Amy Wilkinson Jewellery

I work with precious metals producing a variety of different jewellery collections alongside making commissioned pieces, wedding and engagement rings.

I’m interested in drawing liner shapes and simple textured forms, then layering them to build intricate structures that play with shape, space and shadows. I usually start with one simple shape or form which I make multiples of, then layer together or form patterns with them. This has probably evolved from growing up watching my parents drawing and hand painting textile designs.

There is also an element of problem-solving while designing and making and working out the best way to manipulate the metal. It’s always exciting to experiment, see ideas realized and see the raw material become shiny pieces of jewellery that could last for decades.

I also work in the animation industry at Mackinnon And Saunders, using my metalwork skills to make the armatures/skeleton body for stop-motion animation puppets. Seen in films and TV programs such as The Corpse Bride; Fantastic Mr Fox; Frankenweenie; ParaNorman; the Sainsbury Christmas Advert 2016. Also Children’s TV programs, Postman Pat, The Clangers, Twirly Woos, Raa Raa and Tobys Travelling Circus.