Elizabeth Bower is a young Sydney jewellery designer with an innovative, creative and beautiful range of pieces inspired by the Australian environment and the romance of nature.

Elizabeth's exquisite original designs are hand-made by the jeweller in Sydney and can be seen at stockists in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth. Elizabeth's jewellery has also received interest from exclusive stores in Brisbane, Tokyo, London and Rome.

The delicacy and quality of her pieces stems from the creative use of materials such as sterling silver, freshwater pearls, fishing line and Swarovski crystals. Her elegant and feminine work evokes the colours and shapes of the Australian environment, from the coral reef to the flowers of the bush.

Working from Sydney, Nicola makes comtempary jewellery using sterling silver, pearls and semi-precious stones. Her creations are delicate but striking.

I am a self-taught craftsman, working from my studio in Warburton (Victoria) my favourite metal is Titanium, which in conjunction with sterling silver ,polyester-resin and fossils, allow me to create pieces of work, where colour plays a strong part in the design.
Titanium is a light grey metal which responds to treatment with heat, in a range of colours.
My work is designed for small production-lines and one off pieces.

Since 1977 I work with Heidi Wild ( also jeweller ) together in a partner-ship.

Birgit has travelled extensively around the world living and working in various countries eg Canada, England,U.S.A., Middle East, India, South East Asia and now Australia.
Inspired by a love for nature her jewellery is moulded by hand from wax then cast in silver.
They are environmental works, organic by nature.

Yvette de Mestre
A love for gems and a passion for creating jewellery led Yvette to where she is today.

Yvette studied Jewellery & Object design at Enmore Design Centre, Sydney and then continued on with a Jewellery apprenticeship in 1996. She is also a certified Gemmologist and has taught jewellery design since 2000. Yvette then ventured overseas to work for London jewellers and is now currently designing & creating jewellery in her own studio in Australia. Her range of work is sold in galleries & Boutiques throughout Australia.

Organic & symmetrical shapes are predominate throughout Yvette’s designs, which are created in Gold & Silver. Her work consists of unique colourful gemstones that allow movement in each piece. Yvette’s jewellery designs are fashioned to create a contemporary appearance, yet are very practical for an everyday occasion.

Making jewellery is an art form and provides me with hours of pleasure and satisfaction.

Born 22/06/74 Sydney, Australia

Freelance Jeweller
Teacher, Pymble Ladies College, jewellery making and design.
Bachelor of Visual Arts, Australian National University Institute of the Arts (major in silver smithing).

Dganit was born to a family of talented creative people from whom she got the inspiration to express herself through art. The jewellery is hand made from specially processed silver. The gold and colourful stones adding beauty and joy to the jewellery.

"I feel that through my design I touch the endless beauty around us, so that every woman/man can wear a little bit of beauty"

The Veronica George Gallery has a large selection of Necklaces, Bracelets and rings created by this talented artist.

Leoni & Vonk’s new collection continues the theme of futurism with a feminine feel. The pieces focus on construction rather than frills using pared down materials such as hand cut brushed sterling silver, 9ct gold plate and beautiful highly faceted semi- precious stones.
Leoni & Vonk are well known for their unique and luxurious use of colour and this is again reflected in the new range. Subtle pinks, greys, and yellows together with sterling silver and 9ct gold plate combine to produce their most beautiful collection yet. All their pieces are designed and made in St Kilda, Melbourne.

Also a painter for the past 15 years I have worked exclusively as a jeweller, exploring the infinite possibilities of glass, semi-precious stones, and wire to create timeless & unique pieces that will become heirlooms.

Based in Sydney, Australia, I have been making my own glass beads for over 12years, using the ancient technique of lampworking. I use a wide colour palette of Italian glass rods, 23ct gold and silver leaf to create original components. Each of my beads is one off, every design different, and every piece of jewellery truly unique.
Combined with my own beads, I use semi precious beads, such as Queensland boulder opal, turquoise from Arizona, freshwater pearls from Asia, amethyst and carnelian from India and many others from all around the world. I work with 9ct gold, silver, brass and enamelled wire, or high strength, nylon coated stainless steel cable to create my pieces. I am fastidious about the durability, and wearability of my work.

