New special bespoke jewellery launch for The Weekender at Old Granada Studios

I am really excited about bringing this new special project  to Manchester this Saturday and Sunday for The Weekender at Old Granada Studios 20th 21st June.

The concept of this ring is to involve you to make your own contribution to create a unique piece  just for you.

Inspired by the wonderful world of nature, it is the Caddisfly's clever larvae which helped to create the concept of this new piece. 

To give themselves protection when they are in their young state they create their own tailor made casing.

They build their homes from the natural materials around them, each marvellous creature crafting their own perfect fit using their own choice of organic objects they find.

The artist Hubert Duprat even created an environment of minute gems and  golden nuggets so that the larvae that lodged within could en-robe themselves in the glittering treasures. I was blown away by this when I saw them in Paris at the Dries Van Noten exhibition at Les Arts Décoratifs.

For this new collection of rings I want to allow each individual to be the crafty caddisfly collecting for their own ring.

Bejewelled cases left behind by the craftings of a clever Caddisfly larvae thanks to the artist Hubert Duprat.

I made the very first of these rings for myself to signify a big change in my environment and keep a piece of it with me and I am really looking forward to allowing others to wear a part of the places that mean something to them too.

 

For each bespoke commission you can find your own materials which I can use to create your own beautifully encrusted ring. 

This could be a little sand from your favourite beach, or some gravelly debris from your very own doorstep.

I will be at The Weekender, the free designer festival at Old Granada Studios this weekend to meet you and chat about this special project, but please also feel free to email me at info@jademellor.com with any questions ideas or just to say hello!

Delicious Jewels

Easter Feast!  I love big family get-togethers and Easter bank holiday is usually a lively weekend enjoying home cooked food complete with delicious veggies.

The luxury begins with  the colourful variety, choosing beautiful stripy tomatoes or even the  occasional home-grown courgette complete with foraged edible flowers.

My family are great at cooking tasty treats, but I also really appreciate the care in how they present them. As makers they get  busy creating things both in and out of the kitchen, soldering a  delicate metal cake topper as the crowning glory to sit upon another family member's luxurious, home-made chocolate cake.

Another might have made a special journey to snaffle the best game pie, or produce some vintage linens they had squirrelled away for such a celebration. This time and care in presenting and enjoying the food makes sharing the day together even more special, showing everybody how appreciated they are. Whether it's for their baking skills or corny jokes, everyone has something to offer.

If you know any corny jokes, I'm all ears.

The scrumptious  images in this post are of Hemmerle's Delicious Jewels. This amazing vegetable collection made by these  talented craftsmen  was created in 2011  to celebrate a new chapter in their history. The book  they produced featured these gorgeous works of art in combination with the delicious recipes of Tamsin Day-Lewis. It really is a sumptuous read, a feast for the eyes and belly.

Jewellery making and food at the top level are not dissimilar, both rely on technique, long experience and tradition, purism and originality without pretentiousness, elegant simplicity at best, both are beautiful to the eye and a joy to the senses.

Tamasin Day-Lewis
Food Writer and Author

Roasted artichoke!

The Hemmerle history is incredibly  impressive, beginning in Munich with the medals and orders made for the Bavarian Royal Family. When they began by taking over an established Goldsmith's at the turn of the 20th Century they brought their unique combination of  refined craftsmanship and  a more challenging and artistic approach to materials. Their  forward thinking, whilst utilising amazing technical skills of a fine jewellers has carried through to the present day. Finding links to modern life they make unique works of art where creating the most beautiful object is more important than the quantity of jewels used.

"We felt that the cabbage did not
invariably need a pavé setting to come to
life. The crafsmanship of themetal was
sufficient." Hemmerle Jewellers

The collection highlights nature’s artistry, both vegetal and mineral, turning the mundane into the magnificent.

I hope you enjoy this time celebrating the arrival of Spring and new growth with delicious fresh treats and the warmth of friends and family. 

A Pea Easter

Roses are Red

Some vibrant hues available in one of my favourite places to shop for art supplies L.Cornelissen's & Son's "Artist's Colourmen".

