These textured drop earrings were cast in recycled sterling silver from printed nylon with handmade oval hoops. The surface has a contrasting oxidised texture brushed back to reveal the silver encased in a polished rim. Hallmarked at The Edinburgh Assay Office

Karen Westland 

Fellow 2015-2016

Karen graduated from The Glasgow School of Art in 2015 with a First Class Honours in Silversmithing and Jewellery Design, before completing the 11-month postgraduate residential course at Bishopsland, specialising in silverware.

Employing a considered selection of materials, 3D printed and handmade components, Karen Westland creates refined silverware and jewellery using 100% recycled precious metals and other responsibly sourced materials. She is inspired by ‘tools’ built in order to explore outer space and how the invisible is revealed through these tools. The relationship we have with the universe, questions of time and our existence are also underlying subjects of her work.