Spring semester in Jewelry + Metals focuses on furthering technical skills both at the bench, and the computer.
This body of work covers the disiplines of stone setting, metal forming, and the use of programs such as Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign.
Hexagon Ring
Scored brass, bezel set princess cut cubic zirconia.
Designed and photographed by Jillian Steele
Designed and photographed by Jillian Steele
Hexagon Ring
Scored brass, bezel set princess cut cubic zirconia.
Designed and photographed by Jillian Steele
Designed and photographed by Jillian Steele
Ribbon Ring
Brass, basket set with blue round cut cubic zirconia
Designed and photographed by Jillian Steele
Ribbon Ring
brass, basket set with blue round cut cubic zirconia
Designed and photographed by Jillian Steele
Twist up Ring
Silver wire, tube set with two round cut canary diamonds
Designed and photographed by Jillian Steele
Twist up Ring
Silver wire, tube set with two round cut canary diamonds
Designed and photographed by Jillian Steele
Simone Simmons Signature Brooch
Formed brass, colored with blackening patina, and red enamel paint
Designed and photographed by Jillian Steele
The Unknown
Silver cuff, set with three meteorites
Designed and photographed by Jillian Steele
The Unknown
Silver cuff, set with three meteorites
Silver cuff, set with three meteorites
Designed and photographed by Jillian Steele
Merciful Repair
Two broken shards of indigo glass, set in a silver Amphora frame, completed with silver Kintsugi on the crack
Two broken shards of indigo glass, set in a silver Amphora frame, completed with silver Kintsugi on the crack
Designed and photographed by Jillian Steele
Merciful Repair
Two broken shards of indigo glass, set in a silver Amphora frame, completed with silver Kintsugi on the crack
Designed and photographed by Jillian Steele
Two broken shards of indigo glass, set in a silver Amphora frame, completed with silver Kintsugi on the crack
Designed and photographed by Jillian Steele
Black Swans
Silver earrings, gypsy set with round cut red cubic zirconia
Designed and photographed by Jillian Steele
Black Swans
Silver earrings, gypsy set with round cut red cubic zirconia
Silver earrings, gypsy set with round cut red cubic zirconia
Designed and photographed by Jillian Steele
Black Swans
Silver earrings, gypsy set with round cut red cubic zirconia
Designed and photographed by Jillian Steele
Silver earrings, gypsy set with round cut red cubic zirconia
Designed and photographed by Jillian Steele
Black Hole
Brass earrings, patina treated
Designed and photographed by Jillian Steele
Black Hole
Brass earrings, patina treated
Designed and photographed by Jillian Steele
Brass earrings, patina treated
Designed and photographed by Jillian Steele
The Living Ring
Brass H pattern ring set with Pyrex borosilicate glass petri dish, housing a blood agar plate, with bacteria colonies.
Worn on two fingers
Designed and photographed by Jillian Steele
A Broken Promise
Brass Paul Revere bowl, pierced by a white bronze tree
Designed by Jillian Steele, and photographed by Donna Neveux
A Broken Promise
Brass Paul Revere bowl, pierced by a white bronze tree
Brass Paul Revere bowl, pierced by a white bronze tree
Designed by Jillian Steele, and photographed by Donna Neveux
Spinal Emphasis
White Lego bricks, and silver wire harness
Designed and photographed by Jillian Steele
Spinal Emphasis
White Lego bricks, and silver wire harness
White Lego bricks, and silver wire harness
Designed by Jillian Steele, photographed by Marissa Picheria
Spinal Emphasis
White Lego bricks, and silver wire harness
White Lego bricks, and silver wire harness
Designed by Jillian Steele, photographed by Marissa Picheria
Decay
Burned plexi glass cancer cells, linked together via silver jump rings, file drawn out on illustrator, cut out via laser cutter
Designed by Jillian Steele, and photographed by Donna Neveux
Growth
Sand blasted plexi glass chromosomes, linked together via silver jump rings, drawn out on illustrator, cut out via laser cutter
Designed and photographed by Jillian Steele
The Book of Steele
Documentation of my roots in art and how various points in science influence the jewelry I create
This book was assembled using the program InDesign
Designed and photographed by Jillian Steele
