It’s not everyday you get asked to make a monkey bracelet – this was a fun project to work on. The particular monkey in question forms part of a family coat of arms. Legend has it that a pet monkey was chained in a castle, when a fire broke out. The monkey managed to free […]
Spring is finally here in Ireland and I have been busy in my workshop designing and making new pieces for an exciting exhibition that I am taking part in entitled A Little Nonsense. I have created new designs for the exhibition using silver, gold, precious stones and pearls, and I’m loving the challenge of making […]
While exhibiting my jewellery at the Cork City Hall Crafts Fair recently, I had the pleasure to meet and be interviewed by RTE’s Nationwide and the lovely Mary Kennedy with whom I chatted about my pearls, handmade silver and gold jewellery and my training in the DCCOI‘s Goldsmithing Course in Kilkenny. There’s me, with the […]
I will be exhibiting this year at the RDS Craft and Gift Fair at Dublin’s RDS, the largest craft fair in Ireland where my handmade jewellery will be for sale. It’s all go from today, Tuesday 5th to Sunday 10th of December 2017. Christina Keogh Jewellery will be on stand B12 on the balcony.
Cork‘s grand City Hall will soon be home to the city’s annual crafts and design fair. Come along and see me at Stand 61 where I will be selling my new ranges of handmade jewellery alongside the classics. There will also be one off pieces including this stunning 18ct gold trillion ring, a perfect treat to yourself or […]
With the promise of Summer in the air, butterflies have begun to make a happy return to the flowers in my little walled garden. Directly inspired by these welcome flighty visitors I have created a jewellery collection of earrings, pendants and rings. To begin with I trace an outline of a butterfly on to a […]
The 28th to 30th October sees me at the ‘Made By Hand’ show in Cardiff from the 28th to 30th October. This will be my second fair of the year in the UK where I will be selling my ranges of handcrafted jewellery. This isn’t my first visit to Wales but the first to Cardiff […]
Every year during the first week of September the UK’s biggest jewellery fair IJL (International Jewellery London) takes place in London’s Olympia – a stunning location. This year I travelled from Dublin on a mission to acquire gemstones for commissioned jewellery pieces and also for creating new collections ahead of craft fairs in Manchester, Cardiff […]
After many years exhibiting at the RDS, Dublin as well as other craft fairs around Ireland, I am delighted to have been selected to showcase my jewellery at the Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair in the city of Manchester. The GNCCF is one the the UK’s premiere designer-maker craft fairs and only a select few are chosen […]
Every year the famous colour company PANTONE introduces a ‘Colour of the Year’. In 2016 it claimed two colours: Rose Quartz (pale pink) & Serenity (pale blue). This cocktail ring is all about the beauty of the gemstone Rose Quartz. The glowing pale pink of this Rose Quartz smooth stone, is set in 18ct gold, sitting pretty on an oval […]