Meryl Setchell Ainslie
About Artist
Meryl Setchell Ainslie’s sculptures take the form of jewellery or small casts in precious metals. Her sketchbook and sculpture installations often include multiple elements or ‘collected experiences’ of time and place.
In 2004 Setchell-Ainslie founded Rabley Contemporary Drawing Centre. She has curated more than 40 exhibitions and projects here and internationally including – 2003 Venice Agendas / Venice Revisited / ‘Worldly Goods’ Tate Britain, London. ‘The Skateraw Contemporary Drawing Project’ for the Demarco European Art Foundation in 2005. She is founder and Director of SKETCH, National Open Sketchbook Prize 2005, 2011, 2013, 2015.
Setchell-Ainslie studied at Exeter School of Art 1978-81 and MA Fine: Drawing, at Wimbledon College of Arts (UAL) 2001
Selected Artworks
Meryl Setchell Ainslie
1. Spotted silver underwing
Date: 2024
Medium: Silver 925
Size: 4.5 x 4.5 cms (1.77 x 1.77 ins)
£275.00
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10. Gold overwing, black spotted underwing
Date: 2024
Medium: Silver 925 and 18Ct Gold Vermeil plate
Size: 4.5 x 4.5 cms (1.77 x 1.77 ins)
£300.00
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11. Large articulated pearl underwing II
Date: 2024
Medium: Silver 925
Size: 6 x 6 cms (2.36 x 2.36 ins)
£375.00
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12. Large articulate rose quartz underwing
Date: 2024
Medium: Silver 925
Size: 6 x 6 cms (2.36 x 2.36 ins)
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13. Large black openwing with black pearl
Date: 2024
Medium: Silver 925
Size: 7 x 5 cms (2.76 x 1.97 ins)
£425.00
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15. Large black 5 petal flower
Date: 2024
Medium: Silver 925
Size: 7 x 5 cms (2.76 x 1.97 ins)
£475.00
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2. Black and spotted underwing overwing
Date: 2024
Medium: Silver 925
Size: 4.5 x 4.5 cms (1.77 x 1.77 ins)
£275.00
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3 Moths Sculpture
Date: 2023
Medium: silver and textile
Size: 25 x 12 x 12 cms (9.84 x 4.72 x 4.72 ins)
3 Recycled, oxidised and polished silver, with stones, textile blocks
Hallmark, 925 MSA
My studio is surrounded by beautiful wildflower meadows. There are incredible moths that fly by night and day. Open winged at rest, many have beautiful silhouettes with crenellated edges to the wings.
£1,650.00
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3. Articulated Spotted silver underwing.
Date: 2024
Medium: Silver 925
Size: 4.5 x 4.5 cms (1.77 x 1.77 ins)
£275.00
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4. Articulated spotted black underwing
Date: 2024
Medium: Silver 925
Size: 4.5 x 4.5 cms (1.77 x 1.77 ins)
£275.00
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5. Black over Silver spotted underwing
Date: 2024
Size: 4.5 x 4.5 cms (1.77 x 1.77 ins)
£275.00
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6.Gold overwing
Date: 2024
Medium: Silver 925 and 18Ct Gold Vermeil plate
Size: 4.5 x 4.5 cms (1.77 x 1.77 ins)
£300.00
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8. Silver overwing, black spotted underwing
Date: 2024
Medium: Silver 925
Size: 4.5 x 4.5 cms (1.77 x 1.77 ins)
£275.00
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9. Black Spotted
Date: 2024
Medium: Silver 925
Size: 4.5 x 4.5 cms (1.77 x 1.77 ins)
£275.00
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9. black spotted underwing
Date: 2024
Size: 4.5 x 4.5 cms (1.77 x 1.77 ins)
£275.00
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Acqua Alta +II..
Date: 2016
Medium: Hallmarked Fine silver with 24ct gold
72h x 21 dia mm Crystalica plinth
Beautiful Venice is sinking! These Silver vessels are imperfect and unable to hold water, each marked with a point of gold as a Plimsoll Line to symbolise the critical state of water levels in Venice. The surfaces are decorated with numerals from the surface of headstones on Isola di San Michele, Venice’s cemetery.
