Jane Style



	Style
	The most overwhelming feeling you get when you first see Jane's beautiful jewellery is how unusual yet naturally pleasing the designs are. Jane has always refused to be influenced by anyone except her father, who trained her, instead she follows her innermost feelings and produces the most fantastic designs with an organic grace. As with all the jewellery sold by Watlings, Jane's work is all hand made. However Jane has perfected a very unusual technique of making the metal move into her sculptural shapes, offering a molten progression rather than a soldered joint. "Every design I create is curved, natural and organic - never angular, my work is totally influenced by my environment - my family and my countryside surroundings."
	Jane has a flamboyant, contemporary style inspired by the shapes and textures of nature. Her work incorporates precious stones, 18ct, 9ct gold and silver to produce brooches, earrings, bangles, rings and necklaces. Textures play a major part in the creation of every ring, brooch, earring and necklace -the effect of tree bark, dainty hollowed out shells, crunched up metal or dripping candle-wax. Jane's favourite pieces are the large necklets she makes -textured and inspired by Greek, Egyptian and Indian pieces. Although she will carry out conventional designs she always gives them a "twist" to add a new dimension.
	Lots of my designs include precious and semiprecious stones - diamonds, emeralds, all the amazing colours and shapes of sapphires; blues, pinks, yellows, purples, greens, rubies, aquamarine, topaz, lapis, malachite, tourmaline. I love to experiment with colour like an artists palate
	''I used to sell my early jewellery in the school playground and later in the college canteen!'' ''I have an impressionist view on nature, the natural shapes based on shells, sea weeds, corals and the underwater landscapes. Beautiful rock formations and plant life.''