i need to share with you all, this designer, for a few reasons:
1. i found her through a blog (can’t remember which one), and i was INSTANTLY drawn to her designs. she uses mediums that i love experimenting with, and mixes and matches so beautifully well.
2. Her shop name is ‘Dispatches From Graceland’ jewelry. suuuuuuuch a jamie name.
3. listen. this is just weird. so focus here. her web address on etsy is ‘mama shea shea’. emma - i’m looking at you here. this was my nickname (mama shea) in university. i. am. freaked. out.
grace describes her style in her design as an intentional pairing of “the rough with the refined, the precious with the primitive, the natural with the industrial, and the colors of the sea with the colors of the land“
all of her designs are one of a kind, or limited edition. i love this. this is how i create my pieces as well.
i adore her mixing of chains, in different sizes, shapes, and materials. i love her integration of rocks, fabric, metals and chains, without steering clear from her overall aesthtic - as a jewelry designer, i know how challenging that is.
a few of my faves (which trust me - were so difficult to choose from)
from top to bottom: diamonds on the inside earrings*; oceans apart necklace; the urchin is lurchin necklace; chain collage necklace; bebela necklace; honey pie tassled necklace; and i think, perhaps my favourite piece of hers... the jakarta necklace
i’d also like to point out that we MAY be the same person, as even the aesthetic of our photos are almost the same.... please note: (re:claim's product photography)
you can find her work at the bell jar in San Fran, Out Boutique in Paris France, the Charlestown Gallery in Charlestown RI, and at the chimneys violin shop in Boiling Spring, PA.
*(reminds me of this.... one of my favourite ben harper songs of all time... )
1. i found her through a blog (can’t remember which one), and i was INSTANTLY drawn to her designs. she uses mediums that i love experimenting with, and mixes and matches so beautifully well.
2. Her shop name is ‘Dispatches From Graceland’ jewelry. suuuuuuuch a jamie name.
3. listen. this is just weird. so focus here. her web address on etsy is ‘mama shea shea’. emma - i’m looking at you here. this was my nickname (mama shea) in university. i. am. freaked. out.
grace describes her style in her design as an intentional pairing of “the rough with the refined, the precious with the primitive, the natural with the industrial, and the colors of the sea with the colors of the land“
all of her designs are one of a kind, or limited edition. i love this. this is how i create my pieces as well.
i adore her mixing of chains, in different sizes, shapes, and materials. i love her integration of rocks, fabric, metals and chains, without steering clear from her overall aesthtic - as a jewelry designer, i know how challenging that is.
a few of my faves (which trust me - were so difficult to choose from)
i’d also like to point out that we MAY be the same person, as even the aesthetic of our photos are almost the same.... please note: (re:claim's product photography)
you can find her work at the bell jar in San Fran, Out Boutique in Paris France, the Charlestown Gallery in Charlestown RI, and at the chimneys violin shop in Boiling Spring, PA.
*(reminds me of this.... one of my favourite ben harper songs of all time... )