Welcome to Crest of Ilium

After stewing over brand names for many, many moons, I have finally come up with 'Crest of Ilium' as a label to work beneath.
I was after something seemingly random, something important to me, something that was the right 'colour' (*I'll explain later) but most importantly something that I could see working with my designs. I didnt want something naff like Jo's Jewels and didn't want to pigeon hole myself into a particular style. So while I have been driving people nuts with my frustration and indecisiveness, I can finally say I've found something I am totally happy with.

Now where did it come from and what does it mean? I hope it has an air of elegant mystery but truth be told Crest of Ilium is a medical term. As a child I spent time in hospital with unqiuely formed hip bones. The Doctor performed an operation that would 'borrow' the top of my hip bone to help form a socket below. The area that was removed is known as the Crest of Ilium.


My hip has never and will never stop me from doing anything (although it was a good excuse for high school sports!) but is definitely a bone that defines me. I have a quirky walk and a beautiful pale line that traces from the tip of hip down into my bikini. People are constantly concerned with my moody limp but this is a trait I rarely even notice!


So welcome to Crest of Ilium: home of jewellery, design, painting and photography! Please be patient while I learn my way around blogspot but look forward to images from new collections and past works.

Collections in progress: Bowerbird, Get Zipped! and Women in Hats.

*Note: I'm not sure if everyone does this but I often see words as colours and so my 'label' had to have a succesful colour. What colour do I see Crest of Ilium as? Well, you tell me!