Woven niobium and silver brooch in green by Caitlin Murphy, Co. Down, Northern Ireland.

The brooches are wearable art to adorn the body, made by recycling all offcuts from her larger scale pieces to maintain sustainability. The niobium is rolled down to 0.1mm before she weaves it allowing her to work with it like textiles in metal. It is also a hypoallergenic material and is therefore ideal for jewellery alongside silver. Measurements: 40 x 30 mm.

About the maker:

Caitlin Murphy’s work is centred around high levels of accuracy and precision, folding and working with metal as if it is paper. She works in silver and niobium as her mediums to express colour and illusional patterns with a fine art perspective. By anodising niobium, Caitlin creates vibrant golden colours of yellows and pink tones – mimicking yellow and red gold.

Caitlin is an award winning Irish maker who graduated from the Glasgow School of Art in 2022 with first class honours.She is a third generation silversmith who has a passion for challenging boundaries through making, creating and designing.

This item is available through Own Art.