Brian Adam
"I'm generally curious about what things are made of, how they were made and how they function. And I try to make pleasing shapes into wearable and functional jewellery: comfortable and durable for the customer. I make and use fairly simple jewellery tools and equipment and my jewellery-making style fits between two extremes: precise eyeglass frames and the wanton looseness of molten silver into wood."
From 2024
Ventifacts are wind-formed wind-blasted stone shards. To me they look like lips: some smiling, some grimacing. Actually, as gemstones they are not strong especially as a ring, so I've cast them in a variety of Japanese alloys: shakudo and shibuichi. These alloys were developed centuries ago and are made up of mainly copper with a small amount of gold (approx 3% - 10%) added to 'ennoble' the copper. The oxide colours now range from pink, blue to dark purple and can change over time.
The Tree Trunk ring is my ring method done appropriately in 18ct gold.
Ring - Sand-casting, shakudo, copper + 5% gold, sterling silver shanks $500
Ring - Sand-casting, shakudo, copper + 5% gold, sterling silver shanks $500
Ring - Sand-casting, shakudo, copper + 7% gold, sterling silver shanks $600
Ring - Sand-casting, shibuichi, silver + 3% gold, sterling silver shanks $500
Ring - Tree trunk ring, wood-fired, stamped '750' (18ct) $2,800
From 2023
Stones I got on a visit to a rock-hound club. Some stones are known, some are unknown. Even by the rock-hound
Ring - Rutilated Quartz 29mm OD, natural surface, sterling silver $730
Ring - Rutilated Quartz 30mm OD, sterling silver $730
Ring - Red Jasper (Australian) 29mm OD, 24ct gold dust, sterling silver $780
Ring - Moon rock 28mm OD, sterling silver $360
Ring - Sun rock 26mm OD, sterling silver $360
From 2022
Niobium earrings, heat blackened, coloured by brush anodising $195 pair
Sterling silver jumprings and earwires, lengths of the various shapes: 35 to 45mm
Copper earrings, aged brown $195
Copper earrings, red patina $195
Fine silver earrings $195
All with stg silver jumprings and earwires, lengths of the various shapes: 35 to 45mm
From 2021
IN MEMORY OF BUBBLES PAST
Chrysoprase is a translucent chalcedony (source Australia) often found with touches of its brown matrix. Set with pure silver bezel, sterling silver base and shank (all silver NZ source).
Round ring, Chrysoprase with matrix, 25mm diameter, size R $800
Oval ring, Chrysoprase, 34 x 20mm oval, size R $900
Oval ring, Chrysoprase, 29 x 21mm oval, size Q $900
Round ring, Chrysoprase with matrix, 20mm diameter, size O $500
From 2020
Living Symbolically and Some Bamboo
 Earrings $275 per pair
1 Airport 2 Sea Travel 3 Feynman Diagrams 4 Movie Music
Niobium pressed with shapes and anodised, fine silver discs, sterling hoops and earwires. Paintbrush anodising and light refraction makes the colours you see.
 Earrings $275 per pair
5 Blue Bamboo 1 6 Blue Bamboo 2 7 Pink Bamboo 8 Purple Bamboo
From 2019
A SEQUENCE FROM ROCKS TO CHELSEA BOOTS
Amethyst crystal studs $185/pr
Quartz crystal studs $185/pr
Citrine crystal studs $185/pr
Ruby and Friend studs, garnet, quartz $185/pr
Fox and Farmer studs, pounamu $370/pr
Night Fox studs, black pounamu $370/pr
Night Boot studs, lapis lazuli, 24k dust $370/pr
From 2018
MANDORLA Series
Ring - Mosaic; lapis lazuli, riverstones, 24k, silver 35x27 $800
PENDANT - Mosaic; lapis lazuli, chrysoprase, 24k, silver 37x30, 60cm chain $800
PENDANT - Mosaic tri-mandorla; lapis lazuli, chrysoprase,
riverstones, silver, 32mm, 60cm chain $850
Ring- Chrysoprase, silver 32x24 $700
Ring - Chrysoprase with matrix, silver 31x22 $700
Ring - Mosaic; chrysoprase, lapis lazuli, 24k, silver 36x21 $800
From 2017
Pastel series rings
Chrysoprase, stg silver, size O½ $800
Prehnite, stg silver, size N $800
Citrine triangle, stg silver, size P $900
Chrysoprase, stg silver, size Q $800
14mm diameter earstuds with pure silver settings, $180 each
Chrysoprase pastel, Chrysoprase green, Pounamu with red,
Lapis flat with red, Lapis mountain with red, Chrysoprase pastel,
Chrysoprase green, Pounamu, Lapis rough, Prehnite pastel, Lapis with red
From 2016
Retro Redback - Pendant $330
Retro Redbacks - Paua $200
Retro Redbacks - Paua $185
Retro Redbacks - Pearl $130
From 2015
Blue Dot Ring $725
Lapis stone and dust, gold dust, 30mm disc, size Q1/2
Blue Dot Ring, Lapis stone and dust, gold dust, 30mm disc, Q1/2 $725
Blue Brick Window, Lapis stone and dust, gold dust, 35x30mm, U $725
Green Wall Ring, Chrysoprase, gold dust, 35x25mm oval, O1/2 $725
Green Wall Ring, Chrysoprase, gold dust, 28mm disc, N1/2 $725
Alpine Ring, NZ jade, gold dust, 32x24mm oval, Q1/2 $725
Alpine Ring NZ jade, gold dust, 30mm disc, Q $725
'Treetrunk Ring', stg $250 each
'Afghan Remnant' ring, 26mm dia, lapis lazuli $600
'Afghan Remnant' ring, 33x17mm, lapis lazuli $600
'Afghan Remnant' ring, 33x22mm, lapis lazuli $600
'Schubert' eyeglasses, 14k gold $3,000
Photography: Brian Adam
From 2014
'Skinny' Leather spectacles fitted with +1.50 close-up lenses $400
From 2013
Rockhound Series, rings, sterling silver, stones $340
Photography: Brian Adam
From 2011
'Fallen Heroes' series, clockwise from top
1 Brick, pendant $110 brick, copper, cord
2 Mortar, pendant $110 mortar, copper, cord
3 Concrete, pendant $110 concrete, copper, cord
4 Rock, pendant $110 rock, copper, cord
5 Road metal, pendant $147 road metal, copper, cord
6 NZ beach jasper, pendant $147 NZ beach jasper, copper, cord
7 Bronze rock, pendant $165 bronze rock, copper, cord
8 Skin of Pounamu, pendant $165 pounamu, copper, cord
9 Nephrite of Canada, pendant $165
nephrite (Canada), copper, cord
Photography Brian Adam
From 2010
'Silver Feather', fascia series Rx frame $1800
stg sil, nylon (photo Brian Adam)
From 2009
Jade Stories
1 'Raining in Rarotonga' NZ stone, stg $1,650
2 'Untitled' NZ stone, stg $750
3 'Field' NZ stone, stg $750
Seashells
4 'Turret' cufflinks, seashells, stg $266
5 'Cockle' cufflinks, seashells, stg $266
6 'Pipi' cufflinks, seashells, stg $266
From 2008
Riverton Rocks Necklace $600
Tiny embedded pebbles, sterling. Cable: fine silver wound on st/steel.
From 2007
1 'Beach Jade' Ring $360
Sterling silver, fine silver, NZ nephrite jade
2 'Beach Jade' Ring $360
Sterling silver, fine silver NZ nephrite jade
3 'Beach Jade' Ring $360
Sterling silver, fine silver, NZ nephrite jade
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