£600.00
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Acqua Alta +II.II.
Date: 2016
Medium: Hallmarked Fine silver with 24ct gold
43h x 28 dia mm Crystalica plinth
Beautiful Venice is sinking! These Silver vessels are imperfect and unable to hold water, each marked with a point of gold as a Plimsoll Line to symbolise the critical state of water levels in Venice. The surfaces are decorated with numerals from the surface of headstones on Isola di San Michele, Venice’s cemetery.
£600.00
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Acqua Alta III.MC
Date: 2016
Medium: Hallmarked Fine silver with 24ct gold
45h x 27 dia mm Crystalica plinth
Beautiful Venice is sinking! These Silver vessels are imperfect and unable to hold water, each marked with a point of gold as a Plimsoll Line to symbolise the critical state of water levels in Venice. The surfaces are decorated with numerals from the surface of headstones on Isola di San Michele, Venice’s cemetery.
£600.00
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Acqua Alta Uomo I
Date: 2016
Medium: Silver
Size: 5 x 4.5 cms
On Crystalica plinth
Beautiful Venice is sinking! These Silver vessels are imperfect and unable to hold water, each marked with a point of gold as a Plimsoll Line to symbolise the critical state of water levels in Venice. The surfaces are decorated with numerals from the surface of headstones on Isola di San Michele, Venice’s cemetery.
£600.00
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BRIDGERTON Ring_XIV
Date: 2021
Medium: Silver
Size: 1.7 x 1.7 x 1.2 cms (0.67 x 0.67 x 0.47 ins)
Handmade, Unique cocktail ring. internal dimension 17mm
Sand cast in Britannia silver (95.8%)_recycled.
set with cubic zirconium.
On the surface the ‘Bridgerton Collection’ are fun and frivolous, I started making these cocktail rings during lockdown when the idea of a party was out of bounds (for most of us!!) In retrospect they become a political signifier of an extraordinary time.
Each one is unique and soldered together from several parts. Made from recycled Fine silver (99.9% pure), cubic zirconia, and the occasional re-purposed gems and lab grown cubic zirconia. Some are plated with 24ct gold.
The ‘Bridgerton’ Series are made by sand casting the metal. This is the most basic, and one of the earliest methods of casting that dates back to around 1300 BC, and the Shang Dynasty in China.
£350.00
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BRIDGERTON XI - Cocktail Ring
Date: 2022
Medium: Silver
Size: 2.00 x 1.4 x 0.70 cms (0.79 x 0.55 x 0.28 ins)
Sandcast silver, with 24 carat gold plating detail, set with dark and light pink and clear cubic zirconium,
Internal ring dimension, 20 mm
On the surface the ‘Bridgerton' collection are fun and frivolous, I started making these cocktail rings during lockdown when the idea of a party was out of bounds (for most of us!!) In retrospect they become a political signifier of an extraordinary time.
Each one is unique and soldered together from several parts. Made from recycled Fine silver (99.9% pure), cubic zirconia, and the occasional re-purposed gems and lab grown cubic zirconia. Some are plated with 24ct gold.
The ‘Bridgerton’ Series are made by sand casting the metal. This is the most basic, and one of the earliest methods of casting that dates back to around 1300 BC, and the Shang Dynasty in China.
£350.00
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BRIDGERTON XV - Cocktail Ring
Date: 2022
Medium: Silver
Size: 2.00 x 1.4 x 0.70 cms (0.79 x 0.55 x 0.28 ins)
On the surface the ‘Bridgerton Collection’ are fun and frivolous, I started making these cocktail rings during lockdown when the idea of a party was out of bounds (for most of us!!) In retrospect they become a political signifier of an extraordinary time.
Each one is unique and soldered together from several parts. Made from recycled Fine silver (99.9% pure), cubic zirconia, and the occasional re-purposed gems and lab grown cubic zirconia. Some are plated with 24ct gold.
