The Olive Collection

The inspiration for the Picual Olive Collection was born on a glorious sunny afternoon; supping wine and dancing barefoot to live music among the olive trees at my husband's familowned Rangihoua Olive Estate on Waiheke Island.

My in-laws invited me to create an olive leaf collection to be sold in the tasting room gallery at Rangihoua.

Using olive leaves we had gathered from Rangihoua, my two daughters and I crafted a beautiful assortment of leaf jewellery, curling the leaves into a variety of elegant and unique designs.

So began the meticulous process of trial and error to cast the leaves into metal while still capturing the detail of the leaf's delicate structure.

The final outcome was this stunning Picual Collection featuring several leaves of varying shapes and sizes, each with a textured inner surface that displays the natural grain of the leaf, while the reverse side is polished to a brilliant shine.