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Featured Seller – Jemima Lumley
Posted by onHello! My Featured Seller this week is a very talented jeweller and silversmith with a passion for lovebirds! I really like the fact that although the pieces look very delicate, close up they are created from very strong, bold graphic shapes. Fantastic work! Take it away…
Jemima Lumley
Introduce yourself…
I’m a jeweller, working mainly in silver, creating whimsical and wearable pieces. Everything is handcrafted by myself, from start to finish. I have recently set up a studio-shop with 5 talented craft people, on a busy high street in Bristol. I work full time as a jeweller, except for a Tuesday when I go to college, or playschool as we like to call it.
How did it all start?
It all started very recently, only about 3 years ago. Until then I had been an art director in children’s publishing for over 15 years. It was a gradual thing, rather than something planned!
After I went freelance in 2004, I found that I would have hours or even days when I was a bit quiet, so I took up crochet again. From there I started making scarves, wraps and corsages for selling locally, and then bits of jewellery came along – first charm bracelets with little crochet flowers, then necklaces and finally lariats. These I started selling to local shops, but I soon found I was bored of the repetitive nature of the work. I took a class one morning a week, in silver jewellery making, which I loved from day one! In 2007 I applied to the local art college for their one day a week jewellery course, and from then on I’ve devoted myself to working in silver. I’ve just finished my second year, and looking forward to the third, and final year.
