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A Passion for Beads: Emma Lawrence’s Colourful Journey with Spangle Fandango

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A lifelong passion for all things “colourful and shiny” led Emma Lawrence to explore jewellery-making as a hobby around 2010. What began as a creative way to while away the evenings, however blossomed into Spangle Fandango, a jewellery brand that specialises in vibrant and fun colour juxtapositions, shapes and patterns created through the intricate weaving of tiny glass beads.

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A Passion for Beads: Emma Lawrence’s Colourful Journey with Spangle Fandango

Posted by Rae Gellel on

A lifelong passion for all things “colourful and shiny” led Emma Lawrence to explore jewellery-making as a hobby around 2010. What began as a creative way to while away the evenings, however blossomed into Spangle Fandango, a jewellery brand that specialises in vibrant and fun colour juxtapositions, shapes and patterns created through the intricate weaving of tiny glass beads.

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From Spare Room to Seaside Studio: Roxanne Gilbert's Bold 'Spheres' Collection

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Roxanne Gilbert's journey from a South London spare room to a fully equipped studio with a view of Cornwall's tranquil shores has transformed her jewellery-making practice. Her new “Spheres” collection features one-of-a-kind rings, earrings, and necklaces adorned with clusters of vibrantly coloured spherical gemstones and pearls in contrasting sizes.

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From Spare Room to Seaside Studio: Roxanne Gilbert's Bold 'Spheres' Collection

Posted by Rae Gellel on

Roxanne Gilbert's journey from a South London spare room to a fully equipped studio with a view of Cornwall's tranquil shores has transformed her jewellery-making practice. Her new “Spheres” collection features one-of-a-kind rings, earrings, and necklaces adorned with clusters of vibrantly coloured spherical gemstones and pearls in contrasting sizes.

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Emma Wilson on Capturing the Coast in Vitreous Enamel

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Coastal Echoes is silversmith and jeweller Emma Wilson’s heartfelt ode to Aberdeen beach, a collection that draws not upon postcard-like scenes of yellow sands and azure oceans, but rather the Scottish coastline in all its raw, unbridled beauty.

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Emma Wilson on Capturing the Coast in Vitreous Enamel

Posted by Rae Gellel on

Coastal Echoes is silversmith and jeweller Emma Wilson’s heartfelt ode to Aberdeen beach, a collection that draws not upon postcard-like scenes of yellow sands and azure oceans, but rather the Scottish coastline in all its raw, unbridled beauty.

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In the Footsteps of a 1st Century Goldsmith: Samantha Snow on Jewellery Crafted in Beeswax

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Unlike jeweller’s wax with its many pliable varieties, beeswax is fragile and capricious. This did not deter Samantha Snow however, a self-taught, Sussex-based jeweller whose fascination with history has led her to recreate, with painstaking authenticity, the techniques and experiences of 1st century goldsmiths.

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In the Footsteps of a 1st Century Goldsmith: Samantha Snow on Jewellery Crafted in Beeswax

Posted by Rae Gellel on

Unlike jeweller’s wax with its many pliable varieties, beeswax is fragile and capricious. This did not deter Samantha Snow however, a self-taught, Sussex-based jeweller whose fascination with history has led her to recreate, with painstaking authenticity, the techniques and experiences of 1st century goldsmiths.

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Jewellery That Litters the Body: Kristina Merchant’s Challenging SCOUR Collection

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Chewing gum on the sole of a shoe, a penny lying in the gutter, a hastily stubbed out cigarette. For Glasgow-based jeweller Kristina Merchant, they are the inspiration underpinning her unique work, modern day artefacts that express society’s attitude to waste, litter and beauty.

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Jewellery That Litters the Body: Kristina Merchant’s Challenging SCOUR Collection

Posted by Rae Gellel on

Chewing gum on the sole of a shoe, a penny lying in the gutter, a hastily stubbed out cigarette. For Glasgow-based jeweller Kristina Merchant, they are the inspiration underpinning her unique work, modern day artefacts that express society’s attitude to waste, litter and beauty.

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