Handmade Military Pip Brooch

Handmade Military Pip BroochWe find old military pips fascinating with their rich colours, intricate goldwork, mottos and designs. It seems a great shame that they so often languish by the boxful gathering dust. Unusable? Not to us. We love to reinvent them and we have combined this example with a smaller pip which we have added into a gold effect oval dropper. The brooch is backed with brilliant blue shiny leather and we have edged both pips with colourful green and red beads.

Each ring that is available in Size Q is detailed below

I came across these wonderful green serpentine beads

feet and tail

I don’t know how they all came together

Three upcycled plastic cats hanging from a brightly coloured necklace of similarly coloured beads

Wear on its own or pair with another lock necklace which is available as a separate listing

A bold dark brown/black wood carved mask with painted details in yellow

Two delicate little green and orange celluloid Japanese frogs with handpainted details which hail from the 1930s

I enjoy the slowness of the process and seeing the small piles of tiny beads form into a bespoke piece of wearable art

the idea came together

It has no point" - unknown

Each ring that is available in Size J is detailed below