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This page provides links to some of the world's leading artisans in the field of contemporary craft jewellery design from America and Europe. Designers in the field of wearable art and craft jewelry include Vivienne Martin, Ray Lipovsky and Eve Llyndorah, Alex Sepkus, Cornelia Goldsmith, Mary Lee Hu, Jill Hurant, Victoria Buckley, and Cathy Chotard. Their creative, innovative, and unique handmade designs evoke ancient and primitive tribal motifs combined with old-world craftsmanship.
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Vivienne Martin's gossamer designs use a combination of non-precious fine wire, polyester fibre, nylon, horsehair and sterling silver to create unique fantasy jewelry. Vivienne is based in Galway, Ireland, and graduated from GMIT with a degree in Textile Design.
www.risecreatives.com
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Eve Llyndorah, who was born in Scotland, and Ray Lipovsky, was born in Vancouver, are a creative design team who's studio is located on their own private island in the Georgia Straight, near Vancouver.
www.llyndorah.com
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Mary Lee Hu is a Seattle jewelry designer who has also taught metalsmithing at University of Washington since 1980. Her specialty is in braiding, weaving, twining, and wrapping metal wire using traditional textile techniques.
www.flintridgefoundation.org
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With over fifty-year career in the jewelry industry, Alex Sepkus' intricate metalwork borrows from the traditions of ancient Greek, Etruscan and Baroque craftsmen, using techniques such a fine granulation to embellish he complex pieces. Alex works from his farm along the Hudson River in Westchester County, N.Y.
www.alexsepkus.com
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Cornelia Goldsmith's designs employ finely detailed metalwork and old-world craftsmanship using age-old techniques such as granulation and etching. Cornelia was born in Berlin, and now works in Sausalito, California.
www.corneliagoldsmith.com
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Yossi Harari's work harkens back to the jewellery of ancient Anatolia and Mesopotamia, but with an added contemporary flare. Yossi was born in Israel and raised in both Israel and Istanbul, Turkey, where he works today. Yossi also operates a jewellery gallery in Tel Aviv.
www.yossiharari.com
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Tapping into the design motifs of ancient cultures, Winston Gamble fashions his pieces from gold and silver using techniques such as lost wax casting, etching, rollerprinting, stamping, forming and forging. Winston's studio is located in Salt Lake City, Utah.
www.winstongamblejewelry.com
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Jill Hurant's metalwork employs ancient techniques such as fusing and granulation, but with a "modern edge." Jill was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and after attending the Fashion Institute of Technology and Jewelry Arts Institute in Manhattan, Jill began her studio in New Jersey.
www.jillhurant.com
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Victoria Buckley in an Australian designer who draws her inspiration from Arthurian legends, Celtic mythology, and old illustrated fairy-tales; conjuring up unique contemporary motifs with an old-world feel. Victoria is a Fellow of the prestigious Gold and Silversmith's Guild of Australia.
www.victoriabuckley.com
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Cathy Chotard was born in Toulon, France in 1950, and has taught at the Teaching School of Arts Fontblanche in N”mes. France, and the prestigious HEAA Arc school of applied arts in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland.
www.charonkransenarts.com
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