When I began to make beads in 1989, using natural and synthetic resins to simulate amber, I joined an age-old beadmaking tradition in using inexpensive, readily available substances as a substitute for costly or rare material.
I now make beads in a wide range of media including resins, fine silver, porcelain and, most especially glass. I love the process of melting glass over a flame and layering the molten mass into a rich complex of translucent gemlike colour. Each bead takes 30 to 60 minutes to complete and every one is a meditation on the transformation wrought by flame.

Adina Jozsef’s jewellery is contradictory and complex, classic yet edgy, exacting yet dynamic, hand-crafted yet precision-engineered. With sleek lines, superior materials and high polish punctuated by gemstones, quirky geometrical motifs and spots of bright colour, her work traverses a variety of settings.

Believing that superior craftsmanship has intrinsic worth, she has gained a deep, almost intuitive, understanding of metal. It is a material with hardness and resistance requiring physical effort to master. Her jewellery’s symmetrical shapes and high polish defy its handmade origins; and yet despite the surgical overtones it is comfortable and rewarding to wear.

Iris Saar - Melbourne
Feelance Graphic Designer, Jeweller, Sculptor

Education

Ba Environmental Science 1998 Southern Cross University Lismore.
Withdrawn
HSC  1997 Peel Technology High School Tamworth

Development and Training

2007 – Private Tuition with Peter Minson
Instruction on the construction of scientific apparatus.  Butt seals. Tube join
techniques. Introduction to marble making. – Lismore NSW

Demonstration experience at Federation Square-
2 days of demonstrations at Kirra Gallery, Federation Square, Melbourne.
Invitation from Christian Arnold to submit works and participate in demonstrations at Glass On Flame, an exhibition showcasing Australia’s finest lampworkers. Skills exchanged included murine making, and execution of a large collaborative piece, reticello demonstration, marble making and sculpture techniques.

2006 - Private Tuition with Peter Minson & ongoing research.
Wine glass shaping and construction. Bowl shaping, flaring, foot flaring, stem & hollow stem creation and joining- Lismore NSW

2005 - Private Tuition with Peter Minson & ongoing research
Technique review and instruction, hand skills, joins and tube bending. – Lismore NSW

 Began blowing glass professionally – Lismore NSW

2003 - Private Tuition with Peter Minson
Scientific and Artistic Glass Blowing Technique-  hand skills, basic principles, flame use and characteristics, colour mixing, fuming, tool use and tool making, bead making, safety, hollow and solid joining techniques, lace work, tube cutting and other cutting techniques. - Binalong NSW

2002 - Participated in the New Enterprise Incentive Scheme & Small Business                    Management Course -Ballina NSW
Business skills, Marketing etc

2001 – Further practice and familiarisation with the medium alongside Marcel Le Bars- Barkersvale NSW.

2000 - Began Lampworking Borosilicate Glass alongside Marcel Le Bars- Barkersvale NSW.

Exhibitions

2007 – “Glass On Flame”
Kirra Gallery
Federation Square
Melbourne VIC

2007 – “Scarlet”
Serpentine Gallery
Lismore NSW

2006 – “Dressing The Windows”
Central Business District
Lismore NSW

2006 – “Toy Exhibition”
The Winsome
Lismore NSW

Awards :
1988 - Makers Mark/Harringtons award for Contemporary Jewellery and Metalcraft
1991 - Award for excellence in Cloisonne, US Enamalist Society conference, Kentucky,USA.
1993 - Equal 1st prize, 4th Premi Emison d'Esmalt, International Enamel Exhibition, Barcelona.
1993 - Mainichi Press Award, 6th Cloisonne Jewellery contest, Japan
1993 - Chairman's award (1st prize) International exhibition of Enamel Art, Tokyo, Japan.
1996 - City Council Award, International Exhibition of Enamel Art, Tokyo, Japan
2002 - Award for excellence (2nd prize) , International Exhibition of Enamel Art, Tokyo, Japan

My involvement with antiquities of the Greek classic period led to my interest in jewelry. I first experimented with bolder designs in German-silver, copper, brass, gilding metal and leather. For my current work I am using sterling silver and gold – more malleable metals which lend themselves naturally to the flowing designs I currently employ. I like my jewelry to be wearable and comfortable – not necessarily a challenge to the concept of jewelry, but in harmony with the wearer. My environment is reflected to a certain extent in my designs and provides me with constant stimulation. My task is to translate everyday patterns and forms into non-representative semi-abstract configurations.
The primeval shape of the scroll can be experimented with and developed into ever new exciting variations – a constant search for a new perspective on ancient concepts.