I am a jewellery designer maker based in York. My original training culminated in a Degree in Design, specialising in Textiles, which was no surprise having grown up in a family environment of 3 generations of needlewomen. My degree took me into work as a Fair Trade designer, travelling extensively around the world developing traditional handicrafts with producer groups and their artisans. After m
ore than 10 years I could no longer ignore my personal desire to extend and develop further creatively and so I retrained at York School of Jewellery as a designer jeweller. A huge part of my jewellery designs are influenced by haberdashery, stemming from a fascination that grew from admiring my Grandma's talents and fond memories of sorting through her button stash. I continue to expand my haberdashery collection, thrilled with its popularity. From unique cotton reels and thimbles, to various button inspired pieces including the use of vintage and found buttons. I am increasingly drawn to the thought of 'reviving' something and bringing an old or found object back to life. I incorporate such finds into my jewellery where I can. My jewellery reflects my memories, my observations and my musings. Thereby allowing me to tell the story and the journey behind each range. I feel very lucky to be on this new journey, I hope you like my designs as much as I have enjoyed making them. Thank you for your support xx
You can buy my work on Folksy. Folksy is a safe platform in which to buy hand-crafted or designed work from UK designer-makers. https://folksy.com/shops/JoannaWakefieldJewellery
Alternatively, please message me on here or email [email protected]. You can also go to my website, joannawakefield.com, where you can find more info, view my collections and also see examples of my commissions. Love & Light,
Xx Joanna
