Adele Taylor
Adele’s work consists of textures and patterns from images and found objects in the environment, which may seem disconnected but do have a link through Adele’s aesthetic choices. These are assembled as jewellery and small-scale objects. Adele exhibits widely at international trade shows and has her designs shown in renowned galleries.
Alan Ardiff
Alan launched his revolutionary movement on the unsuspecting Irish market in 1994. His miniature kinetic jewellery works were embraced enthusiastically and over the years he has achieved a massive group of emotional followers all around the world.
Amanda Cox
Having previously lectured in jewellery and metalwork at Plymouth College of Art and Design, Amanda has returned to her original passion – designing and creating contemporary jewellery from her studio based in Yorkshire.Amanda’s work has developed from and been inspired by a combination of the exploration of metal’s tactile properties and the visual qualities of simple organic forms.
Ambre France
Ambres’ range of work is more ideas for jewellery than traditional decorative jewellery. Ambre uses a wide spectrum of precious and non-precious materials to create concept based pieces of jewellery which touch upon a variety of different issues. Ambre likes to manipulate language and ideas within her work, drawing inspiration from objects that catch her attention.
Anne Morgan
A member of the Association of Contemporary Jewellery and the Makers Guild in Wales, with whom she exhibits nationally and internationally, her creations proudly show off their origins in workshop experimentation. Anne forges a relationship between organic texture and simple geometry, rather like the placing of a formal structure in a natural landscape.
Bags2Riches
Anna Roebuck began experimenting with recycled plastic bags in 2001 and different ways by which to transform them into new interesting forms. Environmental issues have always been important to Anna and are at the core of her ideas. Her visual interests are eclectic, but in particular she explores the interaction between manmade objects and nature and the effect of erosion.
Block
Tara Ashe founded block design in 2000, Based in st Germans, Cornwall. Tara has a background of an eclectic mix of engineering and Applied Arts. Block fits into our new design of culture of confident colours and inspiring prints. This spin off range of jewellery from the many interior product, combined bold coloured acrylic with silver detail.
Charlie High
Charlie High Charlies’ interest in the environment and organic forms heavily influences her work. Her pieces combine visual and tactile qualities, evident in the variety of surface textures she adopts. Her use of 18ct gold, semi precious stones and beads add touches of light and colour, subtly delighting the observer as well as the wearer.
Chris Boland
Chris uses his fascination of gemstones and crystal structure to inform his bespoke jewellery. He uses strong, bold shapes to accentuate the unique qualities of the gemstones that he uses. When creating his jewellery he combines strength and confidence with delicacy and intricacy. Chris uses some of the more rare and unusual gemstones in his collection.
Claire Lowe
Her work is influenced by form, texture and colour and is very much about exploration and combination of materials including metal, plastics, mainly resin and mixed media. A reoccurring theme is circles, domes and holes, seeing through the material to another layer, either of clothing, skin or surface. Pieces are worn away from the body and at an angle so that light can be seen through.
Diana Porter
Diana’s jewellery is chunky and androgynous, with an intrinsic untegrity in both design and finish. Her creative inspiration comes from personal and political beleifs, expressed through words which form a major feature of her work. These are used as decoration in combinations of gold on matt silver, acid etched for contrast and tactile qualities.
Gabriella Casemore
Gabriella studied metals and ceramics at Brighton University and now has a workshop at Brass Monkeys in Hove, East Sussex.
Gemma Clarke
Gemma designs and makes exclusive jewellery from conception to completion in her studio situated in London’s East End, in the shadow of Hatton Garden. After completing her studies at Sir John Cass University and then working for several well-known and established jewellers, she now has her own collection.
Hannah Souter
Inspired by the beauty and delicate structures found in the natural world Hannah creates sculptural jewellery. Hannah works in silver and 18ct gold using hand-pressed and individually fabricated units combined with subtle surface textures and contrasting finishes to create this unique jewellery. Hannah’s silversmithing work focuses on creating functional and aesthetic pieces that are designed for contemporary living.
Helen Noakes
Helen loves surprises so take a closer look! Hard-to-find miniature figures are the focus of her resin range & run the gamut from penguins and terriers to cheeky punk rockers and nude bathers. Hot off the press is the delicate irreverent ‘Nun’ Necklace – a silver cross and cube resin charm containing a beautifully detailed nun dangling off a long delicate silver chain.
Jane Moore
Colour is the most important aspect of Jane’s work and she has found transparent enamel to be her perfect medium. Even though it is a very difficult process, she enjoys the ongoing challenge of applying glass to silver. Past work has included fine detailed figurative imagery, including Japanese printed and embroided textiles.
