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SILVER MERCHANTS<br />
MEXICAN SILVER<br />
SINCE<br />
JEWELLERY<br />
1980<br />
in sterling<br />
Adriana Corti personally<br />
chooses designers to offer you a<br />
range from exciting, innovative<br />
contemporary to stylish classic.<br />
Her regular buying trips to<br />
Mexico builds on the personal<br />
ties she has developed with<br />
skilled artisans and talented<br />
designers and guarantees<br />
you the finest<br />
quality and top<br />
value.<br />
Here are some local artisanal jewellers making silver with a fresh new take:<br />
Melbourne’s ROBYN WILSON handmakes her sterling silver creations in<br />
bold shapes with enamel and titanium finishes.<br />
“When starting out, it was a much more affordable precious metal to<br />
work with and therefore my finished pieces were more affordable,” she<br />
says. “I was introduced to Argentium silver quite a few years ago and<br />
I now use it in a lot of my work, especially my granulated pieces as it<br />
fuses beautifully.”<br />
ROBYN WILSON<br />
Fellow Melburnian LAUREN TROJKOVIC<br />
uses traditional metalsmithing<br />
techniques and wax casting to produce<br />
her collection of large statement pieces. She credits sterling silver’s<br />
malleability and the ability to be easily engraved as benefits; however,<br />
she incorporates colours into her pieces using various materials.<br />
“I use precious gemstones and the acrylic polymer Corian in my work<br />
to add form and colour. Corian is most commonly used as a benchtop<br />
LAUREN TROJKOVIC<br />
material in kitchens and bathrooms but is a versatile and lightweight<br />
alternative in jewellery,” she says. “I find inspiration from the graphic shapes<br />
and elaborate embellishment seen in ethnic jewellery from Africa, India and South America.”<br />
Adelaide Hills designer SIMONE WALSH produces “alchemic, yet<br />
delicate” collections in sterling silver, incorporating gold and gemstones.<br />
SIMONE WALSH<br />
“I love the slightly warm look of silver,” she says. “Given that I’ve been<br />
working with it for about 25 years, sterling silver is the metal I know best;<br />
it feels a bit like an old friend when I’m working with it.”<br />
Sterling silver has proven to be an ideal metal for producing images that<br />
emulate ornamental details from different cultures and historical periods<br />
in her work:<br />
“I think the colouring suits most people, and it plays well with a very wide<br />
array of gemstone colours too. It’s also a very affordable precious metal, which makes it much more<br />
accessible for customers and also for small-scale designers and makers.”<br />
Working out of Savi <strong>Jeweller</strong>y in Noosaville, Queensland, GERHARD<br />
HERBST’S jewellery designs incorporate unconventional shapes and<br />
forms using sterling silver, as well as 9, 14 and 18-carat gold.<br />
“Sterling is a quality material. I appreciate the material for its working<br />
properties and its finish. It’s also a commodity metal and has been used<br />
along with gold as a store value for thousands of years,” he says.<br />
“Over time, real silver jewellery will always hold its value,” he believes. “I<br />
also like sterling for its colour and price point. It has real value and allows<br />
me to create quality pieces within an affordable price range.”<br />
SAVI JEWELLERY<br />
Herbst has been designing jewellery for 30 years and continues to strive to create unique and<br />
challenging pieces.<br />
t. 612 9968 4682<br />
sales@ironclay.com<br />
www.ironclay.com<br />
“I am inspired by shape and forms,” he says. “I try to find ways to incorporate new and unconventional<br />
forms into the medium and format of jewellery.”
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