Frog prince, lady birds, eagle ray

Simon Harrison has worked with Vivienne Westwood and a host of other fashion designers.  His frog prince and eagle ray brooches show creatures of the world, as do his ladybird earrings.

Peter Page

Peter Page collaborated with Ossie Clark in the 70s to create some spectacular gold face masks.  He also makes other studio pieces such as a very small and very precise gold and enamel model of one of his client's houses, which comes apart to form 6 different pieces.  These are then easily adapted for different occasions.

Mick Milligan & David Courts

 Above and below, David Court bracelet (above) and Tiger Ring (below)

Alastair Best wrote about these 2 controversial jewellers in the Design Journal and thought David Court was more of an extremist than Mick Milligan, who lived in Paris in the early 1960s and trained at the Royal College.  Milligan was involved in controversy over the cover of the Blind Faith music album which featured a very young girl holding a silver space ship which he had made whilst at the College.  Milligan also accessorised Zandra Rhodes with some bold baroque jewels.

Delfina Delettrez

Delfina Delettrez is the twenty-two year old (in 2011) fourth-generation of the Fendi family. Born in Rome and raised in Rio de Janeiro, she has already held placements at Chanel. Putting all of her creative efforts into jewellery design, she first presented to the press four years ago at 'Colette' in Paris, her playful and often gothic designs combine a wide range of materials including bone, gold and precious stones.

Vincente Gracia

 These most beautiful and quirky pieces are very desirable. In 2008, an action house in Dubai sold a piece for double the estimate - $100,000. Better start saving those pennies!!!

 Born to a family of jewellers, in the Spanish city of Valencia, Vincente Gracia discovered his passion for gems at a young age

Philippe Tournaire

Meet Philippe Tournaire, whose amazing rings mix the world of stones and precious metals with the history of art, science and architecture.

Inspired by spending long hours at the Musée de l’Homme in Paris, he discovered his fascination for objects created using primitive methods which could then could be turned into fine jewellery. This fed his imagination, and inspired his unique work.

Kimberly McDonald

New York-based jewellery designer Kimberly McDonald found herself in the limelight when Michelle Obama wore a pair of her earrings for a State dinner in Washington.
The North Carolina-born jeweller works with natural and organic materials such as agates and geodes, complimented by natural/untreated fine materials such as diamonds, raw emeralds, and baroque pearls. She loves using reclaimed gold and wood, recycled diamonds and other precious stones.

Gisele Ganne

Gisele Ganne, French-born artist-jeweller
living in London, trained at the Royal College of Art in London.



Knuckle duster from Gisele's 'Divorce Jewellery' range.

Gisele works under her own label, as well as at Stephen Webster

Strawberries, skulls and cherries - Tina Lilienthal

Tina Lilienthal, from Germany. Fashion jeweller extraordinaire has been designing and making her fabulous creations since graduating from the Royal College of Art in 2003.

Based in London, she works primarily in plastics and fabrics in combination with precious elements such as silver, gold, and pearls. Her work presents an unconventional mixture of materials and fashioned iconographic symbols that touch on themes of love, loss and desire.

Bonbi Forest - Lee May Wilson

Bonbi Forest is the business name for Lee May Wilson, who graduated from Brighton University with a fine art degree. Her drawings and prints are the inspiration for her ranges of jewellery - she transfers them to brass, as seen above.

The human figure in action

Since leaving the Royal College in 2008 with her MA, Moon Young Shin has continued to be a contemporary designer. Originally from South Korea although now based in London, she hand-crafts her pieces representing the human figure which she says display messages about the human condition as well as being attractive accessories to wear.

Wear a swimmer on your finger ...

Helen Noakes creates handcrafted contemporary resin and silver jewellery. Take a look at the wonderful swimmers, divers and other characters in their pools of 'water'. For a real signature piece of fun jewellery this is one of the jewellers to visit. She's appearing right now at the 'Origin' Craft Fair in London if you want to see her amusing collection.