier-mâché paste, scorched and gilded or fragments of 18th century clay pipe stems (to***co) and pearls etc, etc. They're all my talismans from traveling in this world or that of my imagination. Sometimes my daughter accompanies me and we work together on projects. I use a combination of papier-mâché - mixed media - gesso - resin - beeswax - gold & silver leaf & found objects. And often though not always - lots of colour - intense and subdued. I've also been writing for most of my life, poems and fiction plus travel writing. I'm constantly learning about the tools of the internet and ways of reaching out to people. Life - finding the whole process fascinating. I also like to support people and in turn I truly appreciate the sense of joy that comes with being supported financially by people who love what I make and share.

https://youtu.be/uU7m7GEMABo?si=fiSPv5DmuYhtNY4_One of my favourite YouTube Chateau video makers.
31/03/2024

https://youtu.be/uU7m7GEMABo?si=fiSPv5DmuYhtNY4_
One of my favourite YouTube Chateau video makers.

The rescued greenhouse starts to take shape as we install the restored metal arches.We live in a medieval castle with a huge, derelict estate in southern Fra...

Marlborough. Finding new outlets for jewellery. Lovely town. Beautiful day.
24/01/2024

Marlborough. Finding new outlets for jewellery. Lovely town. Beautiful day.

Finding my roots. 💚
20/01/2024

Finding my roots. 💚

Great advice. 👍
13/01/2024

Great advice. 👍

Scrunched up and mixed up variegated and various sheets of metal leaf. Just a touch here and there. Making jewellery fro...
13/01/2024

Scrunched up and mixed up variegated and various sheets of metal leaf. Just a touch here and there. Making jewellery from non precious materials. 🖌️🎨📷

Variegated Metal Leaf. More often used in making jewellery for autumn and winter. Sometimes in Spring. Materials in my w...
13/01/2024

Variegated Metal Leaf. More often used in making jewellery for autumn and winter. Sometimes in Spring. Materials in my workshop. 🖌️🎨📷

Pantone colours for Spring 2024. I’m using these on some of my paintings for jewellery. Very basic to begin with. Adding...
12/01/2024

Pantone colours for Spring 2024. I’m using these on some of my paintings for jewellery. Very basic to begin with. Adding foils and flashes of iridescence in many layers so allow the light in. Then they will be caught between two layers of clear resin and glow. Hopefully like the beautiful creature in my next post. 🖌️🎨📷🤞😊 🎨🖌

Dartmoor. Small first idea. Capturing atmosphere through imagination and memory. 🖌️🤍⚪️📷
09/01/2024

Dartmoor. Small first idea. Capturing atmosphere through imagination and memory. 🖌️🤍⚪️📷

Dartmoor. Developing work that originally began with inspiration from the close up photographs of glass, old silvered mi...
09/01/2024

Dartmoor. Developing work that originally began with inspiration from the close up photographs of glass, old silvered mirrors and reflections that I found there in (there in - beautiful concept) and its visual transformation into my love of the Dartmoor landscape, especially in winter. A subconscious journey. ⚪️🤍🖌️📷

09/01/2024
Narcissus. Reference. I’m the studio.
08/01/2024

Narcissus. Reference. I’m the studio.

Layout. 🎨🖌️⚪️⚫️📷 - Paintings for jewellery. Painting development.
08/01/2024

Layout. 🎨🖌️⚪️⚫️📷 - Paintings for jewellery. Painting development.

Details. Rusty Seawall. Villefranch-sur-Mer. Stone, concrete and iron eroded by time and seawater. The path around the C...
06/01/2024

Details. Rusty Seawall. Villefranch-sur-Mer. Stone, concrete and iron eroded by time and seawater. The path around the Citadel. Places I love. Fine lines trailed across in gold, silver and copper foils before loose watery sepia and burnt orange inks find their way around the relief surface. All quite small and now ready to be cut into fragments and set on clear resin. 🧡🤎🤍🩶🖤📷🎨🖌️🇫🇷

Selfie. 📷
05/01/2024

Selfie. 📷

No longer a secret. 🌕
28/12/2023

No longer a secret. 🌕

Close ups. Details. Starting points. Making jewellery.
27/12/2023

Close ups. Details. Starting points. Making jewellery.

Paintings caught in resin. Letting in the light. A new collection. A new departure. Contemporary art jewellery. 🖌️🎨 ...
07/12/2023

Paintings caught in resin. Letting in the light. A new collection. A new departure. Contemporary art jewellery. 🖌️🎨

Goodnight Dartington and thank you for a wonderful long weekend. 💙🕯️✨❤️
04/12/2023

Goodnight Dartington and thank you for a wonderful long weekend. 💙🕯️✨❤️

A reminder for anyone in South Devon over the coming weekend.
29/11/2023

A reminder for anyone in South Devon over the coming weekend.

