Spiral Roads - UK/Romania
Spiral Roads
Designer biography:
Ross Dickinson is a self taught designer/maker from England who has been creating jewellery in various places around Europe and the United Kingdom for the past eight years. His unique style is recognised for blending different techniques and exploring surrealistic themes - in particular miniature dream catcher inspired pieces. His work has earned Cookson Gold’s Design of the Month Award and has been exhibited and sold internationally in shops, fairs and exhibitions.
Collection concept:
Inspired by jewellery playing a pivotal role in fiction, I created ‘Far from Reality’ - the jewellery of a sci-fi fantasy story. These pieces belong to characters in a distant future or far away world, symbolic amulets and artefacts significant to a winding storyline. The dreamcatchers and tribal elements recall Frank Herbert’s Dune, where futuristic technology meets mysterious spiritual practices and desert dwelling tribes. The makeshift, rusty effect of the copper and brass combination is reminiscent of the clothes in the post apocalyptic world of Mad Max, where everything is made from the remnants of a forsaken past. The collection explores the story-telling power of jewellery through thought provoking details, intriguing the imagination and inviting it to delve further into the unknown story.
