Every year, Element are proud to invite our customers to a Spring Designer Jewellery Exhibition that launches several new collections of jewellery. This year is no exception, and we can’t wait to share brand new work from the UK’s and Europe’s finest and most innovative jewellery.

SATURDAY 18 APRIL 25 MARKET STREET, HEBDEN BRIDGE

• Win an aquamarine ring worth £220
• 10% off all collections
• Enjoy complimentary Prosecco, Pink Lemonade and Brighton Rock!
• Meet Brighton jewellers Alex Goodman and Nicky Morris and see their vast collections of unique handmade gemstone jewellery
• Preview brand new work from Goodman and Morris, Eva Strepp, Stilnest, Leen Heyne, Stephen Roper, Mounir, Franziska Rappold, Heather O’Connor, Lesley Strickland

DESIGNER PROFILES

GOODMAN AND MORRIS

We were so flattered when Nicky Morris approached us in 2014 so see if we would want to sell their work. We fell in love with Nicky, her Brighton ways and of course her delicious and colourful gemstone jewellery. Last year we introduced a small collection to our customers as well as a beautiful and contemporary hand-made wedding ring offering.

Both Alex and Nicky design and make jewellery and although their work shares a “beautiful sense of proportion and quiet elegance” (as reported by the Jeweller as they were recently featured in the Jewellers Hot 100), you can see the difference in their inspiration.

We in Hebden Bridge all know of the links with us and bohemian Brighton. Our natural migration between the two places, similarities in our tollerant attitudes to life and our appreciation of design and beauty…  so it was a coup to be singled out and contacted by duo.

Nicky captivated us with the story of her and husband Alex’s award winning traditional craftsmen skills, their modern take on timeless wedding ring designs and the fact they are suckers for a piece of beaten metal and mouth-watering gemstones.

We love that they drive an old red London cab, and eat Kit-Kats by the dozen!

EVA STREPP

We first saw Eva’s work in Munich in 2008, and fell in love with it then. 7 years later, that spark was re-ignited on a recent buying trip and we are so delighted to launch our very first collection.

We love Eva’s work, because with purity and simplicity in mind she creates elegant & simple designs using the most exceptional triple A grade pearls.

Born in 1975, she trained in her early 20s as a goldsmith at the Hanau State Academy in Germany. She set up her own studio in 2003, and has been designing, making and perfecting her craft ever since. This is the same year that Element Jewellery was set up. That’s got to be a good omen!

Eva has critical acclaim by the wonderful design magazine Art Aurea, and she has also recently been published in the GZ design magazine. Good for her!

Her creations focus on pearls, which serve as glowing centre pieces – she aligns them into elegant strands. Eva adores the perfection of these spherical bodies that have grown layer by layer. Drilling and cutting a pearl requires precision and great appreciation for the material. Only in this way can each individual pearl reveal its unique colour and incomparable lustre. This designer consciously celebrates simplicity and clarity in her jewellery, about which she says: “The quest for uncomplicated solutions may take a long time, but once they’ve been found, they bring each piece to its optimal conclusion.”

LEEN HEYNE

We discovered Leen on our recent buying trip to Munich, back in February, when the town seems to come alive with Europe’s finest jewellery collections.

A young man, born in 1986 in Nijmegen, the Netherlands, he has the confidence of some of the great German Master jewellers of our time. He completed his jewellery training in 2009 from the Academy for Gold- and Silversmiths in Schoonhoven, and promptly set-up his own workshops in Tilburg.

Leen has that typical straightforward nature of a Dutchman and his jewellery has a striking elegance and clarity. Many of his rings and bangles are created from nothing more than a single gold or silver band featuring one or more twists. The flowing, dynamic progression of these twists and the silky matte sheen of the metal are reminiscent of the gentle drape and texture of real silk. What looks so natural, however, is the result of painstaking work and exquisite hand-craftsmanship. Leen hammers, folds, draws down and bends the precious metal for as long as necessary for it to take on the desired shape.

You’ll be enthralled with how successfully Heyne works with the Möbius strip, and you’ll be breath-taken with the exquisite diamonds he sets.

STILNEST

Stilnest are a group of university friends who got together to harness their skills in marketing, design and 3D printing. Effectively, they are a Berlin-based Publishing House for Designer Jewellery. Handling production and packaging of pieces and collections of jewellery from around the world, they allow designers from around the world to focus deeply on the design process.

By embracing fine precision using the power of 3D printing, and by attracting individual pieces or collections of jewellery from designers and artists around the world, we think you’re going to love this fresh approach to bringing the best of international design to you.

Stilnest raised a 6-figure investment in excess of 25,000 Euros from German investors. We love their entrepreneurialism and absolutely love the jewellery.

With over a 50 international designsers to chose from, Stilnest designers are “Freethinkers that win your heart by originality – only accompanied by a sketchbook, a laptop and a couple of fresh perspectives on daily life”.

Element will be exhibiting around 30 pieces from 10 Stilnest designers to give our customers a taste of this inspirational brand.

LESLEY STRICKLAND

We couldn’t resist buying in a collection from Lesley Strickland.

A British jeweller who began making in 1976, she works her magic with cellulose acetate (a lovely malleable material derived from cotton oil) combined with sterling silver. Her inspiration comes from weathered, natural forms and sculptors of the 1950’s. The final finish of each piece is important to her as she likes the wearer to have a very tactile relationship with her work.

Fusing traditional techniques with industrial processes including hand thermo-forming that she invented and mastered herself, Lesely’s experience is evident through her confident collections.

Lesley’s outlets include the Tate Modern, and Dazzle, so we were honoured that Lesley agreed to supply Element Jewellery.

STEPHEN ROPER

We were delighted when Stephen came to us with his work. So different for Element; work that oozed designer-craft.

He explained to us that he did some initial training with a local goldsmith, but that otherwise he was a self-taught jeweller. To us, that represented a real passion for his craft.

His inspiration came from a childhood that was filled with the sights, sounds and smells of creative businesses in London’s Portobello Road and Camden Lock markets. Stephen discovered a love of creating and selling all sorts of things whilst he worked his way through a History Degree.

Exploring natural textures and forms, his jewellery is created entirely by hand, using traditional techniques of forging, reticulation, filigree and granulation. Stephen’s work is truly distinctive, and a joy to wear.