Winter Showcase 2025

 

Choose well, Buy Less, Buy Better, Buy Handmade …..this Christmas, at The Victoria Sewart Contemporary Jewellery Gallery.  Featuring 4 independent British designer jewellers, the exhibition is on now until early January, with many new collections from our existing jewellers within the gallery. We have precious to playful and price points for all budgets from £20

 

 

 

 

 

Bonnie Mustoe Whitehill

 

Bonnie Mustoe-Whitehill crafts mindful jewellery that embraces the elegance of nature. Offering a minimalist aesthetic, she incorporates traditional techniques such as fusing, reticulation and wax carving with cast organic forms, using recycled sterling silver and gold-plated silver.

Bonnie studied in Plymouth, where she began building her jewellery business. 

 

Cat Hart

“Fascinated with otherworldly rock formations shaped by hundreds of years of wind and rain in the Klein Karoo and the dramatic cliffs of the Drakensberg Mountains, my jewellery reflects the connection I feel to the landscapes I grew up in.”

South Africa’s dramatically contrasting landscapes inspired Cat Hart's curiosity about the architecture in nature. Drawing inspiration from the cracks and asymmetrical angles in these landscapes, she designs sculptural jewellery that reflects the scenes from the surface of where her metals were mined. She carefully selects and cuts the stones for these pieces into unique, one-of-a-kind freeform shapes that continue the reflections of these escarpments.

 

Fionna Hesketh

 

Inspired by worn and used surfaces, Fionna’s work involves firing vitreous enamels onto textured copper, often incorporating red linen thread.  Other materials used include oxidized sterling silver and stainless steel.

Fionna aims to inject individuality into each piece that she makes, enjoying and celebrating the process and the materials involved.

 

 

Rachael Plassard

 

Rachael's work reinterprets traditional ornament, taking inspiration from highly decorative styles throughout history. Within each piece, she weaves personal narratives and symbolism, creating magical jewellery evoking memories and connection.

 Often, Rachael works intuitively, marking out and piercing by hand, allowing herself to be absorbed in the flow of making. She takes a maximalist approach to her work by layering up decorative surfaces and combining a mixture of techniques, etching, roller printing, keum boo, gold plating and oxidising.  These combinations result in a richness and opulence, and what at first glance might look like a Greek headdress, or a baroque frame, on closer inspection is imbued with a contemporary aesthetic.

It is only at the end that the piece comes to life, when she lifts, twists, and forms the metal, a delightful and satisfying process of experimentation and discovery.'