The ‘Bridgerton’ Series are made by sand casting the metal. This is the most basic, and one of the earliest methods of casting that dates back to around 1300 BC, and the Shang Dynasty in China.
£350.00
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BRIDGERTON XVI - Cocktail Ring
Date: 2022
Medium: Silver
Size: 2.00 x 1.4 x 0.70 cms (0.79 x 0.55 x 0.28 ins)
On the surface the ‘Bridgerton Collection’ are fun and frivolous, I started making these cocktail rings during lockdown when the idea of a party was out of bounds (for most of us!!) In retrospect they become a political signifier of an extraordinary time.
Each one is unique and soldered together from several parts. Made from recycled Fine silver (99.9% pure), cubic zirconia, and the occasional re-purposed gems and lab grown cubic zirconia. Some are plated with 24ct gold.
The ‘Bridgerton’ Series are made by sand casting the metal. This is the most basic, and one of the earliest methods of casting that dates back to around 1300 BC, and the Shang Dynasty in China.
£275.00
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Brooch - Regent
Date: 2020
Medium: Silver
Size: 53 x 43 x 10 cms (20.87 x 16.93 x 3.94 ins)
Hallmarked sterling silver hollow form with double pin
Cast of mosaic tile detail from balcony of Regents Circus Technical collage, later swindon College build 1961, demolished 2012
£275.00
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Brooch - Regent (Oxidised)
Date: 2020
Medium: Silver
Size: 53 x 43 x 10 cms (20.87 x 16.93 x 3.94 ins)
Hallmarked sterling silver hollow form with double pin
Cast of mosaic tile detail from balcony of Regents Circus Technical collage, later swindon College build 1961, demolished 2012
£275.00
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Brooch - Shekhawati (Oxidised)
Date: 2020
Medium: Silver
Size: 45 x 28 x 8 cms (17.72 x 11.02 x 3.15 ins)
Hallmarked sterling silver hollow form with double pin
Cast fine silver, sterling silver hollow form. Oxidised, double pin.
The old havelis (mansions), with walls adorned with intricate painted frescoes and carving are in the Shekhawati region of Rajasthan in NW India. This is a carving detail from a havelli door.
£295.00
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Costa Rica Seed Pod – heavy
Date: 2018
Medium: Silver
Size: 7 x 5.9 x 2.1 cms
Internal Dimensions Hallmarked Cast Fine Silver (999) Hand finished
£550.00
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CROWN I- Off with their Heads, Pendant
Date: 2023
Medium: Silver
Size: 1.5 x 1.5 x 1.2 cms (0.59 x 0.59 x 0.47 ins)
£195.00
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CROWN - III, - Off with their Heads
Date: 2023
Medium: Silver
Size: 1.3 x 1.1 x 1.1 cms (0.51 x 0.43 x 0.43 ins)
Recycled, silver, with 8 mm pink, freshwater, pearl, silver, pin and back.
Hallmark 925 MSA
13 mm x 11mm x 11 mm
£175.00
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CROWN - Off with their Heads VI, Pin
Date: 2023
Medium: Silver
Size: 1.3 x 1.3 x 1.2 cms (0.51 x 0.51 x 0.47 ins)
Recycled, oxidised silver, 8.5 mm peacock black freshwater pearl
12x 12 x 12 mm
Hallmark, 925
£175.00
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CROWN 8mm pink pearl, Pendant
Date: 2023
Medium: Silver
Size: 1.5 x 1.30 x 1.30 cms (0.59 x 0.51 x 0.51 ins)
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Eastern Anthology
Medium: Silver
Size: 40 x 40 x 13 cms (15.75 x 15.75 x 5.12 ins)
£350.00
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Eastern Odyssey - Broom, Stitching Ring
Date: 2023
Medium: Silver
Size: 50 x 25 x 13.00 cms (19.68 x 9.84 x 5.12 ins)
Cast and hollow formed silver.
