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Committed to promote second life for materials and show their potential, I upcycle leather creating voluminous
adornments always so precious to me. I am emotionally attached to every single piece.
adornments always so precious to me. I am emotionally attached to every single piece.
I seek to throw a reflection and address a concept; wherewith contemporary paradigms inspire me.
My work is linked to other disciplines using jewellery as another language of my artistic expression.
My work is linked to other disciplines using jewellery as another language of my artistic expression.
Tomato puree tubes, packaging plastic and wiring from your house. Bailey Smith's motivation is from being the child of
post-war parents, She produces intricate and colourful jewellery, vessels and artwork created from recycled materials.
post-war parents, She produces intricate and colourful jewellery, vessels and artwork created from recycled materials.
Ali’s practice celebrates the overlooked.
As a bricoleur and bowerbird, bits and stuff are foraged and reworked to create unique objects;
embedding the form’s identity in a moment of time.
As a bricoleur and bowerbird, bits and stuff are foraged and reworked to create unique objects;
embedding the form’s identity in a moment of time.
Amy fuses industrial and precious materials to create bold, one off contemporary jewellery.
She combines cement with striking metalwork, nature and gemstones to challenge our perception of what is ‘precious’.
She combines cement with striking metalwork, nature and gemstones to challenge our perception of what is ‘precious’.
Through my work I ask ‘Is it the visible object we project onto the world that defines us?'
exploring forms in and of the body, internal, matured and lived.
exploring forms in and of the body, internal, matured and lived.
Bethan is a mixed media artist from North Wales. Inspired by childhood and play she creates art jewellery,
wearables and interactive objects based on toys, games and feelings of nostalgia.
wearables and interactive objects based on toys, games and feelings of nostalgia.
Ceciel has a passion for combining understated and perhaps undervalued materials such as pewter, acrylics,
slate or copper using traditional techniques and elevating these into bold and colourful statement jewellery.
slate or copper using traditional techniques and elevating these into bold and colourful statement jewellery.
Circular economy principles are an integral part of my process using the imperfect, discarded and intervention of the self as
inspiration, tool, and material. Waste is reused, reworked and recycled within and across my art and jewellery practices.
inspiration, tool, and material. Waste is reused, reworked and recycled within and across my art and jewellery practices.
A tactile archive of our memories, sealed into jewellery and objects.
I am a studio jeweller, which means I love to experiment in all materials and produce one off pieces and small batch production, as ideas flow, my jewellery evolves.
Clare is a contemporary mix media Jewellery designer based in Devon.
Her focus in on re-using materials that would otherwise be discarded to create precious items of Jewellery that can be worn everyday.
Clare has a range of collections which all have the concept of recycling ..... from one precious object to another.
Her focus in on re-using materials that would otherwise be discarded to create precious items of Jewellery that can be worn everyday.
Clare has a range of collections which all have the concept of recycling ..... from one precious object to another.
Dan is known for working primarily with wood and other found objects gathered from his local surroundings
to create intricate component based adornments with social, political and environmental narratives.
to create intricate component based adornments with social, political and environmental narratives.
Organic handmade jewellery born out of a love of nature and designed using a mix of precious metals, beads, paper and fabric.
Colourful, bold and all one of a kind.
Colourful, bold and all one of a kind.
I create experimental pieces of jewellery from litter, waste clothing and found materials challenging perceptions
of preciousness by carefully crafting pieces only from the materials I find.
of preciousness by carefully crafting pieces only from the materials I find.
Work with an environmental conscience.
Deborah’s most recent collection 'Plasticity' is inspired by the impact of human activity on the planet
and is formed in recycled single-use plastics and silver.
Deborah’s most recent collection 'Plasticity' is inspired by the impact of human activity on the planet
and is formed in recycled single-use plastics and silver.
The World we perceive with our five senses becomes a different place with a deep realisation. My beginning motivation that moves me is my curiosity about that place. The only rule I strictly adhere to in my “open to potential surprises, semi-controlled” creating process is emphasising the importance of the human factor, hand work, idea and care in relation to creating or making.
Fascinated with the mind, Eleanor explores mental health and illness. She creates a physical representation of a journey invisible to
others and encourages dialogue around this taboo subject.
others and encourages dialogue around this taboo subject.
Emily embraces an cathartic collaboration of creativity, health and sustaining the environment. Practicing brutal destructive
techniques, revealing riches of purposeful vigor of worth. Redressing salvaged materials to create impact Jewellery.
techniques, revealing riches of purposeful vigor of worth. Redressing salvaged materials to create impact Jewellery.
Emily’s jewellery is inspired by memory and light.
She works with abstract surface designs to bring the jewellery
to life as the wearer moves, reflecting light in all directions.
She works with abstract surface designs to bring the jewellery
to life as the wearer moves, reflecting light in all directions.
Enssembly uses quotes and phrases to create unique, electronic keepsakes using upcycled wood and stunning pyrite gems. Coated with organic Linseed oil and attached to a mixed pyrite bead necklace. Each unique piece is NFC enabled and when a compatible smartphone taps the rectangular pyrite cluster, the quote appears on screen.
