‘Zoë Catherine Kendall’ is a brand new jewellery design business being launched following Zoe’s recent graduation from Central Saint Martins. It is a business specialising in bespoke hand-crafted jewellery designed to interact with the wearer’s body and stimulate their imagination. Zoe’s work challenges accepted ideas of what jewellery is whilst creating new concepts of desirability.
Her new collection ‘Precious Creatures’ is inspired by organic forms and surfaces as well as living creatures and their desire to interact. Precious stones are replaced by glass eyes or uncut gems that peer out with curiosity from sculptural silver jewellery, combining humour with an unassuming elegance of form. The pieces are infused with a playful sense of intrigue and fascination, where rhythmic undulations in surface and intricate textural details represent a more original and naturally beautiful aesthetic.
Zoe makes bold rings which twist and curl, or extend across the hand and upwards, contrasting smooth with textured surface finishes. The collection is theatrical and daring, with variations in scale from small rings to large hand, wrist and neck pieces that challenge accepted ideas of what jewellery can be. This collection is designed for somebody gutsy who seeks out new and original jewellery to wear and collect.
From 9 - 20 January 2008 Zoe is participating in the ‘shop within the show’ at The Society of Designer Craftsmen’s annual exhibition "Designer Crafts 2008" at The Mall Galleries, The Mall, London SW1
Image credits (from left): Curious Eye Ring (Zoe Catherine Kendall), A Couple of Snakes Wrist Piece (Zoe Catherine Kendall ), Daddy’s Eyes Neck Piece (Jennifer Kendall)
Zoe Catherine Kendall
Jewellery
11 Mount View Road, Chingford, London, E4 7EF
T: 07811100218
Contact: Zoe Catherine Kendall
zoe@zoekendall.com
NEWS FLASH!
Zoe Catherine Kendall is among 80 designers to be found at Craft Central's Made in Clerkenwell: Winter open studio event 27-30 Nov 08