St Paul's Christmas Tree

I happened to be near St. Paul's Cathedral today, so here is a picture of the Christmas tree. You can't see all the protest tents from this side!

(Here is a link about the protest at St Paul's.)

At school I was testing my pottery shards, trying to use them together in interesting combinations that could be made into brooches:

 Or earrings perhaps:

I chose to work on the second from the top, the brooch is in first steps of fabrication.