Using only recycled gold and ethical diamonds, she maintains the importance of responsibly sourcing her materials as she crafts each piece in its entirety in her San Francisco studio.
Developing her own style and design organically over the course of her training, Tura Sugden crafts jewelry with goldsmithing as beautiful as the design and stone itself.
She learned to work with a traditional German blowpipe for soldering, a daunting new skill to learn. Through full immersion training she perfected the art and now uses it for most of her work. At one with the intuitive and natural process she works on a smaller scale, bringing the beauty of her ideas to life in every detail.
By blending traditional techniques that are no longer widely used with her own creative style and influence, Tura Sugden crafts unique works of art as unique as they are beautiful. Each completed piece is a celebration of every element in her jewelry.
Tura Sugden
Jewelry Artist
Classically trained in both goldsmithing and fine art, Tura Sugden has a unique approach to fine jewelry design and a traditionally rooted execution.Using generations-old hand building techniques, each setting is crafted from solid gold. Rolled, pulled, extruded, sawn, filed, sanded, soldered, and cut until each stone has a protective space. The studio produces only one-of-a-kind and small-production collections, with an emphasis on sustainable and responsible practices.
“I see the world through a prism of color.”
One-of-a-kind paintings are subject to prior sale.
“Every season deeply impacts my creative flow and my seasonal palette.”
“I work in solitude while everyone else in the family is fast asleep, yet I never feel alone. I am surrounded by the night sky, music that energizes my soul and a colorful, vibrant palette of watercolor and gouache. All the company I need.”
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Julia Whitney Barnes
Featured Painter
Julia Whitney Barnes has always found solace and creative expression through art. Raised by a spiritualist/theologian and a poet, she has devoted her life to exploring artistry in all its forms. Mindfully combining beauty and science, Julia brings a luminescent quality to her intricate floral paintings, using the cyanotype process and multiple layers of watercolor, India ink, and gouache. Each piece, created through the power of light, inspires viewers to see familiar images in new and inspiring ways.
