Bifur Ring in 18ct yellow gold, by Alexandra Jefford. Part of a collaboration with
Emily King for Art Basel 2011.
Alexandra Jefford, one of the UK's most innovative and cerebral designer jewellers, has used her skills and experience as an artist and illustrator, and her degree in fine arts, to shape and nurture the themes and forms of her powerful, yet floatingly light and open, gold jewels.
Dot Matrix ring in 18ct yellow gold, by Alexandra Jefford. Part of a collaboration with
Emily King for Art Basel 2011.
Born and raised in Geneva, she moved to London to study fine arts at Central St Martin's, specialising in etching and drawing. Having worked as an artist, she decided to study gemmology before launching her own jewellery collections, which she first showed, appropriately at London's White Cube art gallery in St James's.
Oakland ring in 18ct yellow gold, by Alexandra Jefford. Part of a
collaboration with Emily King for Art Basel 2011.
Her continuing passion for art and design has helped her evolve a sense of unconventional beauty, and, as she explains, to give her jewels a unique edge. Linear and graphic, exploring space and movement, her jewels, made predominantly in 18 carat gold, yellow, pink or white gold, are often inspired by modern artists, like Calder, Ben Nicholson, Barbara Hepworth, Hans Arp, or by the Bauhaus movement.
Oldenburg ring in 18ct yellow gold, by Alexandra Jefford.
Her recent "O" collection draws on famous typography, another of her passions, translating each version of the letter "O" into a gold ring, playing with its roundness, and different textures of gold, sugary, ridged or smooth and polished.
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