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From junk to jewellery: Mariana Acosta challenges the meaning of preciousness

Design News > Design Activism / Fashion & Jewellery Design

One man's junk is another man's contemporary jewellery, proves designer Mariana Acosta. >

4 Sep 15
Uté Francke

Uté Francke is a contemporary jewellery designer, owner of The Hornet’s Nest and part of the 2015 Emerging Creatives programme. >

14 Jan 15
Five South African designers of celestial (and earthly) bling

Lookbook > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Encompassing crowns, blades and naturally inspired textures, here's a look at some of the jewellery designers among the 40 talented Emerging Creatives of 2015. >

14 Jan 15
Nanette Veldsman

Nanette Veldsman is a jewellery designer and lecturer at Stellenbosch University. She is the jewellery curator for Design Indaba Expo 2015 >

17 Jul 14
Next Generation: Henriette Botha

Next Generation > African Design / Fashion & Jewellery Design

Henriette Botha is an emerging South African design brand of handcrafted, locally manufactured, statement jewellery pieces. >

26 May 14
Matter of Fakt

Matter of Fakt is a jewellery design company started by freelance art director and graphic designer, Mary-Anne Grobler. >

9 Feb 14
Symbols on Silk

Linda Schneider creates handcrafted sterling silver jewellery for Symbols on Silk. >

7 Feb 14
Long Jean Silver

Long Jean Silver is a Cape Town-based jewellery design and manufacturing company. >

19 Jan 14
Natasha G Jewellery

Natasha G Jewellery's Japanese-inspired designs take form in handmade rings, pendants and earrings, adorned with ebony, shell and resin inlays. >

19 Jan 14
Storysmith

Q&A > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Katherine-Mary Pichulik is the creative mind and maker behind Pichulik. Design Indaba chats to her about her journey and telling stories through jewellery. >

8 Jan 14
Pichulik Spring/Summer 2014 Collection

Lookbook > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Pichulik's 2014 Spring/Summer collection celebrates the seaside glamour of the golden age on the French Riviera in the 50s and 60s. >

8 Jan 14
Made beyond borders

Q&A > Craft

For her PhD research London-based designer Sarah Rhodes wanted to explore the nature of collaborative making between designers and craft producers. >

12 Dec 13
Milame Design

Milame Design presents a realm of silver and gold, artworks in pendants, woollen accessories, drawings and tiny animals that live on your hand. >

17 Feb 13
Adorned

Design News > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Challenging the traditional conventions of jewellery design, South African designer Beverley Price exhibits at globally curated "Unexpected Pleasures". >

13 Nov 12
Famke Jewellery Design

Jewellery designer Famke Koene creates unique bespoke pieces for both off-beat and classic looks as part of her line, Famke. >

29 Aug 12
Daleen Fiorini

Daleen Fiorini Jewellery Design makes costume jewellery with semi-precious stones that forge elements of Eastern and Western culture. >

11 Oct 11
Fine Ounce Goldsmith Collective

Fine Ounce Goldsmith Collective strives to elevate the status of individually handcrafted pieces over mass-produced goods. >

10 Oct 11
Eon Hoon Jewellery

Cape Town-based Eon Hoon Jewellery Design creates wearable pieces from unusual materials. >

26 Apr 10
Nic Bladen Botanicals

Living and working in the Cape Floral Kingdom, Nic Bladen has become known for the extraordinary technique he has pioneered, casting plants in bronze and silver >

17 Jan 10
Tiffany Marx - Inspired Jewellery

Jeweller Tiffany Marx has always been inspired by Japanese design and the various elements and visual textures found in nature >

11 Nov 09

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