Latest BBC feature: London pigeon droppings inspire brooch-maker

Brooch by Frances Wadsworth-Jones

From the ‘Heaven Sent’ collection by Frances Wadsworth-Jones

A young artist being showcased at the Museum of London has found inspiration for jewellery in pigeon droppings.

Frances Wadsworth-Jones from Ealing, west London, creates brooches using crushed precious and semi-precious gems which sell for up to £2,500.

She said it “played on the idea” that bird droppings landing on someone was “lucky”.

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