Maker Directory

From his studio near the picturesque Poldhu cove on the Lizard peninsula, Lawrence Gibson creates his truly unique range of Koa jewellery. The coves and the landscape of Cornwall have and continue to provide an endless source of inspiration to Lawrence, allowing him to achieve a dynamic and contemporary collection of pieces that are entirely his own. The designs take a direct influence in nature and the seashore, harbour life and the movement of the sea. Also from summer pastimes and surf culture. Simple forms hold colour and respond to natural light, others frame scenes, an image or a memory. More often than not, as with a painting or a sculpture, the owner responds by seeing what only they themselves see in each piece. This makes the jewellery become even more personal. Every piece of Koa Jewellery is hand made by the artist.
Koa featured in March’s Vogue magazine in ‘The Crown Jewels’ – a focus on new British jewellery designers.

Japanese, born in Russia and internationally brought up, Kochi trained as a jeweller in Hatton Garden, London.
Kochi works in silver and gold using pearls from the Orient also using granulation and enamelling.

Since 2003 Kokkino has been designing and making contemporary jewellery, developing a signature style and building a repuatation for high quality, wearable pieces that people love to wear as much as we love to make.
Based in the historic city of Worcester Kokkino (the Greek word for ‘red’) was started by Melanie Ankers. Graduating from UCE in Birmingham in 1997 with a BA (Hons) in Jewellery and Silversmithing Melanie has always had a passion for designing and making.
With a strong emphasis on simplicity of form, subtle use of colour and quality craftsmanship, Kokkino designs use sterling silver, 22ct gold-plating and many pieces feature vitreous enamels in a variety of stunning colours.

Award Winning Gold / Platinumsmith with passion, fine attention to detail and customer satisfaction are values which are paramount to the ethos of our business.
Our forte being bespoke commissions, which allows the plethora of skills gained for over 30 years to be used to their fullest for our clients. Other enquiries may include creating plain wedding rings or using our re-modelling / restore service for customers existing jewellery.
Our past achievements include making individual pieces for De Beers Diamond Occasions Promotions and Awards from the Goldsmiths Craft and Design Councils annual competition at Goldsmiths’ Hall in London. March 2010 entry attained three awards. British Jewellers’ Association Member.
Opening hours by prior appointment only. Contact Ian Hall. email: devonlastimpress@aol.com

Based in Whitley Bay on the North East coastline, I work in textiles and mixed media, exploring an eclectic mix of vintage textiles, recycled clothing, paint, ephemera and haberdashery, hand and machine embroidery to create original art, prints, handcrafted fashion accessories and cards.

I am fascinated by texture and the ephemeral changes to light, texture and colour by the elements on our sea and landscapes. I find inspiration in nature and all things vintage, collecting beachcombing and flea market treasures; intrigued by the nostalgic associations and emotive power of nature.

I am a self taught artist. I am lucky enough to have a little wooden studio over looking the beautiful Cornish countryside. Inside I produce a range of quirky, fun and functional gifts! I specialise in hand painted English fine bone china, using traditional on glaze enamels which create bright glossy pieces to brighten the home. My pieces range in scale, including badges, mugs and cake stands, and my design subjects include animals, beach huts, flowers and other colourful everyday inspirations – my true work ethos is to create bright unique pieces that make people smile!

I’m a jewellery designer-maker from Leicestershire. I design and make unique resin jewellery featuring stunning fragments of vintage textiles which I’ve been collecting for many years. I love visiting antique centres, vintage shops and fairs across the UK to source inspiration and unusual vintage material to feature in my work. Materials are embedded in resin, allowing them to be preserved so that they can be treasured for eternity. My collections are sold through gallery outlets and gift boutique across the UK and I exhibit at various events throughout the year.

Lauren Taylor is a British designer, based in south Manchester. Following a jewellery summer school at the Goldsmiths Centre, Lauren unearthed a passion for contemporary craft and handmade jewellery, and after graduating from Manchester School of Art in Three Dimensional Design, she continued her studies there, and completed a Jewellery Masters Degree in 2015.

Inspired by Manchester’s roots in the industrial revolution, Lauren hand spins cotton thread into rope, embedding time and skill into the very fibres of her jewellery. Combining unconventional jewellery materials with traditional techniques, she produces work with a strong contemporary feel. All work is made in Lauren’s south Manchester studio where the focus is producing high quality, hand crafted products.

Artist, designer, seamstress, I make no difference between fine and applied arts. Autodidact, I enjoy working with and on a variety of media and materials.
Mixed-media artworks, linoleum and woodcut prints become textile designs that are screen-printed by hand onto bags, T-shirts and the likes. Fabric inspires me to design and sew bags and purses that combine elegance, ingenuity and practicality.
Each creation is hand-crafted and unique in its materials, colours, play on designs; they can be made to order and customised to your specifications.

I design and make contemporary jewellery with the ‘WOW’ factor whilst retaining wearability. I work with silver, glass and precious stones. I graduated in June 2007 from Coventry University with a BA Hons in Fine Product majoring in Ceramics and Metals and also studied the technique of lost wax casting at The School of Jewellery […]