Rachel McKnight

"Rachel designs and makes fresh and innovative jewellery. She combines
various materials, including, polypropylene, perspex, rubber and silver to
create necklaces, bangles, earrings, brooches and rings. Rachel is inspired by
the many manufacturing possiblities of plastics, she also likes to use simple
and uncomplicated shapes which are easily duplicated. Rachel is currently
exploring laser-cutting techniques which have developed her work by allowing her
to insert more detail in her jewellery."

Rachel's website: http://www.rachelmcknight.com/flash.htm

Shana Astrachan

Top Image: Felted of mohair and silk with oxidized sterling silver rings sprinkled throughout the surface.

Bottom Image: Felted mohair and silk ball with silver bits sprinkled throughout the surface. Set on sterling silver setting.

See more of Shana's work at Object Fetish: http://www.objectfetish.com/
And on her website at: http://www.shanaastrachan.com/portfolio.html

Lindsey Mann

Lindsey Mann's jewellery is made with printed aluminum and mixed media. She has a great website: http://www.lindseymann.co.uk/ where you can find out more about the courses she runs at her studio in Winchester.

Some people collect and squirrel away everything from a long life, while others carefully select individual objects which are charged with special meaning, and then some people pick up what others throw away. Our lives are narrated through the objects we collect. With these themes in mind I create collections of playful kinetic jewellery and objects which take a light hearted look at my childhood memories. Many of the pieces I make have both familiar and yet foreign associations, perhaps triggering a vague memory for the viewer too, and hopefully making them smile.

See more of Lindsey's work here: http://www.objectfetish.com/jewelry/lindsey-mann-v-167.html

Polly Wales

Earrings made with bleached silver and 9ct gold: http://www.objectfetish.com/jewelry/polly-wales-v-137.html

Exploring the limits of materials and techniques is central to my jewellery; this has led to the development of techniques and an asthetic, which allow for the accidental and the incidental to inform my making. My current body of work explores the internal and the external worlds of objects, dissecting them using traditional lapidary techniques. The objects relieved of their function start to speak of bodies, forms and terrains. Each object dissected, when viewed on mass takes the viewer or wearer on journey through an un-chartered landscape.

See more of Polly's work here: http://www.objectfetish.com/jewelry/polly-wales-v-137.html and her website here: http://www.pollywales.com/

Anastasia Young

These Machine Rings are by Anastasia Young. They are made from buffalo horn with silver and are etched, oxidized and riveted. Ana has published a jewellery book: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Jewellery-Materials-Sourcebook-Anastasia-Young/dp/1408105802/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1242072516&sr=8-1 it works as a techniques directory and clearly explains processes for a wide range of materials.....a really good one for students or anyone interested in making jewellery.

I am interested in multi-functional jewellery that
works on several levels - on the body,in the context of a narrative and as an
object with its own sense of history. Underlying the body of work is the concept
that abhorrent components in a piece of jewellery (for example spiders, or
teeth) can be altered in the way that they are presented; and therefore the
materials I use are important - in addition to aesthetically mechanical precious
metal elements, I find the use of horn, bone and teeth give my work a strong
identity. The ‘Uncanny’ fascinates me and I often try to convey unnerving
subjects in a way that is more approachable to the viewer.

See more of Ana's work here: http://www.objectfetish.com/jewelry/anastasia-young-v-169.html and also at her website: http://www.anastasiayoung.co.uk/

Jo Pudelko

New work from Object Fetish artist Jo Pudelko. These pieces are made with resin that has been cast around recycled felt-tip marker pens. http://www.objectfetish.com/jewelry/jo-pudelko-v-162.html

Much of my work stems from a personal interest in the amount of waste
generated by modern society, particularly how we fail to take advantage of the
resources and inspiration offered by everyday objects. By scouring, scavenging,
photographing and hoarding I have amassed a collection of ‘treasure’ that I can
use as inspiration, as components within a piece, or reinterpret into new and
unlikely pieces of jewellery.

Object Fetish: Online Book Exhibition

Jeff and Whitney at Object Fetish have put together an online book exhibition to celebrate the publication of my book on Mixed Media Jewellery, it showcases work from makers whose jewellery features in the book.

To view a flash gallery of images from Mixed Media Jewellery, visit
http://ObjectFetish.com/Haywood-Book/

You can also buy work directly from their online gallery. Many of the makers from the book exhibit and sell work with them http://objectfetish.com/

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