Craft Gallery Jeweller Of The Month : Jess Withington

The Ropewalk Craft Gallery is an ever changing display of the best in contemporary craft. Representing over 200 makers from throughout the country and beyond, it features an extensive collection of ceramics, glassware, textiles, jewellery and more.

Jeweller Of The Month

Hannah Marshall

Hannah Marshall is an artist based in Brighton who uses the beach both as an inspirational mood-board and a platform to gather her materials. Hannah grew up in Cornwall where she would spend her childhood fossicking for treasure along the shoreline. It was many years later that her hoard of sea glass, shells, pottery and driftwood would form the basis of a jewellery collection, and start a journey of coastal inspired creations…

Hannah’s jewellery stems around a central idea of taking objectionable elements and altering them, so they then become objects of desire. The concept of imperfections being beautiful and items of little worth being transformed into contemporary designs revolves around the found objects used within the work. Delicate weaved wire bezels encase beans of sea glass, or hunks of sea worn pottery shards hang from hand knitted organic hemp ropes.

Although Hannah’s work is heavily focused on using found objects, her work didn’t begin as a recycling project. Hannah never sees what she finds as rubbish, but just an unfinished part of something else.