Natural stones in wondrous colours provide eye candy in one of my Hatton Garden gem suppliers.

Red Arrow Jasper Necklace this unique necklace is available in my online shop here.

Mixing pigments in my studio.

Red Hewn Ring with a bright marbled blue stone. This one-of-a-kind  piece is coming to my shop soon...or email me at info@jademellor.com for details.

From beetles to bark, natural pigment samples I saw at The National Galleries "Making Colour" exhibition.

Matching lipstick and jewellery

Red clematis leaves remind me of home...

My fave lip tint looks just like a neater version of eating a bowl of cherries

Do you love God's Own Junkyard too?

My favourite red shoes.

Red Arrow Jasper necklace is available in my online shop here. For more information or to commission your own unique piece email me at info@jademellor.com with your query!

Make yourself at home

verb live in

...bide, exist, hole up, inhabit, reside, squat, abide, bunk, continue, crash, flop, locate, nest, occupy, park, perch, quarter, remain, rent, rest, room, roost, settle, sojourn, stay, tarry, tenant, establish oneself, hang one's hat, hang out, keep house, locate, occupy, populate, possess, reside, dwell, live, lodge, people...

environment c.1600, "state of being environed"; sense of "nature, conditions in which a person or thing lives" 

I always say how much I love how Hubert Duprat drew attention to how the Cadi Fly larvae carefully construct themselves their protective cases. The larvae use whatever is available to them to build their homes, and the  precious materials Duprat gave them in his controlled environment  illustrates their skills and intuition beautifully in gold and glistening jewels. I have recently made some big changes to my own surroundings, relocating ready to begin a new chapter in a new place. Before I left my old home I made this piece of jewellery. It is a portable keepsake literally using the very materials of my old environment, containing the dust and debris that had surrounded me. To me it is also a protective talisman, a cocoon I have made to be safe within it. It is also a reminder that no matter where you are, just like the little larvae you can make the most of whatever you have and sometimes it might be even better, possibly even exquisitely precious and more wonderful than what you had ever been expecting...

The Big Bang 2015 by Maud Traon at Gill Wing Gallery

I have been enjoying a brilliant start to 2015 by helping to create this exhibition at Gill Wing Gallery in Islington, showcasing an installation of French jewellery artist Maud Traon's jewellery and objects.

Maud's objects create a post-apocalyptic landscape as a collection of glittering, futuristic cosmic debris. She describes her approcah as "Naive, playful & messy". I love the sense of intrigue they inspire, some are wearable, others are objects to enjoy and ponder. By creating a whole installation it has created a strong atmosphere of her work and by making it visible on a busy city street it makes this kind of exciting work visible  to the general public and their daily lives rather than in a closed gallery. 

Maud Traon ring from her collection, "Oh toi mon Petit Poney"

Here is some information on our  concept behind the exhibition, and reasons for holding it at Gill Wing jewellery gallery;

The Big Bang 2015 by Maud Traon 

"An explosion of colour and creativity in the jewellery universe. Maud takes us on a flight of fantasy in her use of unusual materials in eye catching colours and sparkling textures to create objects that fill us with wonder. Finest Swarovski and toy trinkets are engulfed in resin glitter, with gold and silver layers sealing their fate.

We chose to work with Maud for our first exhibition of 2015 to show an example of the creativity and individuality of the makers work we have in the gallery. We now house over 60 original jewellery artists, from the accomplished artisans, many of whom are now teaching the next generation and the up-and-coming, experimental makers. These designers push the boundaries of jewellery by utilising new technology, or demonstrating ancient jewellery techniques combined with fresh ideas. We hope that by continuing to showcase these talented individuals, exemplified by Maud Traon's extraordinary objects, we welcome in 2015 with the only limits to jewellery being those of our own imagination."

Maud Traon ring from her collection "The Constant Gardener"

Here it's as if they are in a  vivarium creating an atmosphere for these other worldly specimens to thrive in allowing viewers to see them in their weird and wonderful habitat.

