Pamela Love

Get the Pamela Love rock-chic look with her 3 finger ring to give yourself that rock and roll edge, or her Talon sterling silver ring. Pamela studied at the School of Art in New York and her designs are all inspired by her favourite artists who she came across when studying for her degree.

Hemmerle - unconventional jewels

Hemmerle's veggie tales! Jewellery made to look like vegetables. A gorgeous cauliflower head, a pumpkin, peas in a pod and corn - just some of those jewels that were made and sold.

Hemmerle is 'one of the worlds most innovative, avant-garde master jewellers,' and is family owned. 'We think together', says Stefan of the family, 'explaining the powerful signature style that rests firmly in the realm of modern art'. Hemmerle is known as a cult shop, and if you are ever in Munich, that's where you'll find it.

Artist Jewellery Designers Continued

Grayson Perry (or 'Hairy Potter'), known for his ceramic work, designed this pendant for the V & A Museum, London
Meret Oppenheim - famous for her fur covered cup and saucer entitled 'Breakfast in Fur'- made this rather unconventional necklace!

Artists as Jewellery Designers

Picasso designed this gold pendant

Alexander Calder's Bird Brooches

Salvador Dali's Lip Brooch - Rubies and Pearls


Alongside Alexander Calder, there are many other well known artists who have designed some beautiful pieces of jewellery...

You may have heard of Alexander Calder, an American artist. He created a lot of art work including some famous 'mobiles'. What you may not know is that he also produced some unusual jewellery. During his life he created 1,800 pieces of brass, silver and gold body adornments, including necklaces, bracelets, tiaras, and brooches. Some of his work is held at the Calder Foundation, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art http://www.metmuseum.org/ dedicated an exhibition of jewellery to his work in early 2009. One of the motifs he used a lot was a fish which became a design for his brooches.

Funky designer - Clara Francis

Bead Beautiful
Like trinket jewellery? Then you'll love Clara Francis...

Clara is self taught. Through trial, exploration, experiment, books and vintage patterns she learned the intricate process of beading. Foxes, Birds, Butterflies, Flowers, & some of them are even three dimensional and crafted to drape, they are inspired by nature. Recently the Victoria and Albert Museum invited Clara to design a piece inspired by something within the museum. Clara chose an antique Huguenot Tapestry & the result is a necklace, exquisite three dimensional flowers cascading from the neckline to the waist.

Royal Wedding jewels

An interesting choice of jewellery for Catherine - Kate - on her wedding day. She kept her choice understated and simple. Did you notice the pear-shaped diamond drop earrings? She also wore a 1936 Cartier tiara which was loaned from the Queen, who had received it from her mother on her 18th birthday. The Duke of York ("The Kings Speech" film was about him) had commissioned the 'Halo' tiara for his wife, the late Queen Mother. Again, this was an understated jewel to wear as she could have opted for something much grander. She didn't wear a necklace, perhaps to keep her lace neckline simple and with a thought, maybe, of 'less is more'.

There are predictions that many brides to come will choose a very similar dress, although they would need to be wealthy to afford those drop earrings and the tiara. No doubt copies will be made though, at a more affordable level.

What IMAGICAL jewels and gems is wondering at this time is whether everyone who wants to look like the new Duchess of Cambridge will actually choose something to wear that suits them? We are all different, and only those who fall into roughly the same category of dress style and therefore jewellery style of Catherine will look good in something similar. Some people look a lot better in styles which differ considerably from Catherine's look, and choices like hers might get 'lost' on someone who looks better in larger scale jewels, for example. So, if you are searching for gorgeous jewellery to enhance your look, remember you need to work on what suits YOU, rather than what someone else looks good in.