Gilly Langton is a contemporary jewellery designer based in the remote Highland village of Plockton on the West Coast of Scotland. Gilly has been creating her bold sterling silver and elastic jewellery since 1997, selling and exhibiting in galleries, museums and fairs all over the world.
A desinger maker with a passion for combining mixed materials to create colourful one of a kind and batch production pieces of jewellery.
With a background in traditional silversmithing and jewellery, Gilly's preference to making is very much hands on, manipulating metals through the fabrication or architecturally inspired forms, hand tooling marks upon the metal to create surface and texture. Combining the strength of the crisp metal with the softness of hand dyed elastic, creating beautifully crafted jewellery with a unique colour palette.
The use of colour creates a joyful quality to each piece, whether it be subtle shades or vibrant colours, the breath of palette allows Gilly to respond to any commission of colour.
Inspired by Gilly's nautical surroundings, engaging daily with the changing hues of the land and sea, each colour is a direct response to living and working in the small Highland fishing village of Plockton. Nautical euipment scattered along the harbour creates a starting point for each, using photography, skectchbooks and sampling to research and design each piece made.
Gilly's practise began in Lancashire in 1997, and continues to forge ahead to this day. Exhibiting at prestigious events such as Goldsmiths Fair, creating exclusive collections for the British Museum or selling her colourful jewellery to stockist worldwide. Gilly strives to push her practise forward, developing new skills, exploring her chosen materials to create work that is identified as unique contmporary and experimental.
Whether you choice a String Necklace or a One of a Kind Neckpiece, every piece of Gilly's jewellery has it's own iconic style.
