Jill James combines precious metals and gem stones to create unique pieces of jewellery. She uses various techniques including fusing and forging to produce pieces inspired by ancient civilisations and reminiscent of archaeological artefacts. Her love of texture and  colour developed over years as a textile designer.

Sugar pink tourmaline, icy green aquamarine and

misty violet  sapphires demonstrate her interest in the qualities of uncut stones. It is the natural process of weathering and erosion that give these stones their unique appearance. Weathered fragments of sea glass are also incorporated into the pieces. Picked up on the shore line and worn smooth by the constant ebb and flow of the tide

‘You had only to enclose it in a rim of gold, or pierce it with a wire, and it became a jewel, part

of a necklace, or a dull, green light upon a finger‘                                        (Virginia Woolf)