Faye's work is anchored around combining contrasting materials of different origin and weight through
an organic process of construction and embellishment to create intriguing wearable objects.
an organic process of construction and embellishment to create intriguing wearable objects.
Fern Robinson creates 'childishly sophisticated' jewellery with vibrant shards of crayon in smooth tactile resin,
aiming to create a uniquely fun relationship between jewellery and owner.
aiming to create a uniquely fun relationship between jewellery and owner.
Under the name Gonzo Studio Ltd, Abigail Asher works in the self-titled style of ‘Brutaissance',
blending divisions and distinctions of social class within her work.
blending divisions and distinctions of social class within her work.
Hayley creates dramatic and highly tactile jewellery which tells a deeply personal story of her past,
whilst communicating the hidden beauty within the gritty urban landscapes in which she has immersed herself.
whilst communicating the hidden beauty within the gritty urban landscapes in which she has immersed herself.
Holly's main source of inspiration comes from her travels to various, yet significant, destinations.
By digging into the information she gathers, interesting sources are then transformed into wearable art.
By digging into the information she gathers, interesting sources are then transformed into wearable art.
I work in silver, 18K gold, copper and vitreous enamel. My pieces are created by either reticulation/ etching
or by manipulating copper mesh coated in multiple layers of vitreous enamel.
or by manipulating copper mesh coated in multiple layers of vitreous enamel.
Inca strives to find a fundamental balance between form, material and colour.
Her work can best be described as contemporary objects derived from a concept and rationalised to give them purpose.
Her work can best be described as contemporary objects derived from a concept and rationalised to give them purpose.
Jane makes tactile mixed-media jewellery, using sustainably sourced timber and reclaimed materials.
Research into traditional craft technologies inform her practice but with a playful contemporary twist.
Research into traditional craft technologies inform her practice but with a playful contemporary twist.
Not Your Average Beauty collection
A collection of facial ornaments inspired by radical tribal jewellery that aims to combat media’s
idealisation of beauty and the modern society’s obsession of plastic surgery.
The collection offers a viable alternative that celebrates individuality and
imperfections.
A collection of facial ornaments inspired by radical tribal jewellery that aims to combat media’s
idealisation of beauty and the modern society’s obsession of plastic surgery.
The collection offers a viable alternative that celebrates individuality and
imperfections.
Jordan is multidisciplinary artist working around the topics of ritual, fetishisation and ideas of Identity.
Julia is an art jeweller who transforms internal experiences into tangible, multifunctional jewellery, fostering dialogue between
art, craft, and design while promoting the positive social impact of handmade, narrative objects.
art, craft, and design while promoting the positive social impact of handmade, narrative objects.
Kate’s jewellery explores the minute complexity of lichens along with their chemical compound structures.
Pieces are unique and sculptural, handcrafted in an intuitive and experimental way using materials appropriate to each piece.
Pieces are unique and sculptural, handcrafted in an intuitive and experimental way using materials appropriate to each piece.
Adding a modern futuristic spin on traditional skills of the jeweller, working in silver Kate hand crafts with passion
contrasting hard lines, soft curves, simple elegance with bursts of brutalism.
contrasting hard lines, soft curves, simple elegance with bursts of brutalism.
Katy Gillam-Hull makes historically inspired narrative objects and jewellery.
Obsessed with the fragmented and forgotten she often works with found objects and stories, and she showcases their hidden value
with her contemporary artefacts.
Obsessed with the fragmented and forgotten she often works with found objects and stories, and she showcases their hidden value
with her contemporary artefacts.
Kim Sutherland is a London based maker who combines metalwork with formal research
in the creation of inscribed objects - wall-based meditations inspired by the sacred and the ritual.
in the creation of inscribed objects - wall-based meditations inspired by the sacred and the ritual.
Kinga is inspired by the deep and delicate relationship between jewellery and the human body. Her pieces
artfully capture the body’s negative spaces, transforming them into wearable expressions of art.
artfully capture the body’s negative spaces, transforming them into wearable expressions of art.
Exploring narrative themes Lindsey creates playful jewellery with a soft industrial aesthetic
sprinkled with a hint of modern nostalgia and a touch of light humour.
sprinkled with a hint of modern nostalgia and a touch of light humour.
Tumbled, battered, burnt, lost, found, stranded pieces of ephemera gathered on the tidelines of beaches, on the hinterlands where the sand meets the land… each piece has journeyed, travelled over waves, through storms, bobbed, floated and drifted onto the strand line and into my hands.
Drawn to traditional techniques combined with unconventional materials, exploring the idea of a different kind of treasure,
my adventure with jewellery continues my journey as a multi-disciplinary artist.
my adventure with jewellery continues my journey as a multi-disciplinary artist.
'I love that there is a hidden beauty within these often unnoticed treasures hidden works of art just waiting to be discovered. Discarded by man and shaped by mother nature's elements'
Lucy's Jewellery is handcrafted using techniques that have remained unchanged for hundreds of years.
