Crafts CouncilDirectoryHendrike Barz-MeltzerOlive Branch Collection, 2023AboutDuring a holiday to Italy, I visited the Etruscan Academy Museum in Cortona, where I saw a beautiful clay bowl with a red painted leaf patterns on a black background with a swan in the middle. The abundance of olive trees in Italy made me realise where many of the patterns I had admired stemmed from. Back in the studio, I started sketching numerous combinations of leaf patterns, drawing on my photographs of olive trees as well as this particular dish from the museum. Hendrike Barz-MeltzerSt Albans, EnglandOlive Branch Brooch, Hendrike Barz-MeltzerMaterials: Sterling and Fine Silver, 24ct gold foil (applied in the Keum-Boo technique), stainless steel pinOrange Branch Ring, Hendrike Barz-MeltzerRecycled Sterling Silver, 18ct SMO goldOlive Branch Earrings, Hendrike Barz-MeltzerRecycled Sterling Silver & recycled 24ct gold foil, applied in the Keum-Boo techniqueOlive Branch Collection, 2023AboutDuring a holiday to Italy, I visited the Etruscan Academy Museum in Cortona, where I saw a beautiful clay bowl with a red painted leaf patterns on a black background with a swan in the middle. The abundance of olive trees in Italy made me realise where many of the patterns I had admired stemmed from. Back in the studio, I started sketching numerous combinations of leaf patterns, drawing on my photographs of olive trees as well as this particular dish from the museum. Hendrike Barz-MeltzerSt Albans, EnglandOlive Branch Brooch, Hendrike Barz-MeltzerMaterials: Sterling and Fine Silver, 24ct gold foil (applied in the Keum-Boo technique), stainless steel pinOlive Branch Earrings, Hendrike Barz-MeltzerRecycled Sterling Silver & recycled 24ct gold foil, applied in the Keum-Boo techniqueOrange Branch Ring, Hendrike Barz-MeltzerRecycled Sterling Silver, 18ct SMO goldMore from Hendrike Barz-MeltzerProjectBlack 2 - autumn 2016ProjectKeum-Boo, autumn 2017ProjectHDPE / HOPE, Autumn 2019ProjectStripes, 2020ProjectLines and Patterns 2021ProjectInterrupted PatternsProjectThe Spoils of War, Spring 2024ProjectOrange Blossom CollectionProjectLines and Traces, 2025