Inspired by the forms of Nature
Anne is a designer-maker of handmade jewellery. She makes her work from recycled silver and 18ct gold by anticlastic raising (see below), a hammer process which was known to the ancient Celts. She established Anne V Massey Jewellery in 2002 at Brass Monkeys Studio in Hove, where she still has her workspace.
Anne’s aim is always to create work which will stand the test of time. Her intention is to make heirloom jewellery, which will never go out of fashion and will always bring pleasure to the wearer. She uses recycled metals in her work and is always open to exploring the repurposing of clients’ own jewellery.
Her practice has always been about form. She has always loved natural objects such as shells, seedpods and marine invertebrates. Over the years they have become embedded in her imagination, where they are abstracted into simple, timeless forms such as spirals and helices. These forms are precisely those produced by anticlastic raising; curvaceous, seductive and strong. They are also light and deceptively easy to wear.
Anne is constantly striving to improve her mastery of her chosen technique and to explore its design potential to the fullest.
Watch Anne create a silver pendant by the technique of anticlastic raising
Thank you to Bip Mistry of Transition Film.
Since 2015 Anne has been a member of the Sussex Guild, a group of makers who have come together to collectively promote their work and champion the crafts in general and whose membership criteria are originality, good design and skill. For more information visit the Guild's website. It contains information on upcoming events as well as a page for each of its members.
She is also represented on the Crafts Council Directory, the Find a Maker directory (part of Craft Festival) and, most recently, Design-Nation, “a portfolio of some of the most acclaimed and innovative designers and craftspeople from across the UK”.
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