Hallmark, 925 MSA
Ring size 12
£325.00
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Eastern Odyssey - Broomhandle, Weaving Pendant
Date: 2023
Medium: Silver
Size: 29 x 40 x 13.00 cms (11.42 x 15.75 x 5.12 ins)
Cast Silver, hallmark, 958 Britannia MSA,
with double jump ring fixing. Chain sold separately.
This intricate weaving secured the grass reeds to a Broomhandle. Looking beyond the stitching, you can see the grass, this beautiful detail makes an ordinary, everyday object extraordinary. This particular broom was was being used to sweep the floor of a monastery on the way to Chang Mai in Thailand.
£175.00
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Eastern Odyssey - Water Pot Brooch
Medium: Silver
Size: 40 x 40 x 13 cms (15.75 x 15.75 x 5.12 ins)
Cast and Hollow formed silver, oxidised
£350.00
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Eastern Odyssey - Water Pot, Cover Brooch
Date: 2023
Medium: Silver
Size: 35 x 35 x 13.00 cms (13.78 x 13.78 x 5.12 ins)
Cast and hollow formed silver.
Hallmark, 958 Britannia MSA
This Brooch is made from the cast of a woven cover for a water pot in Myanmar. The intricate patterning of the weaving shows in attention to detail and care for the aesthetics alongside the purpose of keeping insects on the water. These water pots are found outside houses along the side of the road to share drinking water with strangers.
£350.00
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Flower - Coral l, Brooch
Date: 2023
Medium: Silver
Size: 3.5 x 3.5 x 1.3 cms (1.38 x 1.38 x 0.51 ins)
Oxidised, silver and reclaimed coral
Hallmark, 925 MSA
35 x 35 x 13 mm
This is part of the series inspired by a scallop shaped lock in Chichester Cathedral. Sometimes a beautiful piece of reclaimed coral or gems come my way. I am aware of the crisis within coral reefs, but this beautiful coral only comes to life again when it is appreciated and recycled into something beautiful.
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Flower - Cuff Bangle
Date: 2023
Medium: Silver
Size: 6.2 x 5.5 x 1.80 cms (2.44 x 2.17 x 0.71 ins)
Recycled, sterling, silver
Internal dimension, 62 x 55 mm
Inspired by scalloped lock in Chichester Cathedral. This bangle has a visual simplicity and yet was a tricky make! The silver is satin finished.
£350.00
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Flower - Mirror Brooch
Date: 2023
Medium: Silver
Size: 4.3 x 4.5 x 1.80 cms (1.69 x 1.77 x 0.71 ins)
Cast and polished recycled silver,
43 x 45 x 18 mm.
Hallmark 925 silver, MSA
This flower brooch is inspired by a scalloped lock in Chichester cathedral.
£275.00
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Flower III - Brooch / Pendant
Date: 2023
Medium: Silver
Size: 6 x 6 x 1.2 cms (2.36 x 2.36 x 0.47 ins)
£275.00
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Ladakh - Apricot Seed, Pendant (Medium chain)
Date: 2022
Medium: Silver
Size: 2.00 x 1.4 x 0.70 cms (0.79 x 0.55 x 0.28 ins)
£175.00
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Ladakh - Apricot Seed, Pendant (Small chain)
Date: 2022
Medium: Silver
Size: 2.00 x 1.4 x 0.70 cms (0.79 x 0.55 x 0.28 ins)
£150.00
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Ladakh Apricot Seed (Gather Pin)
Medium: Silver
Size: 4 x 4 x .8 cms (1.57 x 1.57 x 0.31 ins)
On gather pin.
Cast and forged silver
Hallmark 925
"In 2019 I visited Ladakh and Himachal Pradesh in India. In preparation for this journey with friends I made a series of silver gather pins, one for each day.
