Hannah Silver is the Art, Culture, Watches & Jewellery Editor of Wallpaper*. Since joining in 2019, she has overseen offbeat design trends and in-depth profiles, and written extensively across the worlds of culture and luxury. She enjoys meeting artists and designers, viewing exhibitions and conducting interviews on her frequent travels.
-based goldsmith and jewellery designer Jessie Thomas nails the brand of offbeat cool often missing from fine jewellery. Taking traditional, raw materials – including recycled gold and conflict-free Botswana diamonds – Thomas gently subverts classic design codes. The results are sculptural, encompassed in swooping gold bands adorned with floating diamonds, or in abstract clusters of diamonds adorning the collarbone.
‘The concept was developed out of an archive piece of David’s,’ says Thomas, referring to her goldsmith father, David Thomas, ’which he had called “the donut”. I have taken this and used it as the starting point for a series of pieces. Still simple, but bolder and larger, the diamonds stand out from their convex settings; I have made them feel more contemporary with the use of pointed claws.’
In the unexpected placement of diamonds and generous proportion of gold, the ‘Donut’ collection riffs on the classic. ‘I have designed these pieces to be worn every day but have added offset diamonds and unusual shapes to stand out and feel different from the classics. As always, these pieces are sculptural and reference the curving lines that you see in my previous collections and engagement rings.
Receive our daily digest of inspiration, escapism and design stories from around the world direct to your inbox.Hannah Silver is the Art, Culture, Watches & Jewellery Editor of Wallpaper*. Since joining in 2019, she has overseen offbeat design trends and in-depth profiles, and written extensively across the worlds of culture and luxury. She enjoys meeting artists and designers, viewing exhibitions and conducting interviews on her frequent travels.
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