Brief Summary… 

• Recycled vintage dessert spoon
• Hand cut from the spoon with traditional jewellers piercing saw.
• Presented with donor spoon.
• Optional inscription message on spoon handle
• Classic safety locking catch on back.
• Strong pin which can be used for winter coats or dress wear
• Size : 55mm * 50mm
• Symbolism : Strength, resilience, hope, rebirth, healing, connection, and balancel.
• Handcrafted & Recycled in Cambridge
• made with Love

A little more detail…

The Ash is sacred and has an ancient history, as well as promoting health, courage and instilling a sense of rebirth and new life. In Norse mythology, Yggsdrasil, the World Tree. This a central part of the Vikings’ myths, featuring in almost all ancient Viking stories, and has many sacred animals associated with it too. Ash leaves have always been sacred in both Celtic and Norse mythology, and these earrings are a tribute to this long-standing tradition of displaying revered symbols in art.

World tree jewellery.  The Third Moon month of Ash.  The collection of jewellery celebrating the Ash tree of life and its connection to our existence.  The symbolic nature of protection, power, health and courage present in each piece.

The Sentinel of Worlds

In the ash, a cosmic axis breathes,
Where root-bound earth with sky’s high branch agrees.
An emerald crown against the sun-kissed blue,
A whispered wisdom ancient and anew.

From Norseman’s saga, Yggdrasil takes form,
A World Tree weathering every storm.
Its leaves, the souls, in cycles born and shed,
A tapestry of life, the living and the dead.

The Weaver of Fates

The Norns, at its roots, their prophecies unfold,
A wellspring of wisdom, secrets to be told.
Odin’s sacrifice, a knowledge deeply gained,
The runes inscribed, his wisdom self-obtained.

Ash staffs of Druids, bearing magic’s might,
Healing the broken, piercing through the night.
A guardian spirit, in its stature tall,
Resilience woven, to stand against the fall.

A Legacy of Resilience

Though blighted now by shadows, grim and gray,
Ash dieback gnawing, stealing life away.
Yet in each dying trunk, a warrior’s stand,
A symbol etched on this afflicted land.

From emerald borer’s wrath, a lesson flows,
Of human patterns, and the pain it shows.
To mend the harm, to nurture, and to learn,
For Ash, a mirror, for our spirits’ turn.

A Bridge of Hope

Even in stillness, the ash speaks of change,
Of life’s enduring, ever-shifting range.
New generations rising, green and bright,
A future blooming, in the fading light.

This lovely tree brooch design has been developed and fashioned around the restrictions of using a serving spoon as the raw material. The tree is a vision of a summer approaching. Gorgeous greenery everywhere!

Each brooch is unique, handcrafted and recycled. The outlined design of the tree is sketched onto the spoon. This is then carefully followed with an ultra fine piercing saw blade. Every ‘nook and cranny’ is cut, filed and polished. The end result is quite remarkable.

A wonderfully whimsical brooch completely original and produced with true green principles, ethics and belief. An integral and interesting part of the brooch is the spoon from which it was cut. This simple ‘donor’ spoon is also given a little ‘Hairy Growler’ treatment. It is transformed in to a wonderful Objects D’ Art which acts a lovely resting place for the brooch when not being worn. Both are presented in a lovely box.

A lovely, contemporary summer tree brooch with fantastic credentials and a great conversation piece. Handmade and recycled in Cambridge.

Size : Approx 55 mm * 50 mm