These formed a 3D silver sketchbook. The simple bow form used to gather and design in the the moment. The gather pin design is based on the the simple fibula made by the Romans as a hitch to hold together a cloak or jacket." - Meryl Setchell Ainslie
£175.00
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LEMON - Pendant (Medium chain)
Date: 2022
Medium: Silver
Size: 2 x .8 x 0.70 cms (0.79 x 0.31 x 0.28 ins)
£175.00
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LEMON - Pendant (Small chain)
Date: 2022
Medium: Silver
Size: 2 x .8 x 0.70 cms (0.79 x 0.31 x 0.28 ins)
£150.00
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Lemon Pendant
Date: 2022
Medium: Silver
Size: 55.00 x 1.60 x 0.70 cms (21.65 x 0.63 x 0.28 ins)
Handmade
Hallmarked, Sand-cast in Britannia Silver (95.8%)
Each lemon is cast directly from a small lemon and is unique
Pendant on a 22inch sterling silver belcher chain 2.5mm link
£150.00
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MOTH - Underwing I, Brooch
Date: 2023
Medium: Silver
Size: 5.5 x 4 x 1.5 cms (2.17 x 1.57 x 0.59 ins)
Recycled, silver, rose quartz,
Closed dimensions 55 x 40 x 15 mm,
Hallmark 925,MSA
My studio is surrounded by beautiful, wildflower meadows, and the wildlife that thrive on it. Visiting artist Sarah, Gillespie inspired me to look more closely at the beauty and importance of moths. I have been particularly taken by the way that they move and the gorgeous underwings on some of the species. In this piece the wings are hinged and unhinged, making it a moving form. The rose quartz was gathered from a beach near Totnes, Devon. It is a hand faceted and polished.
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MOTH - Underwing II, Brooch
Date: 2023
Medium: Silver
Size: 5.50 x 4.00 x 1.80 cms (2.17 x 1.57 x 0.71 ins)
£375.00
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MOTH II - Brooch
Date: 2023
Medium: Silver
Size: 8 x 3.5 x 1.8 cms (3.15 x 1.38 x 0.71 ins)
Recycled, oxidised and polished silver, with black peacock pearl. brooch
Hallmark, 925 MSA
My studio is surrounded by beautiful wildflower meadows. There are incredible moths that fly by night and day. Open winged at rest, many have beautiful silhouettes with crenellated edges to the wings.
Meryl Setchell Ainslie
Pembroke - Lava Bubble Pendent (large)
Date: 2022
Medium: Silver
Size: 50.00 x 1.60 x 0.30 cms (19.68 x 0.63 x 0.12 ins)
Handmade
Hallmarked, lost wax cast Britannia Silver (95.8%)
Each lava bubble is unique
on 20inch sterling silver belcher chain 2.5mm link
£150.00
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PEMBROKE - Lava Bubble XIII
Medium: Silver 925
Size: 2.50 x 2.20 x .3 cms (0.98 x 0.87 x 0.12 ins)
£150.00
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Pembroke - Scoria Lava Bangle - medium
Date: 2018
Medium: Silver
Size: 62 x 60 x 1.6 cms
£350.00
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Pembroke - Scoria lava Bangle -fine
Date: 2018
Medium: Silver
Size: 6 x 5.5 x 1.6 cms
£275.00
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Pembroke - Scoria lava Bangle Medium–heavy
Date: 2024
Medium: Silver
Size: 7 x 5.9 x 2.1 cms
Internal Dimensions to be Hallmarked Cast Fine Silver (999) Hand finished
£450.00
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Pembroke - Scoria lava Bangle – heavy
Date: 2018
Medium: Silver
Size: 7 x 5.9 x 2.1 cms
Internal Dimensions Hallmarked Cast Fine Silver (999) Hand finished
£500.00
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PEMBROKE_Coast with Pink Tourmaline
Date: 2023
Medium: Silver
Size: 1.9 x 1.9 x 0.8 cms (0.67 x 0.67 x 0.47 ins)
Handmade, Unique small cocktail ring
Lost wax cast in Britannia silver (95.8%), Deep bezel set pink tourmaline cabachon.
