Jeweller Lucy Jade Sylvester believes you cannot compete with the beauty of nature, its perfect lines and textures, so she uses it as directly as possible for inspiration. Taking moulds from her delicate finds, she casts into the cavity they leave, allowing her to create exact replicas of life in solid silver and gold that retain the finest details.
‘These natural forms with beautiful textures would decay into the ground and be gone forever; with direct casting from them I’ve created something that will now be here forever, to be worn for a lifetime.’ The Great British stag beetle, bees and hawk moths have all been given a new life by Lucy in solid silver and gold. The nature loving jeweller’s Hawk Moth Ring was chosen by costume designer Michele Clapton to be worn by Sansa Stark in the hit medieval TV series Game of Thrones.
Since completing her MA at The School of Jewellery in Birmingham, Lucy has shown her work around the world, been published in many books and magazines, and most recently her Dragonfly necklace appeared on the HBO TV series And Just like That. Lucy says, ‘My work is evolving all the time; as the seasons change, the inspiration is new once more.’
Lucy joined Design-Nation as a Professional member in 2026.
