Meet The Maker – Jessica Sherriff

Jessica Sherriff – Jeweller

Jessica creates a unique range of contemporary acrylic jewellery.  Inspired by the colours and views of her beautiful surroundings, Jessica uses her own photographic images of Yorkshire, from the overall landscape to close up trees and flowers, and displays them within the jewellery using a unique printing technique. 

Horse chestnut tree bangle

Jessica uses the acrylic in a variety of thickness, and combines matt and shiny surfaces to create an unusual distorted, but intriguing effect to the images. 

Leaf studs

This technique allows her to create both bold and subtle colour waves and designs.  She enjoys exploring the possibilities of acrylic and her enthusiasm grows the more she experiments.

Red and green leaves bangle

Heart Gallery is proud to be one of Jessica’s carefully selected stockists for her amazing light and easy to wear jewellery and although we have stocked her work for four years now her designs and colour combinations never cease to amaze.

Leaf necklaces

Meet The Maker – Genna Delaney

Genna Delaney - Jeweller

Genna is a  Scottish jewellery designer who graduated in 2006 with BDes (Hons) Jewellery & Metal Design from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design. She has been designing and making bespoke jewellery since 1999.

Aqua perspex and silver cuffs

Genna is passionate about designing and making jewellery and thrives to produce bespoke, superbly produced handcrafted pieces. As jewellery has a personal and sentimental value she loves taking on commissions or she can give new life to an old piece of jewellery using your own ideas.

Silver rollered frame with gold leaf pendant and earrings

One of Genna’s designs The Labyrinth Neckpiece attracted a Precious Metal Bursary Award from the Goldsmith’s Company in 2006. More recently it came 3rd in the Jolomo Craft and Design Awards and won the Dundee Craft Makers Award 2011.

Labyrinth Neckpiece

Architecture is a major influence in her work which inspires both geometric forms and organic sculptures. Movement is also a prominent force where rare coloured stones can be moved along the labyrinths of her work. Genna’s pieces are tactile, playful and sculptural. Natural rock formations influence the texture and layering of many of her designs. The Scottish landscape has influenced some of the curves and shapes of pendants.

Silver and aqua component neckpiece and ring

Genna enjoys working with precious metals such as silver and gold and loves using unusually shaped stones and setting them in innovative ways into many of her one-off pieces. However, she also experiments in incorporating non-precious materials such as plastics; glass and resins too.

Perspex silver rectangle pendant and earrings

Genna creates innovative designs by adjusting them to suit the needs of her clients, every piece is unique. She is constantly challenging the boundaries of jewellery design, producing both one-off and commercial pieces.

Silver and gold leaf frame bracelet ring and earrings

WHAT A CRACKER – Christmas Exhibition at Heart Gallery 13 November 2011

Heart Gallery kindly invites you to WHAT A CRACKER launching on Sunday 13 November at 12pm

What goodies can you buy this Christmas at Heart Gallery? Here’s a sneak peek of what’s new for you, for your loved ones and for your home.

Louise Wilson - Mixed Media Artist

Karen Dell'Armi - Jeweller

Tania Sneesby - Textile Artist

Caroline Cowen - Jeweller

Jacqui Sharples - Letterpress

Heart Gallery has now launched a fantastic Loyalty Scheme and we have been really busy cutting, stitching and preparing lovely little heart shaped felt pouches for you to keep. Feedback from customers has been amazing so here is some info for those of you who haven’t heard about it yet:

Heart Gallery Loyalty Card

Collect your loyalty card from Heart Gallery when you spend over £50.

Receive a heart stamp every time you spend £50 or over.

Collect 5 heart stamps on your loyalty card and exchange it for your Heart Gallery 10% Token.

Your Heart Gallery 10% token is a pewter heart and is yours to keep, for life.

Use your Heart Gallery 10% token every time you spend over £50 in Heart Gallery.

Heart 10% Loyalty Token

Live with the art you love …

It’s easy and affordable to buy and collect contemporary art and craft at Heart Gallery with Own Art which lets you spread the cost of your purchase over 10 months with an interest free loan.

Own Art loans allow you to borrow from as little as £100 up to a maximum of £2,000 for the purchase of works of art by living artists.

Own Art loans are available from Heart Gallery for the purchase of contemporary art and craft of any kind, and in any media. That means you can choose more or less anything you want from Heart Gallery from paintings, prints, drawings and sculpture, to glassware, ceramics, jewellery, furniture and textiles.

There is no limit on the number of times you can use Own Art, but we recommend that you don’t apply for more than one loan at a time. This is because each loan application is subject to a credit check, and your application may be declined if you have not yet already established a repayment record for an existing Own Art loan, or if the bank considers that the total amount of credit you are asking for is too high in relation to your income.

The minimum you can borrow is £100 (monthly repayment of £10), but this can be used to cover a group of lower value items whose combined total adds up to £100 or more. This means that at Christmas you can purchase a number of presents for your friends and family interest free so there is no need to use your credit card!

If you are buying something more valuable than £2,000 you can use an Own Art loan as a part payment. Please note that you cannot apply for multiple Own Art loans to cover the costs of a single purchase.

Own Art is available to all UK residents over the age of 18, subject to status. This means that you must be able to meet the following criteria in order to be approved for a loan:

• Over the age of 18
• A permanent UK resident
• Working at least 16 hours a week (employed or self-employed)

If you are not working but are married to or living with a partner who does have a full time job, then you may still apply provided that your partner is happy for their employment details to be included on your application form.