£275.00
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Ring_Sitar I
Date: 2021
Medium: Silver
Size: 1.8 x 1.8 x 1.2 cms (0.67 x 0.67 x 0.47 ins)
Handmade, Unique ring
Sand cast in Britannia silver (95.8%)_recycled.
cast set with cubic zirconium and sapphire
£225.00
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Ring_Sitar II
Date: 2021
Medium: Silver
Size: 1.8 x 1.8 x 1.2 cms (0.67 x 0.67 x 0.47 ins)
Handmade, Unique ring
Sand cast in Britannia silver (95.8%)_recycled.
cast set with cubic zirconium
£225.00
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Salt Spoon and Pot I
Date: 2023
Medium: Silver and Earthenware
Size: 6.5 x 1.8 x 1.4 cms (2.56 x 0.71 x 0.55 ins)
£200.00
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Salt Spoon and Pot II
Date: 2023
Medium: Silver and Earthenware
Size: 6.5 x 1.8 x 1.4 cms (2.56 x 0.71 x 0.55 ins)
£200.00
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Salt Spoon and Pot III
Date: 2023
Medium: Silver and Earthenware
Size: 6.5 x 1.8 x 1.4 cms (2.56 x 0.71 x 0.55 ins)
£200.00
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Silver sand-cast rings
Date: 2024
Medium: Silver 925
sand cast ring in silver - unique
£95.00
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Their Indian Eyes Series, (Kashmir)
Date: 2020
Medium: Silver
Size: 5.5 x 3.5 x 1.5 cms
£350.00
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Their Indian Eyes Series, (Kerala)
Date: 2020
Medium: Silver
Size: 5.5 x 3.5 x 1.5 cms
£350.00
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Their Indian Eyes Series, (Ladakhi)
Date: 2020
Medium: Silver
Size: 5.5 x 3.5 x 1.2 cms
£350.00
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Their Indian Eyes Series, (brother, Delhi eye)
Date: 2020
Medium: Silver
Size: 6 x 3.5 x 1.5 cms
£350.00
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Their Indian Eyes Series, (sister, Delhi)
Date: 2020
Medium: Silver
Size: 6 x 3.5 x 1.5 cms
£350.00
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11. Large articulated pearl underwing
Date: 2024
Medium: Silver 925
Size: 6 x 6 cms (2.36 x 2.36 ins)
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7. Gold overwing Siver spotted underwing.
Date: 2024
Medium: Silver 925 and 18Ct Gold Vermeil plate
Size: 4.5 x 4.5 cms (1.77 x 1.77 ins)
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BRIDGERTON XII - Cocktail Ring
Date: 2022
Medium: Silver
Size: 2.00 x 1.4 x 0.70 cms (0.79 x 0.55 x 0.28 ins)
Sandcast silver, set with yellow cubic zirconium and yellow tourmaline.
Internal ring dimension, 17mm
On the surface the ‘Bridgerton Collection’ are fun and frivolous, I started making these cocktail rings during lockdown when the idea of a party was out of bounds (for most of us!!) In retrospect they become a political signifier of an extraordinary time.
Each one is unique and soldered together from several parts. Made from recycled Fine silver (99.9% pure), cubic zirconia, and the occasional re-purposed gems and lab grown cubic zirconia. Some are plated with 24ct gold.
The ‘Bridgerton’ Series are made by sand casting the metal. This is the most basic, and one of the earliest methods of casting that dates back to around 1300 BC, and the Shang Dynasty in China.
£SOLD
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CROWN 8mm black/peacock pearl, Pendant
Date: 2023
Medium: Silver
Size: 1.4 x 1.30 x 1.30 cms (0.55 x 0.51 x 0.51 ins)
£SOLD
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MSA152/153_ Indian Flower, Cochin
Date: 2024
Hallmarked fine silver with gold plate, two part pendant
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Pembroke - Lava Bubble Chain (Heavy)
Date: 2018
Medium: Silver
Size: 57 x 20 x .8 cms (22.44 x 7.87 x 0.31 ins)
Handmade unique piece
Hallmarked, lost wax cast Britannia silver (95.8%) lava bubbles
forged sterling silver graduated links
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Ring_Sitar III
Date: 2021
Medium: Silver
Size: 1.8 x 1.8 x 1.2 cms (0.67 x 0.67 x 0.47 ins)
Handmade, Unique ring
Sand cast in Britannia silver (95.8%)_recycled.
