Jewellery
Stalked: Brianna Lamar, Jewellery Designer
10 February 2016
Brianna Lamar is an artist & designer from
Ojai, California working in fine art, jewellery & textile surface design.
After graduating in Fashion Design from the Fashion Institute of Technology in
NYC she then spent a year in the Italian lands studying at Polimoda in Florence.
As I am about to go on holiday in April I am at the moment looking for
anything that would look cool on the beach with swimwear and this designer
seriously caught my eye with her latest collection. I think you'll agree all her work is a must have for this summer!
Why did you decide to concentrate on unconventional jewellery forms?
I've never personally been one to follow convention in any aspect of my life. I find my greatest fulfilment from creating something authentic and intuitive. I feel that's the essence of what it means to be a designer. Also, I have a background in fashion design, so the idea of working with the entire form of the body to create pieces that are draped to fit and flatter the human figure is natural and intriguing to me
Stalked: Annabel Leigh, Jewellery Designer
26 November 2015
Annabel Leigh is the
very talent American based jewellery designer whose creations are not only
beautiful they are something more.. she wanted her jewellery to feel like armour
or amulets that preserve memories, give protection or perhaps bring luck and
love if you believe it enough.
Why did you decide to get into fashion?
I’ve always had an aspect of creativity in my life; whether that was dance as a child, theatre studios in college, later photography. I started metal-smithing because at the time I wanted to try something new so did a short ring making class at a local art’s centre which turned into many nights working from my apartment. There was something meditative in the ancient lost wax carving process that got me hooked.
Stalked: Tarra Rosenbaum, Jewellery Designer
7 October 2015
I stumbled across this very talented jewellery designer recently when I was looking through an old shoot with Alix of Bohemia, in one of these shots she is wearing a bat ring.. and so the hunt started to find the amazing designer behind this beautiful piece of jewellery. Finally I did and of course I had to stalk her for you guys!
Why did you decide to be a jewellery
designer?
I
don’t know if you decide or if your craft decides for you.
I
have always worked with my hands and sometimes I say this is the adult version
of what I did as a child. When I went to university I enjoyed the challenge and
clarity of the sciences while minoring in art history. In the end I gravitated back
to the arts, using my science background to become an art conservator during
the day and a jewelry designer in my free time. I love the three dimensional
aspect to jewellery, using my sculpting skills along with the technical side of
metallurgy which uses my chemistry. It’s a little bit of light engineering and
then the pure glam of creating beautiful things and playing with stones from
all around the world.
Stalked: Annamarie Sabo, Jewellery Designer, La Corza
30 July 2015
Recently I was introduced to the very talented Annamarie Sabo, the jewellery designer behind La Corza; “Inspiration is never the question,” says Annamarie. “It’s really finding
ways to channel that inspiration, to decide which lines to follow and how far,
that is my challenge.” I caught up with her to find out why she loves designing and what tips she has for young emerging designers...
How did you get to
where you are now and what do you love about jewellery design?
When you start with
nature as your inspiration, you are never at a loss for ideas. I literally fill
my sketchbooks with ideas when I'm out traveling and then begin the lengthy
process of seeing which designs speak the loudest, or demand to be made. My
first cactus cuff bracelet happened that way, by seeing the interior skeleton
of a preserved cactus while I was hiking through the desert. That architecture
that was revealed, the fine network of veins that once carried the life force
of that magnificent plant, struck me as an amazing pattern. From there I began
seeing the shape of a bracelet wrapped around my wrist, as if it were carrying
that same energy back into my body. That was years ago and I am still refining
that design with many different variations.
I design for both
women and men, and that is one La Corza's strengths, I think. I love seeing my
designs on people from people who look different from one another but share
something within, a certain strength and certainty. I'm thrilled that my pieces
look as stunning on Conchita Wurst as they do on an NFL football player or
someone as iconic as Alicia Keys or Alexa Chung. I design for individuals who
want to stand out.
Stalked: Sasha Cherovsky, Jewellery Designer, Raw Taste.
6 July 2015
Sasha Cherovsky is not only a very talented jewellery designer, she is also an artist, with her jewellery, photography and film all having a beautifully 'raw' edge. She values quality
over quantity, uniqueness over conventional and spiritual energy over
emptiness. Sasha's designs the kind of jewellery which you can easily obsess over and get addicted to wanting to wear more and more.. she is undoubtedly one of my favourite jewellery designers at the moment.
What do you love
about jewellery design?
I love to let the
material I'm sculpting speak to me. I rarely sketch or plan a design in
advance. After exploring a texture and material and having prototypes, I will
move on to more rational business decisions.
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