You’ll need to have proof of ID with you in the form of a driver’s licence or utility bill, along with a credit or debit card as proof of signature and it only takes 10 minutes!

Staff in Heart Gallery will take you through the loan application process and once you’ve given all the information we need, you’ll get an instant decision.

Once your application has been approved and you’ve signed the paperwork you can take your purchase(s) away with you – simple as that!

Own Art bank partner Hitachi Capital Consumer finance will send you a welcome letter and the 10 monthly payments will be collected by direct debit from your account starting a few weeks after you’ve made your purchase.

Meet The Maker – Jessica Sherriff

Jessica Sherriff - Jeweller

Jessica Sherriff creates a unique range of contemporary acrylic jewellery.  

Bold Blossom Pink and Yellow Pendant

Inspired by the colours and views of her beautiful surroundings, Jessica uses her own photographic images of Yorkshire, from the overall landscape to close up trees and flowers, and displays them within the jewellery using a unique printing technique. Because each piece is individually printed by Jessica this ensures no two items are identical.

Hand made acrylic bangle featuring image of purple blossom against a transparent background.

Jessica uses the acrylic in a variety of thickness, and combines matt and shiny surfaces to create an unusual distorted, but intriguing effect to the images.  

East Coast Pebbles 6mmx30mm Bangle

This technique allows her to create both bold and subtle colour waves and designs.  She enjoys exploring the possibilities of acrylic and her enthusiasm grows the more she experiments.

Allium Fucshia Pink and Green Studs

Jessica’s fascination in using an unusual material to make jewellery, started at University.   She achieved a BA 1^st Class Honours degree in Jewellery, at Middlesex University, North London.  The course encouraged its students to experiment with a wide range of media and Jessica found acrylic a very versatile and satisfying material to work with. Through experimentation she managed to handprint images onto the acrylic which opened up lots of possibilities.  She was always very interested in playing with repeat patterns and different thickness and that continues in her work today.

Bold Blossom Green and Yellow Earrings

The inspiration for using images of nature also started whilst Jessica was at University.  Jessica found settling into London life a bit of a struggle and sought comfort in taking photographs of scenery back in Yorkshire. More recently Jessica has been taking more photographs of manmade structures from trips to various cities, not living in a city now makes her see a different beauty in these things and these too will soon feature in her work.

Kilburn Black and White Branches Cufflinks

In September 2010 Jessica was thrilled to have won the IJL Editors Choice Award for Technical Excellence, “It has helped boost my work and help people see that materials such as acrylic are valued in the jewellery world.”

Lua Lua has arrived at Heart Gallery

Launched in 2005 lua lua is a distinctive contemporary jewellery brand dedicated to the creation of luxury hand made earrings, necklaces, bracelets and accessories. The brand’s first two collections ‘Boogie Woogie’ and ‘Preludium’ received a critical acclaim around the world. Since then lua lua has become synonymous with vivid colours and sensuous shapes that embrace a beautiful minimal aesthetic.

With a design emphasis on exquisite materials that combine traditional virtues with a flamboyant contemporary twist, the lua lua signature style of colourful perspex and silver jewellery offers a timeless elegance for women with a sense of adventure and innovation. Influenced by both ancient and contemporary art, the sway of the Aztecs, Bauhaus as well as the abstract modernism of Piet Mondrian, these elements resonate throughout the work of Justyna Niewiara, the designer behind lua lua.

Grazia, July 2009

Lua Lua arriving soon at Heart Gallery

lua lua is a distinctive contemporary jewellery brand dedicated to the creation of luxury hand made earrings, necklaces, bracelets and accessories. The brand launched in 2005 with the ‘Boogie Woogie’ and ‘Preludilua lua is a distinctive contemporary jewellery brand dedicated to the creation of luxury hand made earrings, necklaces, bracelets and accessories. The brand launched in 2005 with the ‘Boogie Woogie’ and ‘Preludium’ collections to critical acclaim internationally. Since then lua lua has become synonymous for its vivid colours and sensuous shapes that embrace a beautiful minimal aesthetic. With a design emphasis on exquisite materials that combine traditional virtues with a flamboyant contemporary twist, the lua lua signature style of colourful perspex and silver jewellery offers a timeless elegance for women with a sense of adventure and innovation. Each season the collection evolves with new ranges, akin more to limited editions the lua lua brand is committed to providing you with a personal piece of jewellery that you will love to wear and which adds sparkle to your life. Founder and creative director Justyna Niewiara, studied History of Art at the illustrious Jagiellonian University in Krakow, (est. 1364) where she was exposed to centuries of rich, visual references. Her background in Fine Art enabled her to reach a deep understanding of form, colouration and material that have inspired her stunning designs for the lua lua jewellery collections.

Lua Lua multi necklace

Lua Lua 3 drop necklace

Lua Lua earrings and bangles in a rainbow of colours

Lua Lua - WOW!

La Petite Mort

 

La Petite Mort

La Petite Mort is a young duo of stylish, Manchester-based jewellery designers. Their current base may be rooted in the north west of England, but their influences come from far and wide.

 

Hannah and Ciara’s experiences and cultures have informed their tastes and passions for fashion, and the fast-paced, ever-changing environment it delivers. What they are striving for are beautiful, wearable pieces that also reflect a love for edgy, creative styles.

 

La Petite Mort (‘A Little Death’) aims to create jewellery with a life of its own with each collection being limited editions. Make sure you snap up a piece before Hannah and Ciara move on to their next exciting body of work.