Navah Langmeyer - Plus One Collective
Navah Langmeyer
Designer biography:
A mathematician by training and employment, Navah Langmeyer took up metalwork and jewellery making at the Baltimore Jewelry Center in 2016 where she discovered her particular passion for enamelling in the winter of 2019. Upon emigrating to Harrogate in North Yorkshire, U.K., in 2021, Navah became increasingly active in the British enamelling community. She is now on the executive committees of both the British Society of Enamellers (BSOE) and the Guild of Enamellers, runs workshops in multiple venues, and leads an enamelling and jewellery-making club at a local high school. Navah exhibits regularly with the BSOE and her work has been featured in the Association of Contemporary Jewellery's "Findings" magazine and the SNAG “Metalsmith” publication. In 2025, she received the Best Emerging Designer-Maker Award from the Society of Designer Craftsmen at Handmade Chelsea, London.
Navah’s creations are a vibrant mix of contemporary design and traditional enamelling, inspired by her mathematical background, love of water, British landscapes, and the materials with which she works. Working from her home studio, Navah experiments with colour, texture, and modularity, creating visually striking, interactive pieces. Her jewellery often incorporates movement, encouraging engagement. Navah’s work is full of energy and life, much like the waters that inspire her.
Collection concept
My work is largely material-driven and incorporates traditional, experimental, and unconventional approaches to enamels, metals, and alternative elements to yield sculptural effects. I’m fascinated by the characteristics of enamel and the widely-varied results possible with the medium. All my construction uses cold connections rather than solder, which adds an additional, appealing aspect of puzzle-solving to my process. Every piece is a one-of-a-kind experiment. I discover many of my techniques by accident, and have come to appreciate my failures almost as much as my successes (eventually).
The starting point for each of my pieces is often water, particularly the ocean, as I’ve never met a body of water I didn’t like. However, the broader landscape, my mathematical background, current events, and pretty much anything I observe or experience can provide inspiration. My work ranges from quite literal, if whimsical, representations to abstractions attempting to capture a particular mood. The common element running through the entire body is a focus on eye-catching, vibrant colour and texture.
