Jenni Douglas Jewellery

The range of gifts I design and make in my workshop include greetings cards, art prints and canvases, original paintings, printed textiles including tea towels and scarves, mugs, coasters, table mats and hand printed jewellery. My style is inspired by the shapes, colours and textures of Midcentury Modern design, blended with my love of storytelling and everyday surroundings, whether that’s in nature or in the city.

I’m passionate about using as many recycled and biodegradable materials as possible. My usual production processes involve re-using as much studio waste paper and cardboard for packaging and display materials, for example. For this bespoke collection, I sourced jewellery boxes which are made from 100% recycled cardboard and are completely compostable. The information cards inside each box and also the product labels are also made from 100% recycled and compostable materials.

The designs were originally hand drawn - this was important to me because I wanted each ‘thread' line to have a natural and slightly uneven look, rather than a digitally-created perfectly straight line. For the colours, I digitally sampled these from photographs of the finished tartan and the Craigievar Castle exterior paint colour.

The designs were then individually printed onto each aluminium jewellery base piece using special pigment inks and a heat press.