To put in your diary. The Great Hall Craft Fair. 1 - 3 December. Friday 1 Dec, 2 – 6 Saturday...
26/11/2023

To put in your diary. The Great Hall Craft Fair. 1 - 3 December. Friday 1 Dec, 2 – 6
Saturday 2 Dec, 10 – 5
Sunday 3 Dec, 10 – 4. Free Admission. Everyone welcome. A truly magical weekend beckons. 🖌️🎨💍🎁🎄

Trees through windows. An out and about day. Delivering jewellery. 🖌️🎨🌳🍃
22/11/2023

Trees through windows. An out and about day. Delivering jewellery. 🖌️🎨🌳🍃

Dartmoor colours. 🖌️🎨😊🟠🟢🟡🟤
08/11/2023

Dartmoor colours. 🖌️🎨😊🟠🟢🟡🟤

After the rain. Time to stroll. Any age. Any style. San Gimignano - Tuscany.
03/11/2023

After the rain. Time to stroll. Any age. Any style. San Gimignano - Tuscany.

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Seagulls and Choughs. Port Issac. Cornwall. 😊🖌️🕊️🎨❤️#portissaccornwall #hilarybravojewellery

Revisiting Porthleven. Catching up with old friends. And I think I’ve found a new gallery. Time will tell. I’ll be back next week. This voyage of discovery is taking place over February and March. I stopped off in Falmouth for coffee at Espressini. Guaranteed perfection and a lovely welcome - it’s an old haunt of mine. Delivered some pieces to the lovely little shop that is part of Falmouth Art Gallery. For lovers of 20th century Cornish Art, Falmouth Art Gallery is THE place to go. Heading back home now. 🚙😊👍🕊️🖌️🎨🌊❤️#stmawes #espressini #falmouthartgallery #porthleven #❤️cornwall #hilarybravoinspiration

Taking in The View. Again. I used to live here. Loved every minute. St Mawes. Home again. Delivering jewellery to The SqureGallery. @🖌️🎨🕊️😊🌊😉💙🚙#stmawes #hilarybravoinspiration

Memories - continued. Feels like yesterday. Well no yesterday was pretty cold. Not my ideal swimming temperature. 🏊‍♀️🌊🕊️😊👍#stmawes

St Ives. And the sun came out from behind the clouds. Pretty certain I have a new gallery there too. 🎨🖌️🕊️😊❤️#stives #hilarybravojewellery

Siligum Moulds. You can take Siligum with you wherever you go. Then take an impression, make a mould. It does take longer in colder weather. I cast fine white papier mache in it and make jewellery. Or apply to papier mache bowls. Decorating with nature. 💙🎨😊🕊️🖌️❤️#hilarybravojewellery #moldmaking #mouldings #mouldmaking #siligum #hilarybravojewellery

I paint on resin. And then layer on top. The light shines through. Like sunlight on water it shimmers as you move. Captivating. Mesmerising. Beautiful. 🖌️🎨🕊️💙😊🕊️🖌️#hilarybravojewellery #resinstudearrings #resinstuds

Making a Modroc Bowl. Layering. I have added P.V.A glue to the water. 🗞️🖌️🕊️😊❤️🌧️🧑‍🎨 #thingstodoonrainydays #modrock #papiermâché #papermache #hilarybravotutorials #hilarybravoworkshops #hilarybravoyoutube #hilarybravoinspiration

Snippets. Things I make. Tutorials. Etc 🎨🖌️😊🕊️❤️ #hilarybravo

Releasing from the mould. Using a small flexible palette knife. Works perfectly. 🖌️🎨🕊️😊🦉🌧️#thingstodoonrainydays #hilarybravotutorials

Final layer of Modroc. Essentially 2 rolls of Modroc or similar - other products are available. I’m using 8cm x 3m x 2 rolls. Can also be built up on a balloon. Modroc is available from Amazon and model making shops - possibly art and craft shops. They also often sell online. 🗞️🌧️🦉🧑‍🎨🖌️🎨😊🕊️#modroc #hilarybravotutorials

Painted and gilded resin jewellery. 🖌🎨😊👍#hilarybravojewellery

The edge of Dartmoor. Morning walk. 🕊❤️

Making Faux Baroque Pearls. 🕊🤍#fauxpearls #makingfauxpearls #hilarybravojewellerystudio #hilarybravotutorials

Watery, rippley inspiration. Cretan waters. Spring sunlight. 🕊👌💚#hilarybravoinspiration

Apple orchard time. 🍎🕊😊👌

Fewer markets this year. Focused on galleries. #hilarybravo #primavera #primaveracambridge ❤️🧡💙💚💛♥️💜🤍🕊

Papier-mâché and resin. Jewellery. 🧡🕊😊

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