Description
Blackjam is a line of distinctive handcrafted designer jewelry; one-of-a-kind pieces designed to set the wearer apart from the crowd Blackjam: Objects of Designed Happenstance is a line of distinctive handcrafted designer jewelry; one-of-a-kind pieces designed to set the wearer apart from the crowd. We specialize in great colour combinations and the highest quality in workmanship using the techniques of bead weaving and embroidery to create show-stopping rings, necklaces and bracelets.
We utilize vintage beads and buttons and parts of reclaimed jewelery, all collected over years, and we search high and low for the best new materials we can find. Every single piece is a labour intensive one off, created with love and containing a little part of us. We hope the person wearing our pieces feels that through the work. Creating such beautiful and intricate one of a kind art pieces is part of the fun and challenge of creation for us, and that's the specialness we pass along to the wearer.
Artsts Bio
Blackjam: Objects of Designed Happenstance is headed by designer Jennifer Morris. Jennifer’s unique jewelry is impeccably hand sewn by herself at her studio, utilizing embroidery and bead weaving. All of Jennifer's designs are one of a kind utilizing vintage beads, buttons, cabochons, reconditioned bits of costume jewelry and fabric scraps she gets from her fellow designers. Jennifer has been doing needlework since her childhood. What started out as a way to entertain a child when going though major surgery and illness became a vocation. She has always been interested in and inspired by needlework of the past and what is going on with modern textile arts. Jennifer attended Sheridan College: School of Craft and Design were she majored in Textile and was also a Artist in Residence at The Textile Studio in Harbourfront's Craft Studios. She has been to Paris and seen the embroidery of the Haute couture houses in Paris and has studied the Lunéville embroidery technique used in the House of Lesage. She has tried her hand at many medias and always goes back to her needles and thread. Jennifer takes her inspiration from many places. She loves the history of design, art and popular culture. She loves colours and how they play off each other and is drawn to texture and how that can work in design, putting her love of textiles into her jewelry design.
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