Deborah Crow
About
Deborah is a fine art graduate who turned to jewellery making after a varied career in animation, packaging design and model making. She recently gained a diploma in jewellery design at Vannetta Seecharran School of Jewellery in London and took part in New Designers 2016 with fellow students.
Deborah’s work comments on social and humanitarian issues. Her collection War Without Tears developed after she was moved by images of refugees fleeing war torn homelands to find safety with appalling suffering and loss ensuing. The collection is distanced from any particular conflict but offers instead a comment on war in general – its ultimate futility yet apparent ceaselessness and cyclical progression through consecutive generations.
Plastic soldiers are used as a starting point for the designs. Played with by children the world over – a symbol of war but used here as a metaphor for the lost childhoods of the youngest of those caught up in the atrocities and the toys they left behind.
Portfolio
The Futility of War
Sterling Silver cuff with brass and bronze figures. From the collection War Without Tears, tiny soldiers are depicted running around in circles firing indiscriminately - a comment on the ceaseless nature of war.
Soldier Ring
Sterling Silver soldier ring with barbed wire detail. Collection War Without Tears.
Soldier Cuff
Sterling Silver cuff with large soldier. Cast soldier crawling through loops of silver wire as if crawling through coils of wire in combat.
Gunner soldier bangle
A single loop of silver wire with a tiny prone cast soldier lying on the inside of the coil, designed to hang subtly under the wrist.
Gunner Soldier Earrings
Sterling Silver hoop earrings with tiny cast soldiers. Collection War Without Tears.
Soldier Brooch
Large soldier brooch viewed from above as if crawling through coils of wire.
Lookout soldier bangle
Sterling silver bangle and tiny cast soldier with binoculars and raised arm.
Lookout soldier earrings
Sterling Silver hoop earrings with tiny cast soldiers. Collection War Without Tears.
Gunner soldier earrings
Sterling Silver hoop earrings with tiny cast soldiers. Collection War Without Tears. Kimberley Ellison model.
The Futility of War
Sterling Silver cuff with brass and bronze figures. From the collection War Without Tears, tiny soldiers are depicted running around in circles firing indiscriminately – a comment on the ceaseless nature of war.