Helen West

I like to make decorative pieces in silver and gold from wire and sheet, creating small three dimensional sculptures to use as adornments. Although I use themes in my designs, each piece of jewellery is individually made, giving me the adaptability to adjust the design to accommodate different sizes of stones or to the customer’s requirements. Both Leaves and curls feature in most of my work intending to give it an organic feel. I have concentrated on developing my own designs, using a lot of both precious and semi- precious stones as I like the colours and the endless variations. I have also been exploring these techniques for small precious objects such as Boxes, Spoons, Serviette Rings and Letter Openers.