This portfolio contains 5 pages of jewellery designs created by Lucinda Mackay whilst studying jewellery design at Sir John Cass School of Art in East London, circa 1973. It also contains 24 pages of furniture design created by Lucinda Mackay, circa 2013, in which the artist takes insects as inspiration for common home furniture pieces.

Titles annotated by the artist include:

Insect furniture designs

1. Leaf insect bed or chaise-longue (phyllium scythe), dated 4 July 2014.

2. Social wasp double couch (vespula vulgaris), dated 4 July 2014.

3. Flower chaffer coffee table, dated 3 July 2014.

4. Cosmetid table, dated 3 July 2014.

5. Phrynid (whip spider) table, dated 2 July 2014.

6. Beetles: Scaphidomorphus table and Calispidea regalis coffee table, dated 2 July 2014. (2 drawings)

7. Mites: Spider mite table and Chigger mite coffee table, dated 30 June 2014. (2 drawings)

8. Vinegardon scorpion dining table, dated 30 June 2014.

9. Bumble bee two-seater couch and Daddy Long Legs on Leaf child’s chair, dated 19 November 2012. (2 drawings)

10. Zygaena carniolica chaise longue (moth) and Caterpillar and leaf stool/chair (queen of Spain fritillary), dated 23 November 2012. (2 drawings)

11. Lady bird armchairs, dated 5 November 2012. (2 drawings)

12. Digger wasp chair and Mexican Red-legged tarantula stool, dated 12 November 2012. (2 drawings)

13. Butterfly couch

14. (Cranberry blue) settee. Damon blue, dated 11 November 2012.

15. Black veined white sofa, dated 8 November 2012.

16. Water beetle table and Flower beetle table (coffee table), dated 26 November 2012. (2 drawings)

17. Froghopper chaise longue, dated 29 November 2012.

18. Two-spot ladybird stool and Cardinal beetle coffee table. (2 drawings)

19. Butterfly and leaf settee (provencal fritillary), dated 13 November 2012.

20. Two caterpillar couch, dated 13 November 2012.

21. Caterpillar and leaf chairs, dated 8 November 2012. (2 drawings)

22. Centipede bench, dated 14 November 2012.

23. Praying mantis mirror, dated 16 November 2012.

24. Caterpillar chest of drawers, dated 24 November 2012.

Jewellery designs

1. Two silver brooches, dated circa 1973.

2. Silver necklace with figurine, dated circa 1973.

3. Necklace, dated circa 1973.

4. Clock with winged creature, dated circa 1973.

5. Two silver bracelets with inset jewelled stones, dated circa 1973.