Every piece of the Jenn Wills Jewellery is hand-made. Working from Central Bristol's Centrespace Studios, the copper is hand-sawn or guillotined into shape. It is then soldered, drilled and hammered depending on the design. The main sections of each piece of jewellery is put through 3 separate chemical processes, again, depending on the coloured finish set to be achieved. The turquoise or green finish is achieved by leaving pieces of copper in ammonia and sawdust for a few days. This creates an ageing of the copper which is known as a patina or verdigris. The pink or orange finish is achieved by coating the copper in flux and heating the copper until it glows cherry pink. When the flux burns off it leaves the copper with speckled colouring. The darker pieces have been left in a solution called Liver of Sulphur for literally seconds. This darkens the copper to a wood-type affect. Leave patterns have been achieved by putting the copper through a rolling mill with a leaf on top. Each section is then hand-filed and assembled using recycled copper electric wire. Each piece varies so greatly in finish to create a unique piece of jewellery every time.
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