Recycled China Pendant – Crown Lynn ‘Yukatan’
by Judy Newton
This beautiful china pendant is handcrafted by Judy Newton.
This pendant has been formed into a round shape and recycled from the border of a classic Crown Lynn plate of the 1960s. The Crown Lynn pattern is called ‘Yukatan,’ and was created by Robert Drake which won a Crown Lynn design competition in the late 60s.
Judy Newton lives and works from her studio in Titirangi, West Auckland. The materials she uses in her jewellery include coloured window glass, stone, ceramic (broken china), and sterling silver. All pieces are individually shaped and engraved, using diamond equipment. Judy uses recycled materials as much as possible e.g. the glass works are made from off-cuts sourced from leadlight-glass studios; the ‘pressed’ glass often had a former life in the doors and windows of old villas.
The idea of giving materials a new life in another direction appeals – broken china or off-cut glass becoming a personal adornment.
Judy’s family were ‘rock hounds’ and she grew up spending hours looking for agate, petrified wood and pounamu in the rivers and beaches of Te Wai Pounamu, the South Island. Judy finds inspiration in the natural landscape of New Zealand and Pacific designs.
Size: Pendant 5cm diameter, Cord 25cm from top of pendant to end of closed cord.
Made in New Zealand
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