Louise Gray's new jewellery line

Central Saint Martins grad and purveyor of maximalist fashion Louise Gray launched a capsule jewellery collection with a range of nine gold-plated pendants, rings and earrings.

The collection features googley-eyed earrings, heart-shaped rings and pendants with containers of French fries and anthropomorphic lions and captures the same sense of over-the-top fun and colorful pop playfulness that Gray's ready-to-wear lines have become known for.

Stones of courage and ingenuity

Some semi-precious stone come from Peru, and the Peruvian blue andean opal is mystically known as a stone of courage and ingenuity. So if you want to increase your well-being and generally feel more confident, you can get help along the way with some of the semi-precious stones used in jewellery that you can wear.

The Peruvian blue andean opal is said to improve self-esteem and self-love. It is also said to be an aid to creativity and communication of all types. Crystal healing lore reputes that it helps one find a confidant, and helps with stress reduction, fatigue and weight loss! Blue Peruvian opal is associated primarily with the throat chakra, and is said to be physically healing. So what are you waiting for - seek out some wonderful jewellery and wear it for a while to see what effect it has on your life.

Enigmatic wearables, Lucy Harvey

Had you ever thought about wearing old pen knibs made into a pair of earrings?





Lucy Harvey has! She is described as 'elevating mundane and forgotten objects to significant keepsakes', and she certainly does. She works on personal adornment and comes up with some very wearable pieces, if her particular style is your choice. What a wonderful gift these earrings would make too, if you had someone you knew who was interested in creative writing, just plain ordinary writing, calligraphy, book illustration and so on. A present with a difference, that's for sure.

Natural born jewellers

Are you attracted by nature?
If you like animals and birds take a peek at two jewellers whose work echoes the world around us. There's Eileen Gatt, who now works in the Scottish Highlands, and who collaborated with some Highland story tellers and used some other Scottish customs to give her a starting point for her new designs.


There's Alison Haddon, who studies
birds and their habitats and is inspired by what she sees in her garden. Some of her jewellery incorporates found wood and feathers. Their miniaturised versions of animals make wonderful pieces to wear, and will reflect your interest in our bird life and wild animals.

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!