Jewellery by the contemporary jewellery designer SUE GREGOR

SUE GREGOR

Workshop Bristol. "Fossiized Plastic" jewellery in acrylic,dyed and embossed. Brilliantly coloured and richly patterned. Each piece is a one-off and individually made. Outlets include: The Sainsbury Center, SDC Gallery Shorditch, Flow Gallery, Victoria Sewart, Quadri, The Black Swan ,The Open Eye Gallery, Balman Gallery, Eaton Applied Arts & The Arnolfini Bristol.

About Sue

My main mission is to share my appreciation of the natural world which I have found always cheers me up. I choose quite ordinary plants and weeds, for the surface pattern I choose quite ordinary plants and weeds, I hope that the wearer will not only enjoy them as jewellery but also review their appreciation of the natural world. I am inspired both by the modernist approach to materials and enjoy cheap plastic items from places like Hong Kong. I set out to create a marriage between the industrial and the organic.

This method of dying and embossing plastic I call 'fossilized Plastic' due to the fine detail which it is possible to capture with in the embossed surface. I use the actual leaves or flowers to create the design. They perish in the process leaving a memory of the relief of their surface on the plastic, like a fossil.

Further Images

Lime Turq. Tree leaf Cuff

Close up of lime tree leaf cuff

Aqua Pink sweet pea Cuff

black on white 55 mm love-in-the-mist cuff

Black Garland necklace

Black 2 string Garland necklace Acrylic/silk and sterling silver 22 inches 2 string galand necklace with plant dsigns on one side and textile designs on the reverse. It can be worn either way.