She uses traditional tools from her Granddads workshop and takes inspiration from ancient Lichen forms.
materials.
She uses traditional tools from her Granddads workshop and takes inspiration from ancient Lichen forms.
materials.
I use discarded objects, off-cuts, found materials, mementos of the past and share the preciousness I see in them,
giving them a new life as jewellery, sculptures and small objects.
giving them a new life as jewellery, sculptures and small objects.
I excavate ideas around the intent of magic on material thinking and how provenance
and metaphysical values charged shapeless relationships between object and body.
and metaphysical values charged shapeless relationships between object and body.
Matilde Mozzanega transforms layers of industrial cardboard tubing into upcycled,
innovative and sculptural jewellery - celebrating fluidity & change of matter.
innovative and sculptural jewellery - celebrating fluidity & change of matter.
Maya handcrafts her jewellery from recycled preloved silver, gold and ethically sourced gemstones.
Melted silver is used as a pencil or a paintbrush to create lines, textures and organic forms.
Melted silver is used as a pencil or a paintbrush to create lines, textures and organic forms.
Jewellery made using semi-precious stones, silver and beaten metals fashioned into individual pieces often asymmetrical and always arresting.
Silver wire is shaped, soldered, and combined with resin to create elegant forms in striking colour combinations.
The resin takes centre stage resulting in jewellery that evokes refined, modern sensibilities.
The resin takes centre stage resulting in jewellery that evokes refined, modern sensibilities.
I experiment with found objects and salvaged leftover materials,
creating wearable art as a means of communicating my thoughts on various concepts.
creating wearable art as a means of communicating my thoughts on various concepts.
Wearable navigation sculptures. Hidden maps & secrets,
stories of Space Travel, Planet Earth, Ecology, Moon, & Ocean.
Found things, upscaled plastics, tree resins, seeds, ethical gemstones, recycled metals.
'Future Gemstones'
stories of Space Travel, Planet Earth, Ecology, Moon, & Ocean.
Found things, upscaled plastics, tree resins, seeds, ethical gemstones, recycled metals.
'Future Gemstones'
Nerissa makes work inspired by coastal textures and beach-combed finds, creating interesting combinations of structure and colour
using old clothes and scrap materials for both economic & ecological sustainability.
using old clothes and scrap materials for both economic & ecological sustainability.
Sitting between art, adornment and artefact, my work lives to preserve folk history by uncovering past local customs
which inspire contemporary, jewellery facilitated ritual acts.
which inspire contemporary, jewellery facilitated ritual acts.
Nicola creates wearable sculpture as a material metaphor for lived experience. She works precious metals in
untraditional ways, and combines a strong architectural aesthetic with repeated mark making and texture.
untraditional ways, and combines a strong architectural aesthetic with repeated mark making and texture.
I'm Osian, an artist. I bounce around the fun edges of Jewellery design squishing new shapes, colours and
narratives in to unique sculptural pieces for fingers.
narratives in to unique sculptural pieces for fingers.
Petra’s work reflects the ongoing theme of cultural identity; the value of difference, of integration and of society.
Her work is defined by a linear style and pared down forms.
Her work is defined by a linear style and pared down forms.
Experiments to Wear. Exploring the possibilities of what a piece of jewellery can be and what story it can tell.
Rachel Butlin seeks to challenge the concepts of contemporary interactive and wearable jewellery producing a range of
high end, mixed material wearable pieces. She loves to challenge the way in which people perceive a piece, by creating
small scale sculpture that can be worn on the body, in a way chosen by the wearer.
high end, mixed material wearable pieces. She loves to challenge the way in which people perceive a piece, by creating
small scale sculpture that can be worn on the body, in a way chosen by the wearer.
'What makes one stone more precious than another? Rarity? Colour? Price? A pebble picked from a myriad of others with an attached memory or story of time and place. Is that not just as precious?
Each stone arrives in your possession with its own power and beauty ready to listen and take on your story....'
Each stone arrives in your possession with its own power and beauty ready to listen and take on your story....'
As a self-professed material alchemist, and a general sucker for all things bright and bold,
my work is an exploration of materials; my current weapon of choice being slime.
my work is an exploration of materials; my current weapon of choice being slime.
Shona explores the connection between the mind and the body through wearable art objects.
Pieces are made using a range of materials such as paper, beads and precious metals.
Pieces are made using a range of materials such as paper, beads and precious metals.
Tania creates elegant, playful jewellery that has a bold and colourful twist from leather. Her jewellery celebrates the
pleasure of the unpredictable and the overwhelming potential of this natural material.
pleasure of the unpredictable and the overwhelming potential of this natural material.
Val Muddyman works in jesmonite, metals and beach detritus, to create jewellery which celebrates the natural marks left by the tide on man-made coastal defences.
Yuka Jourdain creates jewellery that narrates biodiversity loss in nature and historical and current human conditions.
She uses traditional jewellery techniques combined with new materials she encounters.
She uses traditional jewellery techniques combined with new materials she encounters.
