International Jewellery Designer

Lucy Folk

International jewellery designer

Lucy’s inspiration board in her studio….

Lucy Folk is a Jewellery designer she lives in Melbourne and shares her studio with gallery-cum-retail jewellery workshop piece of eight. When she was a child she spent a lot of time in her fathers cafe, where she loved to make jewelry out of pieces of macaroni and cherries. She graduated with a major in Gold and Silver smiting. Lucy returned to Australia in 2005 to launch her range of food inspired jewelry. Lucy’s work is really different to what you expect to see, but it's that difference that makes her work so exciting. She is a real inspiration to me and to my future, I want to make jewelry that excites people, and she does that. Her designs is not what you would expect, by turning things that are meant to be eaten into jewelry, " Lucy’s “bling” pendants have been spotted on rapper Snoop Dogg and British Singer Lily Allen, when she was in Melbourne, she was given on of Lucy’s farfalle necklaces by fuzzy on video hits. Lucy was nominated in 2009 as ‘Accessory designer of the year’ by

Marie Claire Magazine." (1)

Lily Allen wearing one of Lucy’s farfalle necklaces.

Lucy Folk is one of the original members of the Piece of Eight workshop. She has a fun way of her work, she knows what she likes and she uses those things. Her newest range is a pasta collection. Her inspiration for the new pasta collection was as the days and nights get colder. She turned to comfort food such as pasta, she loves to eat pasta those cold days because it puts a smile on her face. She sees it as a great way to celebrate the cooler months then with a new collection of jewelry that she directly casts from rigatoni, farfalle and silver wire, fashioned into spaghetti rings and bangles. What she finds inspiring is colour and texture and an amazing meal, and types of food she likes etc.

Farfalle and Ruby Necklace, oxidised Sterling Silver $455

Rigatoni necklace, Sterling Silver $450

Rigatoni bangle with 18ct gold plating $275

Lucy uses materials metals like, silver, gold and platinum with  custom made creations with precious of stones like diamonds, rubies and sapphires. For all their refinement, Lucy's jewelry shows of her humour and wit.

Lucy hard at work….

What Lucy finds rewarding about making jewelry, she says, "it’s being able to wear her own creations and create new pieces to add to her collection. And the joy of seeing people who appreciate her work for its humour and fellow foodies who wear it with pride."(2) 
How I think all this is relevant to me and what I love to do is, Lucy takes something she loves and changes it into something beautiful, and gets joy out of it, by seeing how happy people are when wearing her jewellery. She’s not just a jeweler she’s an artist, her work is fun and brings joy.I want that i want that to relate to my jewelry, i want to work with materials i love, textures, colors, shapes. Thinking in this way helped finding my theme for my ten piece project. I chose a theme that i love designing with, the ideas doesn't stop coming, there is so much you can do with just one idea, the directions you can go with  a good idea is endless. I fell inlove with her work the moment i saw one of her pieces on the internet. She doesn't look at being a designer as work she sees it as taking things she loves and creating amazing things. That's how it should be for a designer, just have fun, from the point of designing to the actual manufacture. Just have fun, love what you do.

(1) www.pieceofeightgallery.blogspot.com/2009/04/featured-artist-lucy-folk.html
(2) www.pieceofeightgallery.blogspot.com/2009/04/featured-artist-lucy-folk.html
http://www.lucyfolk.co.za/

www.pieceofeight.com.au/

 

design diary. Pendant

This is a pendant, by, Lorena Lazard
made out of, pure silver, sterling silver, copper, image transfer in polimer clay and is
7.5 x 5.2 x 2 cm in size. i just fell inlove with this pendant. the piercing is amazing, it's more that jewellery it's a piece of art i'd say, just beautifull......

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