Ocean Series Brooches
This Brooch is a densely woven, circular brooch that evokes the living intensity of a coral reef seen from above. Hand-crafted from hundreds of glass seed and bugle beads, the surface builds outward from a vibrant coral-red core, where clustered forms suggest polyps, anemones, or the beating heart of reef life.
Surrounding this centre, layers of turquoise, aqua, and deep ocean blues radiate in a rhythmic, almost tidal pattern. The tightly packed seed beads create a granular, organic texture, while the outer ring of elongated green-blue bugle beads forms a spiked perimeter, recalling protective spines, reef edges, or the skeletal structures of coral formations.
Entire reefs, the rainforests of the sea, are turning ghostly white as the algae that sustain them die off. What disappears is not only colour and form, but a delicate network of relationships that supports thousands of species: a living architecture of interdependence.
The brooch captures both vitality and fragility. Its colour contrasts, warm reds against cool blues, echo the tension between life and threat in warming oceans. At once lush and precarious, Reef becomes a tactile meditation on endurance, interdependence, and the pulsing ecosystems that continue to survive under increasing environmental stress.