Miranda sharpe

Miranda started her business designing and making contemporary jewellery in 2001 working from a shared workshop in the Birmingham Jewellery Quarter, she has exhibited and sold her work widely across the UK and ventured into the international market place.

By combining use of both precious and non-precious materials, predominantly silver with resins, Miranda produces innovative jewellery that explores the notion of beauty. Her approach to jewellery is an abstract interpretation of visual inspirations, primarily organic forms. ‘I utilise various shapes and forms of interest, evolving them through drawing and material experimentation, then combining elements together to create designs that vary from easily wearable pieces to more dramatic pieces’.

Through the design process Miranda explores strength of form through simple lines and how repeating or layering materials and components can change the effect of a piece. The jewellery comprises strong forms with an air of lightness and visual delicacy.

In Miranda’s latest collection the forms have evolved from an initial interest in feathers and the connotations with decoration and display. The elements are simplified and abstracted and combined to create wearable compositions using silver and resin with some gold details.