Studios » Divinity (Deborah Zeldin O'Neill & Eve Redmond)
Studio No(s): 22
Deborah Zeldin O'Neill and Eve Redmond had been
friends for several years when in 2003, they decided to realise
their long term ambition to launch a jewellery store / gallery
space 'divinity' in Manchester's Northern Quarter.
Their dream was to make handmade contemporary jewellery accessible
to Manchester's cognoscenti. Their shop is now a mecca for
those who want to buy for their collections or to commision one of
their gorgeous pieces. Their work is widely featured in the
media.
Deborah Zeldin O'Neill BA (hons) Jewellery - MA
Design, says " My work acts as a vehicle for me to explore my
world and to make my personal comment on it. Objects and materials
that surround me seem to have the ability to sustain a greater
breadth of meaning. When these items are made into jewels they
transmute into a testing ground to provoke or allegorise".
Deborah is an active member of the Manchester Jewellers Network
exhibiting widely in Britain and internationally. She is a director
on the board of Manchester Craft and Design Centre and lectures
part time as well as currently studying for a PhD at Manchester
Metropolitan University.
Eve Redmond BA(hons) Jewellery - Central St Martins
College of Art & Design, had always been fascinated by kinetics
and uses engineering principles in her work. Her designs evolve
through a dialogue, developing in response to the dynamic potential
implicit within the materials. She is a founder member of
Manchester Jewellers Network / ACJ, exhibiting in Britain and
internationally. Currently course leader in Jewellery at City
College Manchester, she is also studying for a Masters degree at
Birmingham Institute of Art and Design
Type(s) of Work: jewellery
T: +44 (0)793 060 4345
F: +44 (0)161 832 3441
W: http://www.dzoneill.com