Side Street Studio Blog | The best art that B.C. can offer

My unique sculptural creations are known as bridge jewellery, falling within the transition-zone between costume jewellery and fine jewellery. Once the designing process is complete it must be translated into a silver representation. This requires a variety of fabrication techniques, such as soldering, forging, fold-forming, reticulation, texturing and enameling.
My designs also incorporate many other materials such as gold, semi-precious stones, antique beads, carved bone etc., often from various parts of the underdeveloped world. Each piece is unique – a fascinating sculptural story framed in silver. ”
“For over 10 years I have been designing jewellery for commercial galleries and private clients. Unique designs continue to unfold evoked by the world around us – a cloud formation, a waterfall, a piece of drift wood, the shape of a rock – images from legends, stories or a piece of music. What ever the source the result is a one-of-a-kind fascinating sculptural story framed in silver. I love designing each unique piece and delight in having one of my pieces make someone very happy”.

 

Doreen currently resides in North Saanich, British Columbia. When she is not either at her silver smithing bench or traveling in search of more material for her jewellery designs.  She can usually be found enjoying her garden or sailing among British Columbias’s Gulf Islands.