Emma's jewellery designs combine the innovative with the traditional using a technique she has pioneered of wire wrapping in silver and gold which she calls 'Spun'. She creates chokers, brooches, bangles, rings, earrings and cufflinks. Some pieces are embellished with bright and richly coloured gem stones such as chrysoprase, tourmaline, turquoise and Peruvian opal. Working intuitively, Emma's designs evolve out of the enjoyment of the technical process of making allowing the materials to direct the work and inform her designs.
Since first exhibiting in London at the Chelsea Crafts Fair in 1993 (where she won the New Exhibitor's Award) Emma has embraced a career on both sides of the Atlantic. She lived for six years in New York which she considers her second home and where she successfully sold her innovative, sculptural designs in the Guggenheim Museum, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the Boston Museum of Art, returning to London in 2002 where she exhibits regularly and is now based. Her work has appeared in numerous publications, such as The Art of Jewellery Design by Liz Olver and 1000 Rings by Lark Books as well as coverage in ELLE and CRAFTS magazine.
Emma's work is for sale at her studio by appointment, as well as in the following UK outlets:
- Electrum Gallery, London
- Lomas, London
- Studio Fusion, London
- Roger Billcliffe Gallery, Glasgow
- Eric Smith, Glasgow
Image credits (from left): Silver and 18ct gold Spun bangles (Stephen Brayne), Silver and 18ct gold Spun brooches with pink tourmaline and green garnet (Stephen Brayne ), Silver and 18ct gold Eclipse Rings (Joel Degen)
Emma Farquharson
Jewellery
Unit 12 Craft Central, 21 Clerkenwell Green, EC1R 0DX
T: 07919 152874
Contact: Emma Farquharson
info@emmaq.com