The first domed pendant

From my archive of photos is my first domed pendant which contained a cabochon of dichroic glass, claw set into the bottom dome, then I stitched it to the top dome with sterling silver wire.

I love making the domed pendants, but I’m not sure why I started making them. I think I liked the idea of something hidden inside it. This paved the way to my later series that have featured flowers and leaves, I call them either a hidden garden series or a secret garden series.

I started making the dichroic glass cabochons as I wanted to add a pop of colour to my work, this started an even bigger obsession of kiln forming glass, but that’s another story though.

I have been making the domed pendants for about 10 years and have probably made at least one hundred unique pendants in that time. My mission is to keep making them and I have ideas for hidden butterflies and of course more flowers.