Contemporary Jewellery in Silver and Gold by Sylvia Tomkinson

About Me

I have lived in Hampshire for the last forty years and been making jewellery for longer than that.  Starting off as a hobby it soon became a passion and I registered my own hallmark at Goldsmith's Hall - London in 1978.  I sold in craft markets, local shops and exhibitions throughout the seventies and eighties, taking a break after that to return to full time employment in a totally different field. However the lure of jewellery making drew me back as I knew it would.

I particularly like using a contrast of texture or colour in my jewellery by, for example, adding gold or semi precious stones to a silver piece, or by oxidizing the background of a three dimensional item.  Influences come from many different areas as I like to continually evolve and develop new styles and try different techniques.

I have recently been experimenting with colouring Titanium both by heat treatment using a blowtorch and by anodising using different voltages to get different colours, see the Titanium collection.

ColourContrasts Domes Fun Gold Flowers Gold Spots, swirls and wavy lines Hearts Pearls Reticulation Silver Flowers and Leaves Splats Rolled Edge Lapis Stone Beads Oyster Roses Titanium

Bangles and Bracelets Brooches and Pins Cuff Links Earrings without stones or beads Earrings with stones Necklaces Pendants with stones Pendants without stones Rings without stones Rings with semi precious stones