Tag: contemporary
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Millefiori glass jewellery – a new look at an old technique
Millefiori glass jewellery is more than just an accessory—it’s a fusion of centuries-old Venetian artistry and vibrant, contemporary design. The term millefiori, meaning “a thousand flowers” in Italian, refers to a traditional glassmaking technique developed on the island of Murano. Skilled artisans layer and fuse coloured glass canes into intricate floral or geometric patterns, then… Read more
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Glass jewellery – bright tulips and millefiori herald spring
Glass jewellery is durable, timeless and importantly, beautiful. We’d like to introduce our new tulip jewellery collection – a concise selection of pretty glass tulip bead necklaces, bracelets and earrings. Shiny glass beads are radiant with reflected and refracted light but with gently convex surfaces which are soft and smooth against the skin. Classic red… Read more
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Sale – Arty accessories – bags of bargains while stocks last!
Sale goods are difficult to promote without resorting to overworked cliches, but especially tricky in a wholesale context where many of the more common phrases feel somewhat trite and misplaced. Please forgive us if we lapse into the lazy lingo of the ‘bag a bargain’ low end high street retailers! The cold reality is that,… Read more
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Japanese indigo blues – timeless style and simplicity
Japanese design with its elegant simplicity and unique style has long been admired and imitated all over the world. Indigo design has been around in Japan since the Edo period (1603-1868) when the ‘lower classes’ were banned from wearing silk and bright colours. With cotton as the only remaining option, indigo dying, known as aizome,… Read more
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Geometric design – squaring the circle with clean lines for sharp looks
Geometric design has a distinctly metropolitan feel. The Manhattan range consists of necklace, bracelet and two earrings in square section glass and wood beads. Taking its design cue from the urban aesthetic of the most cosmopolitan of cities, New York, this selection is both arty and sophisticated. It is available in a stylish ‘monotone’ version… Read more
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Science inspired jewellery for our changing times
Science inspired jewellery mirrors the current heightened interest in science and research. We are living through unusual times and the quest to find answers to the biggest health challenge of many lifetimes has sparked a new awareness of our scientists and their endeavours. Sophisticated graphics and simulations of microbes and cells are put in front… Read more
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Tila rings and bracelets, fabulous colour-ways and stylish neutrals
Tila rings and bracelets are just one of the many stunning Joe Cool new lines whose introduction this year was rudely interrupted by a rather major event…you may have some idea of what I’m referring to. As life slowly returns to something a bit more ‘normal’, and business starts to wake up again, people across… Read more
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Wood would be good – a modern take on wooden jewellery
Wood is given a new lease of life with our small but succinct range of wooden jewellery. Modern designs are clean, fresh and sharp and anything but ‘wooden’. The beauty of this natural material is brought out with great simplicity in clean single studs which use a variety of different trees to create variety.… Read more
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Sterling silver – classic or contemporary, always timeless
Sterling silver whether classic style or contemporary design is always a timeless addition to any jewellery collection. We have expanded our range of sterling silver jewellery providing a greater choice to offer your customers. At the higher end we have dramatic large silver hoops which feed through the earlobe – these are embellished with beautiful… Read more
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A New Year – a new leaf – brand new wholesale lines
A new year and as ever, time for a new leaf or two. Forget the resolutions and instead try some of our new leaf jewellery. Over the next few days, weeks and months we will be introducing lots of new wholesale lines. From classics, such as our charming leaf stud and drop earrings, leaf themed… Read more