Tania Clarke Hall crafts her jewellery from leather - her 'perfect creative playmate' - to produce confident, eyecatching and versatile collections.
Her designs are driven by a love of experimentation and her desire to challenge the way in which leather is used in jewellery. Her inspiration is eclectic: the Japanese aesthetic of wabi sabi, the beauty of geometric solutions and tribal jewellery.
The resulting work is innovative, sculptural and bold. Flashes of colour highlight slashed, twisted and moulded leather forms and flat pieces of leather playfully transform into multidimensional necklaces.
Tania's jewellery has received critical acclaim and has been sold at the Victoria & Albert Museum, and is currently stocked in many top art museums in the USA. She was also commissioned by the Southbank Centre to design a collection for their Festival Terrace shop.
Tania designs and makes her jewellery in her studio at Cockpit Arts, one of London's key creative hubs and works for retail and individual clients alike.
AWARDS| 2009 | Goldsmiths' Craft & Design Council Award - Gallery Jewellery Design, Commended |
| 2008 | The Leathersellers' Company Award (From Beast to Beauty) |
| 2013 | Dazzle@Dovecote, Edinburgh |
| Special, Lesley Craze Gallery, London | |
| New York International Gift Fair, USA | |
| 2012 | Dazzle, London |
| Multiple Forms, Mostyn Gallery, Llandudno, Wales | |
| New York International Gift Fair, USA | |
| 2011 | Dazzle, Manchester |
| New York International Gift Fair, USA | |
| 2010 | Dazzle, Manchester Origin, London All Wired Up, SCD Gallery, London Bloom, Southbank, London Designer Gallery Window, Canary Wharf, London |
| 2009 | Liberating Leather, Studio Fusion Gallery, London (Sept - Oct) Goldsmiths' Craftmanship & Design Council Awards, London |
| 2008 | Genesis 08, SDC Gallery, London Spotlight on Jewellery, Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool Marzee International Graduation Show, Galerie Marzee, Holland New Designers, London |
| 2012 | Contemporary Jewelry, Miquel Abellan, MONSA |
| 2010 | Leather Jewelry, Nathalie Mornu, Lark Books |
| 2009 | Sustainable Jewellery, Julia Manheim, A & C Black Publisher |