'The Sands of Time '

 ‘The Sands of Time’

Launching on the 6^th of April 2012

Sophisticated Largesse

Jewellery In Gold

In January 2011, Sian Evans fulfilled a lifelong dream; to go to and return from Timbuctu, Mali. A place half remembered, remote, redolent with nineteenth century tales of far flung desert nomads and sword wielding blue skinned warriors, missing adventurers and of their horrible fevered deaths.

She travelled with Alyssa Moxley, friend, sound artist and writer. The aim; to get to Timbuctu in time for the Festival In The Desert at Essekane, deep in the sands of the Sahara to film, record and, most importantly, witness this amazing gathering.

A meeting of 8,500 Tuareg nomads who come together each winter to celebrate, meet with long missed friends, marry, race camels, buy and sell salt and silver ….and to listen to music. The greatest and remotest desert music festival on the planet.

On the journey Sian met and filmed Malian jewellers, artisans and traders. She spent an evening working with the Chief of the Artisans in Timbuctu. One memorable meeting was with a real life tomb raider, an Indiana Jones dressed in desert robes. The ancient sandy tombs of the Tuareg lie outside Timbuctu. There are many more stories to tell…….

‘The Sands of Time’ is the conclusion to this adventure and continues Sian’s fascination and skill with storytelling. Her collection is an evocation of the past through the crafts of the present.

Her own. The Sahara. Our History

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Editor Notes;

The gold used at Sian Evans is ethically sourced.

First images of the work will be available in January 2012.

All pieces are made in the Sian Evans Studio in Clerkenwell, London.

A new website and online shop will be launched on the 6^th April 2012

A film of the Timbuctu trip will be presented at the launch on 6^th April 2012

A film of the making of the collection will be presented at the launch on April 6^th 2012

^{Contact  for further information; Sian Evans   sianevans.jewellery @btinternet.com Tel 02072516881     Mb 07950337057}

Last Studio Open Session of 2011

Saturday 17th December 

111-113 st John st, Clerkenwell

London EC1V 4JA

11am-6pm

Jewellery .....   sparkling in cases and vitrines around Sians studio

 One last opportunity this year to delve into the curious world of the jeweller

a chance to see inside the Designers studio and purchase some beautiful pieces of jewellery .

Dainty charms , beaded necklaces , pearls, rubies and emeralds.

prices from £10 for tiny charm silver earrings. 

Studio Sessions start 3rd December

thats today folks ...... at 11am , in Clerkenwell.

111-113 st john st

EC1V 4JA

See images and more information on a new facebook page dedicated to

Sian Evans Jewellery

Handmade silver beaded necklace - image from Vogue UK

The Open Sessions/ Winter 2011

3rd Dec and 17th December 2011

11am - 7pm

111-113 St John st

Clerkenwell 

London EC1V 4JA

I'm opening the studio for two days this winter. 'the open sessions' 

New Jewellery and favourites


Precious Trove in silver and gold

Multi Stranded silver necklaces , intricate beaded and layered, pearls and midnight coloured spinels, dark luxury ripe for the party season.
Charms and trinkets, amulets and talismans ,with rubies, seed pearls and emeralds...... tokens for your loved ones ........ rings in gold and in silver , cast by hand in the studio , ghosts of things past.

from £10.00 for tiny silver earrings or charm , beaded earrings from £20.00 , beaded necklaces from £50.00 

Root 5

Sian Evans 2009 / Materials ; Silver , 24ct Gold , Iron

Root 5 is a new collaborative curatorial venture , founded by Sian Evans and Jenny Parker in September 2011. Its aims are to bring together innovative , playful , maverick work , based around the body and located outside the mainstream. 

For its first outing Root 5 are becoming part of East Pop and taking work by Hollie Paxton as well as ourselves to West London.Then back to East London to become part of East Pops Red during Frieze .

East Pop is a dynamic new venture taking the extraordinary creativity which exists in East London on tour to West London, Berlin, Edinburgh and beyond…

Hollie Paxton 2010 / Materials ; Silver

Red Gallery have been documenting the East London art scene and in 2010 produced the East End Promise exhibition and catalogue, a record of the area from 1985 – 2000, created by those that lived through this transformative time.
EAST POP is a living document of what is happening now and gives exposure to art and design collectives who have used their strength as groups of creative individuals to produce dynamic exhibitions, live art events, products and publications.
It is an exciting opportunity to bring East London artists and designers together and we believe EAST POP will have cultural historical significance in years to come.
EAST POP is a project initiated by Red Gallery with artist/curators Alice Herrick and Kate Kotcheff.

Jenny Parker 2011 / Materials ; Steel and Chrome