Karen Bartlett
Dynamics and perception of the materials alter when used in an unfamiliar context, or as a visual metaphor for an underlying thought or theme. The qualities that certain materials possess capture attention on both an aesthetic and sensory level. This is reflected in the pieces that Karen creates, Which are typically small scale wire structures that incorporate materials such as: silver, copper, plastics, silicone, rubber bands, flocking and gemstones.
Kate Smith
Retaining the original essence of the subject, such as interesting grasses and seed heads hanging from winter bare branches, drawings are abstracted and translated into jewellery. The results, from simple layered earrings and delicate looking bracelets, to chunky rings and loose flowing necklaces, are pieces that combine the contrasting colours of satin finished and oxidised silver and gold.
Katie Clarke
Katie’s jewellery fuses precious and non-precious elements to create the unexpected. Her range of wearable adornment utilises a wide array of colourful feathers, flashes of iridescent crystal fibres and chunky elastic alongside traditional components such as gold and silver.
Kaz Robertson
Interaction and versatility are the two most important aspects of her a work. Kaz likes the wearer to be able to play with the jewellery creating new pieces. Setting magnets within the resin provides a way of changing each piece easily. Ring tops can be swapped, Bangles stick together, neckpieces interconnecting.
Kimberley Selwood
Inspired by floral organic forms, Kimberley’s handmade beautiful designs are enhanced with intricate pierced patterns and delicate textures, creating unique contemporary jewellery. Kimberley graduated with her degree in 2005 and in the same year she won the New Designer award for jewellery.
Kokkino
Classic silver with the addition of beautiful colours in vitreus enamels, plus a range of 9ct yellow gold and silver that mirrors the simplicity of the ranges. All designs are without doubt contemporary, yet ultimately wearable modern classics. Simplicity in styling throughout the ranges makes each piece versatile, striking and feminine.
Latham & Neve
Bold, startling simple designs characterise Latham & Neve’s collections. Hand-made jewellery, beaten silver and gold, beautiful textures sparkle and bounce in changing light, complement sculptural hand-finished pieces, inspired by spirals, rocks, and ripples of rain water.
Les Grimshaw
Bold, startling simple designs characterise Latham & Neve’s collections. Hand-made jewellery, beaten silver and gold, beautiful textures sparkle and bounce in changing light, complement sculptural hand-finished pieces, inspired by spirals, rocks, and ripples of rain water.
Lesley Strickland
Lesley Strickland Using a mixture of both silver and cellulose acetate (derived from cotton oil) in a beautiful range of colours. Lesley has created pieces that are contemporary and also unique. Her work has a fluidity to it which has evolved over her years as a jeweller, giving off it’s own personal style. This style is something that Lesley aims for as well as striving towards elegant simplicity and empathy with the wearer.
Lindsey Mann
She has developed a method of printing which allows for very accurate results. Lindsey combines colourful aluminium with silver, vintage plastics and other found materials. The incorporation of simple kinetic elements into the work adds a sense of fun. Lindsey’s work crosses the boundaries between jewellery design and sculpture and inspiration derives from a fascination with old tin toys, interior decoration and general gadgetry.
Marianne Forrest
Marianne makes timepieces from the tiniest of wrist watches to huge architectural installations for urban spaces. Marianne has a fascination with scale and surface, form and function, exploring ideas about the nature of time and its transience and performance. She uses new technologies, fascinated in the methods of building three-dimensional objects which are meticulously constructed by machine yet carved by the hand in the virtual space of a computer.
Marie Krazizky
Marie’s ideas are generated through sketches and developed whilst experimenting with techniques at the work bench. Her recent designs are influenced by natural forms using fluid shapes, feminine styles, combining moveable features with oxidised and polished surfaces.
Since becoming a qualified jeweller and silversmith Marie has returned to North Devon and has established her workshop, where she designs and handcrafts contemporary jewellery.
Michele White
Gaining much inspiration from the Art Nouveau Movement, Michele’s philosophy in jewellery design and making is that it should be a mixture of Art and Craft. Her jewellery has an organic movement, using precious and non-precious gemstones with gold and silver – combining beauty and function. Each unique gemstone inspires design with silver and 18ct gold frequently used together with contrasting finishes.
Miranda Sharpe
Miranda started her business in 2001 and her work is shown nationally and internationally. Miranda’s jewellery is an expression of what inspires her visually, such as aspects of nature; graphic forms are combined with precious metals, resins and enamels to create striking pieces. The strong forms in her work contrast with an air of lightness and visual delicacy.
Nicola Becci
Nicola sees her work as an exploration of decoration using many sources of inspiration; primarily the rich symbolism of the Catholic Church, the trappings of royalty, playing cards and chess, calligraphy, and the language of symbolism. Food and confectionary have been the source for some of her most recent pieces.
Paul Finch
He uses a variety of techniques to create distinctive ranges of jewellery which are characterised by simplicity and elegance. The jewellery featured reflects a love of strong form with a few embellishments. Paul works mainly in silver, 18ct gold and diamonds and undertakes commissions for wedding and engagement rings.
