Karola Torkos
UK
Karola Torkos graduated from the Royal College of Art in 2006. These colourful and affordable 'Fools Gold' necklaces (pictured)are made of polypropylene, plastic beads and cotton thread and start at £141.
Amy Duggan
UK
Amy Duggan creates original contemporary jewellery in silver and gold. She combines processes such as rolling, etching and scratching into the metal surface with a free and expressive application of paint.
Jed Green
UK
Jed Green designs and makes jewellery using glass in combination with other materials such as silver, wood and pearls.
Joanne Haywood
UK
Joanne Haywood graduated from Central St Martin's School of Art in 2001. She combines crocheted cotton with wire compositions which are altered by charcoal and wood oxidisation.
Yoko Izawa
UK
Yoko Izawa creates 'veiled' jewellery by knitting Lycra and nylon yarn and then inserting perspex, polypropylene, pearls and precious metals into the finely knitted enclosures. She was a finalist for the Jerwood Prize for jewellery in 2007. These colourful rings (pictured) are £38 each.
Jo Hayes-Ward
UK
Jo Hayes-Ward creates intricate geometric and sculptural jewellery with an architectural aesthetic. Each piece is made from small building block elements in various precious metals. She uses cutting edge rapid prototyping technology alongside traditional jewellery techniques to create these complex and precise forms.
Jacqueline Cullen
UK
Whitby jet is a prehistoric black fossilised wood most commonly associated with Victorian mourning jewellery; contemporary jeweller Jacqueline Cullen is committed to introducing this ancient and sensual material to a contemporary audience. She hand-build collars and pendants by pegging and joining small sections of Whitby jet lined with 24ct gold. Rings and earrings are studded with glittering Schwarovski crystals, emphasising the natural qualities of the material.
Min-Ji Cho
UK
By creating jewellery using rubber gloves, Min-Ji Cho aims to explore the meaning of real material value in the aesthetics of today. These earrings (pictured) are available in various colours and are £70.
Maria Hees
The Netherlands
Netherlands based jewellery artist Maria Hees combines porcelain with silver. She shapes both of these materials by hand to create powerful, free forms. Every necklace is a composition of links of various shapes and sizes and each one is unique.
Joel Degen
UK
Joel Degen works with the metal titanium. Without the aid of traditional jewellery techniques such as soldering he joins the sections of the piece together with 18ct gold rivets. The rings (pictured) are anodised titanium, stainless steel and 18ct gold and have a distinctive engineered feel.
Louise Miller
UK
Louise Miller uses cutting techniques to create intricate patterns that are incorporated into jewellery. She investigates how cutting into a surface can create ornament and how this surface can be developed into a structure, where the boundaries between two-dimensional and three dimensional blur.
Nora Fok
UK
Nora Fok was one of five artists shortlisted for the 2007 Jerwood Prize for Jewellery. She creates intricate yet bold jewellery with an ethereal quality. Her Physalis earrings (pictured) are made from real Physalis shells combined with finely knitted and dyed nylon monofilament.
Salome Lippuner
Switzerland
Salome is a Swiss jewellery artist working with traditional Japanese Urushi lacquer. She works with this luscious and sensual material to create dramatic and highly collectable jewellery.
Lina Peterson
UK
The 'Dipped' collection by Royal College of Art graduate Lina Peterson is a fresh and bold collection of jewellery created by dip coating sheet metal, Swarovski crystal and wire structures in brightly coloured plastic. This orange 'Twig Brooch' is £84.