Maud says she enjoys walking when coming up with a new piece, I agree that it is perfect way to allow yourself space and time to think and dream. Maud's foam rings here are encasing fairies, mermaids and princesses, we suspended them as if they were floating away, showing the lightness and delicate beauty, something for the daydreamers wishing to escape the mundane.

When we asked her what fragrance her pieces would have Maud answered (they would smell of) "spices and sweets". They certainly look tempting to passers by, catching the eye of even the busiest shoppers and commuters on Islington's busy Upper Street!

This installation is still on now, you can see it for yourself at Gill Wing Jewellery Gallery:

182 Upper St.
London
N1 1RQ

www.gillwingjewellery.co.uk

www.maudtraon.com

"What Is Jewellery?" Exhibition Piece No.3 Nebula Knuckleduster

Jewellery is...LOOKING BEYOND

The third ring from the exhibition "What is Jewellery?"  celebrates the stargazers, dreamers and out-there thinkers. Jewellery is not an essential item, it is a means to express ideas, to challenge preconceptions and to go further than a practical object may do.

Nebula Ring 2011, As featured on Vogue China
Oxidised silver, resin and metal dust by jewellery artist Jade Mellor.

This piece is available to buy directly from my STUDIO SHOP along with other pieces including more from this exhibition.

This ring fits over three fingers, binding them together comfortably, but noticably so that it you are aware always when you are wearing it and it cannot be missed by others. It makes you feel powerful, charged with the energy of the cosmos, weightier than some of my other resin pieces due to the metal dust contained within which gleams through the surface giving an uncanny appearance. 

This is a prize jewel for a space warrior, protection to travel to new planets fearlessly and push the boundaries when escaping the mundane and constraints of local convention.

Here is some more on the origins of this piece:

"I am fascinated by meteorites, the properties these alien rocks have, often more than meets the eye. They fall from the skies as a gift from other worlds. The exhibition "Jewels from space" at the American Museum of Natural History in New York was a huge influence on me. The Cape York meteorite housed there is the biggest and heaviest ever moved by man with a weight so great special supports were built into the bedrock of the building. Seeing such a monumental object that had arrived from so far away made me want to create something otherworldly that would have an impact when worn. In exploring resin I find I can create larger scale objects, light enough to wear which at once look familiar and perplexing."

Nebula Ring 2011, As featured on Vogue China
Oxidised silver, resin and metal dust by jewellery artist Jade Mellor.

This piece is available to buy directly from my STUDIO SHOP along with other pieces including more from this exhibition.

"What Is Jewellery?" Exhibition Piece No.1 Gold Cubed Ring

Jewellery is... DESIRE

Gold Cubed Ring, metal, resin, metal dust, Jade Mellor 2014

Box of pyrite specimens: A cube of cubes...

In the exhibition What Is Jewellery?" curated by Eve Redmond the purpose was to show unorthodox materials being used by artists today. This ring is made from resin, very different to jewellery traditionally created from precious metal. The piece is also inspired by another material which I use a lot in my work which is Pyrite...

"Pyrite is one of my favourite minerals, the cubic formation has always fascinated me, it looks manufactured with it's crisp metallic edges but builds naturally in this way because of it's unique structure. I love learning about the formation of our environment, triggered by unusual finds like this and researching in Manchester Museum's amazing stores of specimens. This ring is my homage to the beautiful mineral. If Fool's Gold is called so because it appears like gold, this must be (Fool's) Gold Cubed." (my description for this piece)

So with this first ring I want to explore the aspect of jewellery meaning DESIRE: To want something for how it looks, the glint of metallic catching your eye with the magpie's instinct to swoop in and fly off with these shiny treasures. 

This ring was inspired by pyrite. The sparkling mineral nicknamed "Fool's Gold" could be all about it's appearance for those who would be tricked into thinking it was the real thing. 

