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School of Design
Silversmithing & Jewellery

Alice Fry

Tourmaline Box

This silver and titanium box is inspired by the hexagonal prism crystal forms in the gemstone tourmaline. This box is hand-fabricated and is completely unique to reflect how no two gemstones are the same.

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Price: £1,200

This item is for sale, please contact for more information.

Gemstone Sketches

This is a page from my sketchbook, showing drawings of the different types of crystal shapes from primary and secondary research. From left to right: (1st row) quartz, pyrite, copper, (2nd row) diamond, quartz, halite.

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Blue John Stone Sketchbook

Blue John Stone is a variety of fluorite found in Derbyshire, UK. As part of my research, I visited the Treak Cliff Cavern, where Blue John Stone can be found in situé. This collage from my sketchbook shows how I started to build up shapes into my work, by painting out block shapes on top of my photographs.

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Metal Samples

This shows how my samples in silver, niobium and titanium began to develop into finished pieces.

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Detail of Silver Brooch

This is a detailed view of the crystal forms and sparkling rock texture I create in silver using the ancient technique of chasing and repoussé. The hexagonal prism shapes can be seen in minerals such as emerald and tourmaline.

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Emerald Brooch

This silver and niobium brooch is inspired by the hexagonal prism crystal forms in the gemstone emerald (a variety of the mineral beryl). This brooch is hand-fabricated using the ancient technique of chasing and repousse. The blue hexagon is made from a unusual metal- niobium- and has been anodised to blue to create a pop of colour.

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Rutilated Quartz Ring

This silver ring is inspired by the straw-like inclusions in the gemstone rutilated quartz. This piece is soldered by hand and is completely unique to reflect how no two gemstones are the same.

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Price: £400

This item is for sale, please contact for more information.

Rutile and Crystal Necklace

This design is a combination of my finished pieces and samples and will be made in silver, featuring blue niobium crystal facets. It incorporates the two different styles of crystal growth into one: needle-shaped crystals and larger faceted crystals.

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Blue John Stone Candlestick

This design is inspired by Blue John Stone and is a collage of a copper sample, textured silver and titanium samples, and a design for a candlestick made in Adobe Illustrator. This design will be made in silver and titanium.

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Emerging Gemstone Candlestick

This design is a variation on the Blue John Stone Candlestick and is a CAD render. It will be made in silver, niobium and gold using the ancient technique of chasing and repoussé.

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Alice is a multi-award-winning jeweller and silversmith who celebrates the chaotic beauty of crystal and mineral formations through the medium of metal. Trained in both traditional and contemporary fields of metalwork and design, Alice’s work re-imagines rare mineral specimens as functional jewellery and objects, without depleting precious resources.
To create these rock-like textures and forms, Alice uses ancient techniques of chasing and repoussé. Alongside developing this technique, she has spent much time studying the effects of incredible metals, titanium and niobium, that provide bursts of colour to her jewellery designs, using the modern technique of anodising. Now acknowledged as her specialism, she is one of only a handful of metalworkers in the UK working with niobium. From 2020-2021, Alice will be studying at Bishopsland Educational Trust, a prestigious residential course specialising in ancient crafts of jewellery and silversmithing.
If you would like to discuss a commission, please use the links below to contact me.

http://www.alicefry.com

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Tourmaline Box

This silver and titanium box is inspired by the hexagonal prism crystal forms in the gemstone tourmaline. This box is hand-fabricated and is completely unique to reflect how no two gemstones are the same.

Price: £1,200

This item is for sale, please contact for more information.

View Slideshow

Gemstone Sketches

This is a page from my sketchbook, showing drawings of the different types of crystal shapes from primary and secondary research. From left to right: (1st row) quartz, pyrite, copper, (2nd row) diamond, quartz, halite.

View Slideshow

Blue John Stone Sketchbook

Blue John Stone is a variety of fluorite found in Derbyshire, UK. As part of my research, I visited the Treak Cliff Cavern, where Blue John Stone can be found in situé. This collage from my sketchbook shows how I started to build up shapes into my work, by painting out block shapes on top of my photographs.

View Slideshow

Metal Samples

This shows how my samples in silver, niobium and titanium began to develop into finished pieces.

View Slideshow

Detail of Silver Brooch

This is a detailed view of the crystal forms and sparkling rock texture I create in silver using the ancient technique of chasing and repoussé. The hexagonal prism shapes can be seen in minerals such as emerald and tourmaline.

View Slideshow

Emerald Brooch

This silver and niobium brooch is inspired by the hexagonal prism crystal forms in the gemstone emerald (a variety of the mineral beryl). This brooch is hand-fabricated using the ancient technique of chasing and repousse. The blue hexagon is made from a unusual metal- niobium- and has been anodised to blue to create a pop of colour.

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Rutilated Quartz Ring

This silver ring is inspired by the straw-like inclusions in the gemstone rutilated quartz. This piece is soldered by hand and is completely unique to reflect how no two gemstones are the same.

Price: £400

This item is for sale, please contact for more information.

View Slideshow

Rutile and Crystal Necklace

This design is a combination of my finished pieces and samples and will be made in silver, featuring blue niobium crystal facets. It incorporates the two different styles of crystal growth into one: needle-shaped crystals and larger faceted crystals.

View Slideshow

Blue John Stone Candlestick

This design is inspired by Blue John Stone and is a collage of a copper sample, textured silver and titanium samples, and a design for a candlestick made in Adobe Illustrator. This design will be made in silver and titanium.

View Slideshow

Emerging Gemstone Candlestick

This design is a variation on the Blue John Stone Candlestick and is a CAD render. It will be made in silver, niobium and gold using the ancient technique of chasing and repoussé.