Stevie runs a contemporary jewellery and silversmithing brand; Aana Design. London born and raised in Edinburgh, Stevie looks outside of the city for sources of inspiration and is driven by atmosphere and colour. Having made numerous trips to Japan recently, the land of the rising sun has been her source of inspiration for current designs.
After completing her Higher National Diploma at the City of Glasgow College, she continued her studies at Edinburgh University studying a BA (Hons) in Jewellery & Silversmithing at the College of Art as well as receiving a seven week work placement at the Hamilton & Inches silversmithing workshop in Edinburgh. Stevie has also won several awards over the course of her studies to help fuel her creative vision.
Interested in colour, texture and tactility, Stevie forms playful pieces using a combination of traditional techniques and modern materials. Inspired by emotion, ambience and the impression a place can leave behind, she focuses on interpreting feelings of escapism, creating mindful atmospheres, transcending a sense of place into physical form with silver and texture and adding captivating colour and unique patterns using Jesmonite techniques.
Currently exploring jesmonite, powder coating and silver combinations.
Open to travel and relocating.
Projects
- Ukiyo Jewellery CollectionA combination of organic shapes formed in sterling silver and colourful, marbled jesmonite. This collection was inspired by my travels through Japan; a mix of traditional and modern culture. Lost within the colourful kimono forests and stimulating digital art museums then being transported into a mindful and spiritual space through nature and shrines. I wanted to capture the vibrancy and exciting energy found in modern Japanese culture through the use of colour whilst combining this with organic
- Bekuhai SakeBekuhai is a style of sake cup created in Kochi, Japan. It has become a drinking game where there are three different sized sake cups and a dice; the first sake cup is very small and holds approximately 1 'shot' of sake and can be placed down with ease, the second holds approximately twice the amount and has a hole in the bottom of it and therefore the contents needs to be finished to avoid leaking out the vessel, then the third holds three times the regular amount a sake cup would hold and due
- Ukiyo - (Graduate Collection Proposals, 2020)‘Ukiyo’ is inspired by the mindful practice in every day Japanese life by looking at the juxtaposition of social interaction and the rumination of personal space found within the Japanese tea ceremony and the sharing of sake among friends. By studying colour theory and colour psychology I found purple to hold the properties of both warm and cool colours, acting as a bridge between juxtaposed emotions; by adding some red pigment to the purples I could enhance emotions and feelings that would na
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Projects credited in
- NEW DESIGNERS 2020 - EDINBURGH COLLEGE OF ART: BA (Hons) MA & MFA Jewellery & SilversmithingJewellery and Silversmithing (J&S) is an exciting programme that teaches you to design and make thoughtful, well-made and considered work. The J&S department is small and friendly with a big international reputation as one of the UK's leading courses in the field. Our philosophy is to combine material and technical innovation with traditional craft techniques and concepts long associated with this historic discipline. Our objective is to enable you to design and create personal, individual p1
Work history
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Designer, Maker, Jeweller, SilversmithAana Design
Edinburgh, United KingdomFull Time
Owner and founder of my brand Aana Design. Designing via drawing, model making, sculpture, CAD. Making using sterling silver or Britannia silver. Work with resin, jesmonite and stone setting. Admin, marketing, web design and maintenence.
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Jesmonite TrainingEdinburgh Sculpture Worksho
- Edinburgh, United KingdomFreelance
Training workshop to learn how to work with jesmonite, it's properties and possibilities.
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Skills
- Jewellery Design
- Jewellery Making
- Contemporary Jewellery
- Fashion Jewellery
- Silversmith
- Resin Casting
- Rhino CAD
- Adobe Photoshop
- Homeware Design
- Design
Education
BA(Hons) Jewellery and SilversmithingEdinburgh College of Art
- Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Drawing, sketchbooks, collaboration/teamwork, competition briefs, basic silversmithing techniques; raise a bowl, make a spoon, score & fold a box. Rhino 5, InDesign, Photoshop, 3D printing, riveting, silicone mould making.
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Higher National Diploma in JewelleryCity of Glasgow College
- Glasgow, United Kingdom
Learning basic and more advanced skills in jewellery making; soldering, piercing, riveting, forming, wax carving, rubber mould making, casting knowledge, casting investment process, stone setting (bezel, tube, claw), alternative materials (resin), foldforming, sinclastic and anti-clastic raising, press forming, Rhino 5 skills, laser cutting, sketchbook work for reseach, design & development. Basic glass skills, collaborations with creative writing students, collaboration with glass students. Highly encouraging and motivating tutors.
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Awards
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Hamilton & Inches Scholarship & GrantHamilton and Inches
A seven week placement working alongside and learning from master silversmiths in the silversmithing workshop as well as a monetary award to aid in developing ones practice.T
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South Square Trust GrantThe South Square Trust
A monetary award to help fund the exploration, development and production of my graduate collection.+ Show more