Five "Fool's Gold" Rings of mine,  all using real specimens of the mineral pyrite available now at Craft & Culture HERE

I am attracted to pyrite for how it looks*, it's natural facets twinkling and the smoothed areas gleaming make it a good choice for jewellery, as who doesn't want to wear something that lights up the room in such a way? However the benefits of using this mineral instead of expensive real gold is that I can manipulate it more and I am not afraid to experiment without knowing what the final outcome may be. Gold is a wonderful material to use, but it's preciousness makes it a material you plan for, savouring it, using just enough to make what you intend. Pyrite is much more available to me, this means the exciting part comes from how I can push it. I can smash it, I can grind it, I can use the BIGGEST GOLDEN CHUNKS of it for maximum impact. And when it is worn in this way, it is not showing off value and wealth in the way that a giant 24ct medallion might. It's golden glow is great, but after the wow of the initial impact, there's the head tilt and the chirrup of the curious sparrow. What IS it? How did that come to be? To realise these angular nuggets or magnificent cubes have formed in that shape by themselves as a wonder of nature, that is the thing that continues to excite me, the thing that I love, as well as desire which will never lose it's lustre. 

For some excellent insights into materials and exploring their values vs appearances and how they are being used in contemporary art jewellery today check out the latest CURRENT OBSESSION: FAKE  ISSUE. These guys are the cutting edge of what's happening right now...

The following posts will look at the other rings in the exhibition. It's been good for me to take the time to think about why use certain materials in my work. Be great to hear what you choose to make your work with! Sometimes having limits can even be the best way to be inventive...

*(call me a fool, but an honest fool)

What Is Jewellery? Exhibition at Manchester Craft & Design Centre

Very excited to join the work of some amazingly talented artists in this exhibition, hosted by Manchester Craft & Design Centre and curated by Eve Redmond. Showing during the Free For Arts Festival from the 3rd - 12th Oct. Preview starts at 3.30pm this Friday, event details HERE hope to see you there! 

Magnetic Attraction

I have created a new Ferromagnetic ring for the supremely creative fashion designer Charlotte Booty.

                                                                                  Macramé work from Charlotte Booty

 I wanted to make her a piece that would have unique properties, as her textile work pushes the boundaries to create three dimensional "fabrics". See more of her work here.

The beautiful patterns she creates in her macramé are by utilising materials in repetition such as cable ties, leather and chain. They seem to me to form naturally like iron filings in a magnetic field. The new Ferromagnetic ring is set with magnetic Haematite, I hope she enjoys using it to explore her surroundings, testing and picking up more found objects for her inspiration.

If you are interested in learning more about commissioning a unique piece, get in touch! Email me at info@jademellor.com and I'll be happy to answer your questions :)

Autumn Exhibition at The Biscuit Factory

So happy to be showing in this beautiful building for their Autumn Exhibition!

You will see some new some of my latest work exploring natural themes and processes. The pieces on show are all available to purchase to see in the new season of crunchy leaves and hedgerows heavy with berries. The Autumn Preview is this Friday, 12th September 6pm - 9pm. More details on their website HERE.

                                                             A new ring in the exhibition created around a quartz geode. 

                                                                    Gold Shard Bracelets, oxidised silver, resin, lustre.

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Seashells Sanctuary

Shell shapes are amazing and varied. These beautiful calcareous sculptures are each a bespoke outfit for an individual soft bodied sea creature...

Damien Hirst, "Forms Without Life" 1991

Some new rings in methods inspired by the beautiful lumicella rock which contains prehistoric sea shells.

Joanne Stoker's shapely seashell shoe-styles appeal to me!

Keep an eye out for these new rings arriving in the SHOP! 

Kneon Magazine

Loved being part of the Dalston Tropics editorial for the latest Kneon Magazine! You can read the August Summer Supplement Issue here.

This piece is available to purchase from my STUDIO SHOP you can see more HERE.

Marbled Black & Pyrite Hewn Ring, have yours bespoke made with a unique mineral specimen email info@jademellor.com  for detail.

Thanks to a great team for the beautiful images!

