Artist Goldsmith, Chayle Cook, shares her inspirations and passion for metalsmithing and jewellery making in her interview with the Ottawa Jewellery Collective. Why did you choose jewellery? I initially went to art school at NSCAD University in Halifax with the idea to take design, but in my first year I...
Custom Design This flowing wedding band is custom designed to curve around the finger and be paired with the client's beautiful pearl engagement ring. To accent the beauty of the pearl, I designed a specialty tool to create a soft "sandstone" texture on the 14K yellow gold. The luster of this effect is heightened by the...
I have a love for the geometry in nature – it's growth patterns and chaotic structure. It is a challenge to capture this, but in searching I have begun to purify and distill the beauty of each angle and line. This year I was honoured to create the engagement ring...
These platinum and Canadian diamond rings were once another ring. This renewed design is a set of rings which stack together, like overlapping branches, to created a dynamic range of ways to wear them and beautiful negative spaces. Using the client's recycled platinum and diamonds, I remodelled her original...
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