Rachel Darbourne
Rachel struggles with today’s throw-away society which has inspired her to use materials that would normally be discarded, changing them into objects that become wearable and precious. Polythene is an unexpected material to use for jewellery, it challenges the general perception of the material and what constitutes a jewel.
Rachel McKnight
Rachel’s jewellery comprises necklaces, bangles and earrings from quirky creations in plastic and rubber. The excitement of sourcing new materials and the experimentation with them inspires her to produce original and innovative jewellery.
Ros Coope
Ros likes to capture just a little part of this world when designing and creating a piece that can be worn and enjoyed by the wearer. Imprinting precious metal with paper and linen through the rolling mill gives her designs texture, as does the process of photo-etching which adds the accuracy of fine pattern.
Sally Collins
Not only exploring issues of recycling and sustainability, her work considers issues of ornamentation and the concept of the ‘super frilly’; the emphasis is on excess detailing and frills, taking pleasure in unusual or abundant combination of fabric and texture.
Sarah Lindsay
The ‘Dust Collection’ uses acrylic as dust laminated into the plastic and cut into thin slices which resemble agate – the results are stunning jewellery that is both light weight and vivid in colour.
Sarah Packington
Sarah’s acrylic jewellery has evolved from a love of colour and simple, abstract patterns. She is particularly interested in 1950′s fabric designs, such as those of Lucienne Day.
Sea Jewellery by Yoshiyuki Tsukamoto
The gallery is very proud to be supporting Japan after the devastating earthquake earlier this year in which many children became orphans. Found on the beach in Japan only two days after the disaster some beautiful pieces of old, hand painted Japanese pottery and glass were collected by a British friend of mine, Jacqualine Kurio. Working with Japanese jewellery designer Yoshiyuki Tsukamoto the pair have come up with these beautiful necklaces they are calling Sea Jewellery.
Selina Campbell
She creates three-dimensional forms made from sterling silver, that captures the beauty of flora and fauna and explore all aspects of nature. Inspired by the spontaneous layered structures and geometrical patterns displayed in nature, she makes single floral components that are then arranged to produce intriguing contemporary forms, reminiscent of growing plant life.
Shirley Smith
Shirley designs and makes contemporary silver jewellery that is sold throughout the UK. Her work is heavily influenced by the textures and patterns of time worn surfaces. A beach combing ‘addict’, the current collections reflect her fascination with the eclectic detritus to be found on the shore-line.
Shona Carnegie
Amongst her collections are small one-off batch production pieces, which are etched sterling silver with 18ct gold and enamel detail. Exotic travel and the imagery within her travel diaries, along with a fascination for tactile objects and the spirit of movement, are amongst the influences that make up her two main collections.
Sophy Reid
Sophy is a contemporary jeweller from the South West, who graduated with a degree from Plymouth College of Art and Design. Inspired mainly by the plant life in the region, her jewellery is contemporary, elegant, feminine and funky. Working largely in silver, Sophy’s jewellery contains subtle contrasts in colour and texture, such as silver with oxidised silver; silver with gold or gold-plated silver, and contrasting finishes.
Sue Gregor
Some of the work is sandblasted on both sides to create a rich depth of texture and pattern, which is transformed by changing light source. For the surface pattern Sue uses quite ordinary plants and weeds, hoping that the wearer will not only enjoy them as jewellery but also review their appreciation of the natural world.
Tatty Divine
Tatty Divine is famous for unique and quirky accessories, which elevate jewellery to art status. The pair behind it all, Harriet Vine and Rosie Wolfenden, have no formal training as jewellers. They met studying fine art at Chelsea school of Art in 1996.
Teri Howes
Teri takes her inspiration from her love of fashion, textiles, pattern and geometry. This stencil collection has evolved directly from her previous career as a graphic designer – incorporating bold pattern and Illusion. This is jewellery paired down to it’s minimalist core – credit card thin and edgy – a rebellion against over embellishment.
Tina Lilienthal
Storytelling plays an important role in Tina’s work, as well as elements of playfulness and humour. This is reflected in her approach to materials, utilising a broad mix of metals, plastics and fabrics, which stand in opposition to conventional jewellery practice.
Tracey Birchwood
Tracey’s collection is made from porcelain and wrapped with very fine silver wire. Geometric patterns feature strongly and all the surface decoration is precisely applied. All the wrapped pieces have a subtle yet glittery appearance, with the coloured porcelain enhancing the patterns to give contrast to the surface decoration.
Trusheeta David
Colour is crucial to Trusheeta’s designs where she combines hand dyed bright colours with fluorescent acrylic. Her work explores the play of light with acrylic by virtue of its properties of edge lighting and transparency.