Art direction & Prop Design: Rebecca Rose Carey,

Photography: Natalia Salminen,

Stylist: Kelly Jordan, 

Hair & Makeup: Eliie Blackwell 

Models: Lena Marie @Profile Model Management & Illy Jay @Body London 

A Twist on Tradition

"Something old,
Something new,
Something borrowed,
Something blue,
& a silver sixpence in her shoe"

A mixture of vintage beads and sterling silver chain with a hand engraved detail on the safety clasp to match the bridesmaid necklaces with the brides new initials as a secret personal touch to mark the occasion.

Interior designer, artist, model and all round babe, Laura letting me borrow her body when I was testing out the design.

I enjoyed working closely with the bride to be to create something unique and special for her big day, that could also be adapted for future wear so that it could join her treasure trove of jewellery. Worn shorter for the wedding to show off the delicate décolletage of a strapless, sumptuous wedding gown I also designed it so that a long line of vintage rhinestones could drape dramatically down work as a statement with a chic sixties cocktail dress or sparkling on a long-line bold coloured dress. I researched antique jewellery sets when coming up with this piece as I love the versatility of historic fine jewellery where secrets between the master jeweller and the highborn wearer would mean pieces could be broken up or joined together to create different styles, making the most of their wondrous precious rocks and stones.

if you have some ideas you would like to chat about or know more about having your own bespoke pieces get in touch! info@jademellor.com 

Hello (Stripy) Sunshine

Here's Heather wearing my stripy black facet chain/textiles necklace, she loves stripes (almost) as much as she loves yellow.

Here's a better look at the ring in a recent shoot with another new piece, the Fragments bangle pictured with a bright little minaudiere.

You can read about the inspiration behind it here.

Hello Stripy Sunshine! :)

The studio was visited by this little ray of sunshine today! My dear friend and glorious fashion designer Heather!

She'd heard I'd made a new ring in her favourite colour-YELLOW featuring a giant gleaming Swarovski crystal so she popped by to try it on, (and a couple of other pieces) while we had a catch up.

Yellow & white Swarovski crystal Hewn ring & Fragments bangle

Basking in the Mancunian Ray.

I asked Heather where this supercute pinafore was from, it had comfy elastic straps at the back and looked great dressed down with her bright little T. It was Monki's flagship store in Stockholme. I hope there's a similar one available in the u.k!

Looks like this sunny creation might have found a new home...let's hope the weather stays bright for another fun day in the studio tomorrow!

Finding Diamonds in the Debris with Bernhard Schobinger

Bernhard Schobinger curiously handling one of my pieces of jewellery at Manchester Art Gallery

I first found Bernhard Schobinger's work whilst I was studying my degree at Manchester School of Art. His use of found objects combined with a well honed jeweller's skill and thoughtful composition proved that you could create wearable pieces in your own way, with the materials that interested you personally.

Bottle-Neck, Saw, Chain 2014 Glass, Saw blades, Stainless Steel. Broken bottles featured in a similar Schobinger piece I was struck by when I first started studying jewellery.

Rose Quartz & Bottle Chain Necklace 2014, rose quartz, bottle glass, gold. These objects look dangerous, but the edges are smoothed to be safe to wear.

It was one of his bottle necklaces that I had first discovered, its raw edges and simplicity had not been interfered with for the sake of "making it into a piece of jewellery". It was honest and unprettified. you knew what the objects were or had been. Here they were for you to wear as your statement, a concept of the jeweller's thoughts or simply because you liked the colour, shape and texture, the same as any other piece of jewellery.

Lens Spoon Chain 2013 silver, steel, glass, acrylic

The busts are cast from Schobinger's own daughter when she was a young girl.

Saw Blade Chain 2014 Steel, Stainless Steel

The purity of a young form creates a beautiful backdrop to the raw edges of the found objects.