cast set with cubic zirconium and Sapphire
£SOLD
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Silver sand cast ring
Date: 2023
Medium: Silver 925
sand cast ring in silver - under 7g. no hallmark
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Star -Ruby Shabori ring
Date: 2022
Medium: Silver
Size: 2.00 x 1.4 x 0.70 cms (0.79 x 0.55 x 0.28 ins)
This is a unique silver ring made using the lost wax casting process. The wide band, organic design is based on a surface pattern of Indian cloth with tie die cotton knots. It has a lost wax cast raised bezel set for the beautiful 1.8ct star ruby. Sized to L_M
Hallmarked: MSA – Meryl Ainslie unique mark; 2023, year letter stamp letter ‘y’; 925 silver mark; Lion passant for 925 silver; Anchor mark - Birmingham Assay Office.
Star Ruby
1.8Ct cabochon
Old gem (reclaimed)
Odisha is one of the major sources of high-quality rubies in India. The opaque star-ruby is found in the mango and coconut orchard soils of Channapantna.
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Their Indian Eyes Series, (Tibet)
Date: 2020
Medium: Silver
Size: 3.5 x 5 x 1.1 cms
Hallmarked Sterling silver, glass and archival photograph. with antique silver snake chain necklace. And The Faraway Nearby Sketchbook.
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‘Their Indian Eyes’ is a series of six sculptural pieces of silver currently being exhibited in ‘The Faraway Nearby’ exhibition until 13 July 2020.
“To love someone is to put yourself in their place, we say, which is to put yourself in their story, or figure out how to tell yourself their story. Which means that a place is a story and stories are geography, and empathy is first of all an act of imagination, a storyteller’s art, and then a way of travelling from here to there” Rebecca Solnit, The Faraway Nearby, P.3
I am inspired by wanderlust! the places I am privileged to visit and the people I meet. These silver tokens came after a recent journey. It was a big trip, an adventure with friends to India’s regions of Ladakh, Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh. In August 2019, a month before we were due to set off, the President of India, Narendra Modi, abruptly stripped India’s Muslim majority region of Kashmir of it’s autonomy and locked down its communications with the rest of the world. The middle leg of our journey was severed, but this is not our story. It is the story of every man, woman and child, made silent, and their narratives of difference and sameness.
Exhibitions
2020
The Faraway Nearby, Rabley Gallery, Wiltshire, UK
2016
ISOLA, Rabley Gallery, Wiltshire UK
2011
Recollection Rabley Contemporary Drawing Centre, Wiltshire
UK Pop Up Museum: Swindon College,
Regent Circus collection, Swindon Museum and Gallery, Swindon, Wiltshire. UK
2006
Nocturne, Rabley Contemporary Drawing Centre, Wilts
2005
Skateraw Project, Demarco European Art Foundation, Dunbar, Scotland
2004
Defying Definition, Rabley Contemporary Drawing Centre, Wiltshire, UK
2003
Venice Agendas / Venice Revisited / ‘Worldly Goods’ Tate Britain, London
MA Express – Wimbledon School of Art, London
MA Selected – Truman Brewery, London
Mirror II Nature – Seven Seven Contemporary, Mile End Art Pavilion, London.
DiploMA – The Centre for Drawing, Wimbledon School of Art, London.
2002
Mirror – Seven Seven Contemporary Art, London.
SPACE – Te Wa, Wanghanui, New Zealand
ING London & Discerning Eye – ING Bank, London
2001
FOLD, The Mount House Gallery, Marlborough College (solo)
2000
September – 2001 April Jerwood Drawing Prize – formerly the Open Drawing Exhibition Cheltenham 2000, Hull and Kunsthalle Sierre, Switzerland
Trace Elements, Swindon Museum and Art Gallery
Skateraw Project, Demarco European Art Foundation, Dunbar
Five Women Artists, The Mount House Gallery, Marlborough College