Flavie Michou

Flavie Michou is a French designer from Paris, France.

Flavie attended the prestigious jewellery school Nicolas Flamel – Ecole Boulle, and during her goldsmithing studies she was introduced to gemology and the painting of gold stones and pearls. She works with wax, metal and polishing skills.

After graduating, Flavie worked for different prestigious jewellery workshops for more than five years on the Grand Boulevard in Paris, working with gold and platinum on pieces for Cartier, Chaumet, Channel, Tiffany & Co and DeBeers, to name a few. During 2010 she went to Lebanon where she mastered the art of setting.

More recently, Flavie moved to London and has created her own collection.

  


Michoacan is from Dia de muertos in Mexico.
During the 'Day of the Dead', the streets are filled with alters made from an array of flowers, and amazing food: what caught Flavie's eye most was the sugar craft.
The delicate sugared skulls inspired this new collection of jewellery entitled 'Michoacan'.

Flavie Michou: http://www.flavie-michou.com/

Cast From Different Moulds

Cast from Different MouldsSchool of Jewellery
Birmingham Institute of Art and DesignBirmingham City University
10th – 26th September 2012 (Mon-Fri)www.bcu.ac.uk/biad/postgraduateshows2012

Bursting with creativity and fresh ideas, Cast from Different Moulds is an exhibition of emerging professionals from MA Jewellery, Silversmithing and Related Products.

School of Jewellery, Vittoria Street, Birmingham B1 3PA
Birmingham Institute of Art and Design (BIAD)
Birmingham City University
Admission to this exhibition is free.

For further details visit the website.

Barbara Uderzo

Barbara Uderzo is the creator behind these fascinating pieces.

“The scope of my creative work is not circumscribed to the goldsmith's craft because I use different materials, above all not precious materials... In fact, some collections are made in wood, there are succulent rings, plastic blob rings, and steel imprinting."

 Some of the jewellery includes live plants and succulents!

Based in Venice, Italy, Barbara Uderzo  makes unique pieces, as well as working with companies as a designer and model maker.

 http://www.uderzo-designer.it/uderzo/e_index.html 

Bruno Martinazzi

Goldfinger, a bracelet designed in 1969 and made in 2003 by Italian jeweler Bruno Martinazzi.

Mike and Maaike

Using Google Image Search, Mike & Maaike browsed through some of the most expensive and often famous jewellery in the world, to create their series 'Stolen Jewels'.

The low-res images they found were 'stolen', doctored, then transferred to leather, creating a tangible new incarnation. With the expense and intricacy of the jewels stripped away, their essence and visual intensity are extracted.     http://www.mikeandmaaike.com/#p_mandm

Alice Menter

If you've been to the V & A lately, you may have seen Alice's jewellery.  She's a British designer who elevates everyday materials into outstanding jewellery.  She joins metals without soldering.  Her collection includes combining silver and gold plated everyday objects, including nuts, washers, zips and bolts.

http://www.alicementer.co.uk

Chris Hawkins

Chris Hawkins is known more for his collection of jewellery for men, inspired by the natural world.  His tiny sculptures including bones, snakes and foxes and he works from models which are hand-carved in wax.  After his 5 years goldsmith's apprenticeship for Jonathan Swan in Lewes, Sussex he now develops and supplies his own collections to shops and galleries throughout the UK.

Chris Hawkins designs and produces his premium range of men's jewellery from a converted 19th century coach house in Brighton, on the south coast of England.

http://www.chrishawkinsjewellery.com/