Snake Playing with Pearl 1995 steel, cultured pearl, gold, black diamond, malachite, vermillion pigment

The other piece I remembered from my University days was the snake bangle. Almost cartoonish, it appealed to me with it's bright colour and the references to ancient jewellery, it had character. When I was looking at it more recently I noticed it had been coloured with malachite pigment. A mineral I love, the swirling greens of this marbled stone I have explored in my own work.

In this survey of Schobinger's work there was a vast display of techniques, materials and styles, as varied as the two pieces which stuck in my mind all these year. Much of the jewellery work featured precious elements as well as the unconventional materials which challenge perceptions of what is wearable, attractive and desirable.

Ring 2012 steel, pearl

However using a material which is rare and highly valued can reflect the time and effort put into a piece. If you are going to do something, do it well, as they say. This could mean using the best (finest?) materials possible.

File Ring, 2012, gold, steel, diamond

The majority of my own work is based in resin, not a valuable material to be hoarded and hallmarked like gold but one which I can freely manipulate and create colours and textures through my personal experiments. I can then choose whether or not to combine it with precious metal or additional stones. I love the contrast of the precious components with the detritus and worn-out objects in Schobinger's pieces so I was interested to hear his thoughts on these materials so I posed the question, "Do you use precious materials for yourself, or for other people?" By this I meant, if it was up to him would he only use found objects? Was the use of precious items to make them easier to understand by a wider audience, a compromise to elevate the broken, cast away debris and display his unquestionable skills as a goldsmith, demonstrating his experience and traditional training?  Bernhard's  answer was that it was for himself, not for "investment" in the piece, it is the individual material qualities he likes not the value they have. This became evident in the talk given by himself and Jo Bloxham giving us a deeper look at some of the pieces in the exhibition...

Drop of Water at the End of a Clothes-Line, 2000, Gold, white gold, diamond

This piece is cast in gold from a knot of plastic washing line Schobinger came across. Bernhard's Gallerist, Felix Flury from Gallery S O told me this was one of his favourite pieces as you could tell it's origins because of the particular tension in the knot. On Schobinger's precious version a single diamond moves freely from the end, his interpretation of a raindrop, suspended forever in one single drip. 

A little snap I took of Jo Bloxham explaining to us how Bernhard (left) created one of his pieces.

Reminiscing on his apprenticeship days he spoke of the traps in the sink to collect gold particles when they washed their hands and how the emery paper was salvaged because of it's gilded surface after smoothing the precious metal pieces. These were established places where traditional skills were taught and jewellery was their business. The contrast of Schobinger when he talks about his own workshop shows the approach of an artist. He treats all materials the same with a workbench strewn with the things he collects, ready for action, on hand when inspiration strikes him.

"If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk a sign?" Albert Einstein

In this way, a wrap of diamonds is easily knocked and scattered in the creative fray. He told us he gave himself  20 minutes to find what he could. And the rest? A votive offering to the gods of tidying up. Now and again as he works he might rediscover one of these tiny jewels, a diamond in the debris.

It is the material's properties which seem to matter most to him, how they can help him best achieve his creative intentions. For his saw-blade necklace seen in the exhibition he has used diamonds set in patterns of constellations. But as he puts it:

"They are not diamonds...they are stars".

Schobinger uses the materials that are accessible to him and interest him, whether they are a piece of broken cymbol salvaged from a dustbin or a rare pearl sourced from Japan. In this way I am reminded of Hubert Duprat's caddis fly lavae I saw at Musée des Arts Décoratifs.  In Duprat's work he replaced the insects usual material of gravel, soil and organic debris, with grains of real gold and precious jewels. These little wonders gather whatever materials are available to them and form themselves their unique protective casing. By allowing them only gold and gems the results were beautiful bejewelled capsules, bespoke to each bug's design but they were oblivious to their value in our human, consumerist world.

I hope if Bernhard Schobinger ever reads this he takes this comparison as a compliment, as I mean it to be so. The way he creates jewellery is as natural and instinctive as the tiny creature enrobing themselves in the objects they collect, unaware of any other way of life. A natural jeweller.

