Jewellery

I started making jewellery after I finished my MA in London. I lived in a small flat in Sheperds Bush and couldn`t afford a studio, so I didn`t have the luxury of being able to make room sized installations, so needed to make something small! Jewellery seemed like the perfect solution, so I joined a jewellery-making course with a friend and we giggled our way through it…After this course I continued to experiment and it gradually became part of my practice. The following year I went to New Zealand for three months for an artists` residency at an art centre near Wellington. It was here I spent three blissful months developing my jewellery practice

When I first came to live in the rainy, but very lovely, city of Manchester, my childhood friend and I set up our own accessory studio Ellie and Lou in the Manchester Craft and Design Centre. I now make from my lovely studio at home near Manchester.

I now use laser cutting technology to create unique and delicate shapes that I then layer, playing with depth. I use different materials like; walnut, acrylic, feathers, ribbon and fabric. The pieces often connect to a certain places that evoke a nostalgic elegance, often using an art deco palette to hand paint each piece. I am inspired by architecture in particular art deco interiors, as well as craft techniques, such as quilling and decoupage. I exhibit my collections in various places and galleries such as Yorkshire Sculpture Park and they are stocked widely; featuring in British Vogue as well as popular blogs like Creative Review etc.

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Jewellery blog


Laser cut mirror…


I`ve been experimenting laser cutting mirrored acrylic. I made this for a friend who has a wall she wanted to fill with different kinds of pictures…….i think a laser cut mirror makes a lovely picture…I am imagining some in frames which i think would look nice too…

Designs Almost!


I have been working on my computer a lot lately trying to get the illustrator designs ready so they can be laser cut and made into jewellery! Holly the dog has been my excuse to leave my computer…to give you a taster of some of the things my designs are inspired  by….

Jewellery Designs…


Laser cutting Kevin‘ kindly let me test my designs out of paper today……..it is so much fun to watch a laser cutter at work- amazing! I just need to tweek my designs and hopefully i`ll have some finished pieces to share with you soon.

New Jewellery collection….


I have begun to work on my new collection and using the knowledge i have gained about laser cutting from the The Talking Tower exhibition, i feel very excited to be designing a new collection with this laser cutting knowledge. I am taking my inspiration from Parisian windows and metal work…..I`ll keep you up to date as it unravels, but you will soon be able to buy online and the preview for this collection will be for Christmas at the Mill on the 25th November, but i`ll tell you more about that nearer the time too.

Peacock Necklace at ‘The Talking Tower’ Exhibition…


I promised to put photos of my exhibition at Turton Tower, which will end next sunday by the way. This peacock feather necklace is in on one of the bedrooms hanging from a beautiful mirror…I made this necklace by painstakingly  breaking the strands from peacock feathers into the shapes i want and  then they are individually glued into place. I haven`t used the eye of the peacock feather and i like that i have used the subtle parts of the feather and when it catches the light you can see its colours. The necklace looks fragile, but it is suprisingly strong.