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Julia Roy-Williams

JULIA ROY-WILLIAMS
STUDIO JAYJOO
106 Islington Mill
james St M3 5HW
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07941840594
BOLD & MAXIMAL ART JEWELLERY FOR LOVERS OF NEON FOLKLORE
Manchester Open 2024
Salford Makers SHOP, 2019
SWAG, Northern Quarter, Manchester 2017
Meals On Wheels 2015
Crafting History, MCAD 2012
Inside Out, MCAD, 2009
I’m a designer/maker utilising digital design & contemporary craft in my practice.
Bold and innovative in style; I utilise materials that elevate and challenge the traditional value notion of precious jewellery. I'm passionate about plastic as a material, working with heat forming, laser etching & cutting to create wearable art pieces.

Over the last 12 months, I've reflected on how my work impacts the world environmentally and socially. This time has allowed me to develop my studio practice based on sustainable solutions to plastic waste.

Using a modified heat press, I’ve designed a circular recycling system, that allows me to create new sheet material from my plastic offcuts. I've also developed a cross-sector relationship with Plastic Formers, a local factory, to recycle their end-of-line and waste plastic back into art jewellery.

I will continue this optimistic and future-thinking approach to creative & innovative recycling solutions. Developing a zero-waste studio is my goal.
Image 1
Deco Flex Necklace
Image 2
Karkinos Crab Cast
Image 3
off-cut smiles