Bernhard Schobinger, Rings of Saturn, is curated by Jo Bloxham with Felix Flury and Christopher Thompson Royds from Gallery S O. You can view the exhibition at Manchester Gallery until 19th October (details here), and also see more amazing work by artists like Schobinger at Gallery S O, Brick Lane, London (here).

Thanks for bringing such a great artist to our hometown!

Collection Bites at Manchester Museum

Yesterday I was thrilled to give a talk at Manchester Museum as part of their "Collection Bites" series, allowing an in-depth look at items in their collection and showing their significance.

For me, the museum has been a massive influence since moving to the city to study for my degree and learning on the courses and at the events they put on with experts and curators.

As a local artist the Museum is a fantastic resource right on our doorstep and I have enjoyed researching the amazing objects on display as well as getting deeper into the artefacts with the curators and the objects in storage.

There are so many amazing objects in the museum, I had plenty to choose from. I spoke about the pieces that had influenced me the most and some of the contemporary designers looking at similar themes, inspired by nature but using modern materials and techniques to synthesise organic processes.

I brought with me particular pieces which I had made in response to what I had learned  in the Museum and thanks to the assistance of Kate Sherburn and curator David Gelsthorpe I could show them with the museum specimens and curios that directly related to them.

The museum objects and my pieces sat side by side with other items from my studio.

I wanted to make something in the session too, as I find learning a lot more interesting if I get to create. To demonstrate one of the wonderful minerals which is a big theme and material in my work I brought along some gold cubes for people to assemble and attach together forming a pyrite sculpture, which will continue to grow and be displayed in our gallery. It s an idea I have wanted to make myself, but I didn't want it to be contrived.

By making it together with the assistance of others I like the organic way the structure develops, giving it an unpredictable shape. I am looking forward to seeing this develop and I will keep you updated on progress as more and more individuals add their own "cube".

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Massive thanks to Sally Thelwel, Gillian Smithson, Anna Bunney and Jamilla Howa for the Collection Bites event and everyone else making the Museum so great!

Blue Skies

A matching set doesn't have to be traditional...

White resin hand carved bangle and Hewn ring, with gold and silver metallic inclusions. Real marbled stone pendant on gold plated chain.

Go modern with your own special set made up of whatever you like to wear designed and made just for you. Bespoke colours available too! Drop me an email at  info@jademellor.com with any enquiries.

Soho Showroom

Many thanks to all who visited me in the pop-up showroom in London's bustling Soho this weekend. Tucked away with the rugged jewels in a beautiful Georgian setting, I hope it was a little relaxing niche of calm, amidst the streets of shoppers, sightseers and show goers (and the jubilant singing of the Hare Krishnas passing by).

Refreshments to keep us going

This was a chance to show continuing work joined by new pieces, as my collections grow and develop organically by the fact each piece is made by me individually.

My warmest thanks go to the wonderful people who helped in making this possible. For all your support, cheers!

C'mon Spring/Summer, the jewellery is waiting for ya!

Seeing Double

Happy New Year! Happy New Earrings!

These are limited editions I have created using real cut gemstones and minerals with sterling silver details. Once they're gone they're gone!

Inspired by my studies into Neolithic culture at Manchester Museum these real red jasper earrings mimic the shape of an ancient arrowhead as an accessory for the elegant modern huntress. Suspended from sterling silver earring wires and chains in an oxidised finish. More details here.

This is a shorter version using beautiful marbled brown jasper, I love that the natural colours of the stone have given a unique red tipped point! Deadly!

Details on these one off pieces can be found HERE.

Museums At Night

​A tremendous thank you to everyone who was involved in Museums at Night this year! The event on Thursday evening went fantastically well, The Manchester Museum has always been a big source of inspiration for me so it was wonderful return to this environment and present my response to their treasure trove of minerals and fossils. 

​I was so happy to meet such an enthusiastic gathering of jewellery and museum lovers and absolutely overjoyed to see some familiar faces and the new and old friends who came out to show their support, it was so good to have you there! I hope you are all inspired by your visit and I hope to see you soon...

Thank you!​ :)