Sandra Johnson
Hair Artist
 Jewelry from the Heart

  E-mail for a Custom Quote on the Piece of Your Choice
(Custom Work in Client's Brooch or Pendant if it is Suitable for Hair Art)
All brooches can be engraved on the back
They feature a pin with a safety clasp and a loop for a chain.





Custom Piece in Client's Pendant

This is the back of a very ornate
garnet antique locket that has
a space for hair art in the back..

 


Bremen Town Musicians

This unique pieces was created to
symbolize a family tradition.




Custom Piece in Client's Locket

Lockets MUST have a bezel with a
glass covering in order to be suitable
for containing Hair Art.



 

Large Pendants are 2-1/2" in diameter

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Not all Hair is Compatible in the
Creation of Hair Art Jewelry
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 Medium Pendants are 1-1/4" in diameter

 
Edelweiss

This pieces was made to honor
the Swiss heritage of a daughter 



Dove and Wreath

Custom design created for the clients antique locket

 

Large Basket Weave & Prince of Wales

These pieces were created
for placement in  the client's antique
two-sided locket


Angel

Rose Edge Pendant/Brooch 1-1/4" 



Cross Made using Basket Weave
augmented with Flower  in Center

Off-Set Heart Pendant/Brooch 1-1/4" 

 

Rose

Off-Set Heart Pendant/Brooch  1-1/4" 


 
 
Family Basket of Flowers

Rose Edge Pendant/Brooch 1-1/4" 

 
Lady Bugs on  Leaves

Rose Edge Pendant/Brooch 1-1/4" 

Made using auburn and blond hair


Four Generations of Flowers

Rose Edge Pendant/Brooch 1-1/4" 


 



  Rose Pendant Made Using Very Little Hair



 This piece has hair from four
family members and also the family
dog incorporated into it.

The blue is tinted hair at the
customer's request.

"Stephanie's Castle"

A piece made using "cutwork" technique

 
 

"Forget-Me-Not"
Rose Edge Pendant 1-1/4" Diameter

"Bouquet of Pansies"

Off-Set Heart 1-1/4" in Diameter




This picture hangs on the wall and is 5" x 7". 

Note that two types of flowers are varieties of Heather which is the name of the young girl whose hair the picture is made from.

Hair Art Picture prices vary according to frame and size of art work.
 E-Mail for quote

This picture is also 5 x 7" , done on blue glass.

This is made using the hair from one person.
 
Using  techniques  from the 1700  and  1800's this  jewelry  is  fashioned  from  a  lock  of your  own or a loved one's hair into the design of your choice.   The "hair art" is worked on a piece of mother-of-pearl and then placed into a solid sterling silver pendant with a glass dome.  The pendants have the versatility of being worn as either a  necklace or a brooch.    They feature both a pin with a safety clasp and a loop for a chain on the back.  These solid sterling pendants can also be ordered with a 24k gold vermeil.

"Hair Jewelry" was made as a sentimental way to remember a loved one during Victorian times.  This jewelry is made using the "cutwork" or "palette work" technique and results in a piece of "wearable art".

Very little hair is needed, a small lock is sufficient to make any of the styles shown.  The "Prince of Wales" style needs slightly longer  (at least 2-1/2")  and  more hair to design in the larger pendant, and the "Basket Weave" also needs slightly more hair than some of the others.
 

Pictures have been enlarged to show more detail.  Most pictures are NOT actual size.


For more information, e-mail Sandra at Sandra@victorianhairjewelry.com

VICTORIAN HAIR JEWELRY

 

© Sandra Johnson 2008