Susan Koch
Summers spent on Galiano Island inspired a lifelong fascination with beach stones and sea glass. Susan Koch likes to incorporate these elements in her organic silver and copper jewellery. All her pieces are hand-fabricated and one of a kind.Susan studied silversmithing in Vancouver, Victoria, San Francisco, Seattle, Mendocino, and Mexico. Susan divides her time between her small farm in the Cowichan Valley, on Vancouver island, and her cottage on Ruxton...
Read MoreMaureen O’Connor
I am a jewellery designer, glass bead artist, and silversmith. The work of creating a piece of jewellery is extremely engaging and stimulating. Making jewellery provides me with the opportunity to play with colours and textures, and to express myself as I experiment with the age-old fascination of personal ornamentation. It is always my intention that the person who wears my jewellery will be positively affected. The history of glass beadmaking goes back 4000 years. Silversmithing is also an ancient art. The...
Read MoreVeronica Stewart
About the Artist In 2000 I started seriously exploring jewellery after becoming increasingly fascinated with precious metal clay (PMC). The clay connection came from more than 20 years as a successful potter, and I enjoy the challenge of working on a very different scale. I am now working exclusively with silver, wire and semi-precious stones. My current body of work explores the fusion of several techniques, which I have been refining since 2003. Crocheted and knitted fine wire is combined with shell, PMC silver...
Read MoreDaphne Elaine Raymond
Daphne Elaine Raymond brings the spirit of Vancouver Island to each unique jewelry piece she thoughtfully designs and creates. A native to the west coast and a resident of Sooke, Daphne’s artistry is inspired by an appreciation for the natural elements of her daily surroundings. Accentuating the beauty of semi-precious stones, local shells, Czech crystals and glass her wirework jewelry creations reflect a classic, fresh and elegant design...
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