A forest mushroom cap, hand-carved and lost wax cast in oxidised sterling silver — circular, textured, and alive with surface detail.
Made in Louise Douglas's Nelson studio, each disc is cast from a hand-carved wax original, its radiating gills rendered with the kind of precision that only comes from working at this scale by hand. At the centre, a 4mm round smoky topaz sits in a 9k gold bezel setting — the amber depth of the stone drawing warmth from the dark antique finish of the silver around it. Gold-filled hooks allow the disc to hang and move freely.
Oxidised sterling silver, 9k gold, gold-filled
Smoky topaz, 4mm round
Disc 14mm diameter, total length 28mm
Gold-filled hooks
ABOUT the MAKER
Louise Douglas
Louise Douglas works from her studio in Nelson, New Zealand, casting jewellery directly from the natural world — seashells, twigs, leaves, found objects — and from a deep affection for the particular and the remembered. Her pieces are small-batch, made by hand using the lost wax casting technique, and finished in oxidised sterling silver, solid gold, and freshwater pearl. The collection spans botanical drop earrings and delicate necklaces through to bangles and rings — each piece rooted in the same making process, the same sensibility. There is nothing generic in Louise's work. Every form has a source: something picked up on a walk, something held onto. The jewellery carries that quality with it. Explore the Louise Douglas collection at Tessuti.
