Creative Links: Using Colours and Textures to Enhance Your Jewellery (Full film)
Creative Links: Using Colours and Textures to Enhance Your Jewellery - Full Film
What is this talk about?
By applying colour or texture to a piece, jewellers can add beauty and meaning to their work, enhancing designs both aesthetically and conceptually.
As part of our Creative Links talk series at the Goldsmiths’ Centre, experienced tutors and designer-makers Bekkie Ora Cheeseman and Nina Gilbey discuss methods for using colour and texture that are accessible to makers of all skill sets and budgets – as explored in their book Colour and Textures in Jewellery.
In addition to sharing their research and offering practical advice, the pair also reflect on the process of researching, writing and publishing a book about jewellery, and how other makers might follow the same path.
The Goldsmiths’ Centre would like to thank the panellists:
- Nina Gilbey, Co-Author of Colours and Textures in Jewellery
- Bekkie Ora Cheeseman, Co-Author of Colours and Textures in Jewellery
- Kate Temperley, Student at the London Jewellery Workshop
This video is part of the Creative Links talks series and took place in October 2018 at the Goldsmiths’ Centre. It is the full talk filmed on the evening of the event.
To purchase the book Colours and Textures in Jewellery by Nina Gilbey and Bekkie Ora Cheeseman, click this link
Who are the speakers?
Nina Gilbey
Nina Gilbey was trained in Jewellery & Silversmithing at The Cass and later graduated with an MA from the School of Jewellery in Birmingham in 2000. With a background in Fine Art, she is interested in the relationship between line and form, and how negative spaces create a solid void. She is passionate about working with metal, using traditional techniques to explore and challenge its inherent qualities. She has been teaching the subject since 2000, and founded London Jewellery Workshop in 2011 to offer a student led environment, promoting inspiration and creativity.
Bekkie Ora Cheeseman
Bekkie Ora Cheeseman trained in fine art, sculpture, kiln formed glass and jewellery. Her work seeks to produce pieces that are both sculptural and experimental. She is interested in exploiting the opportunities given by the properties of materials, and the possibilities of techniques, to make work that inspires questions and playfulness. Bekkie has been teaching 2D design and jewellery manufacture accredited courses since 2009 in a number of London institutions. She designs bespoke tuition programmes for learners at all levels, online and in person.