Folded Ruby Arches

4.7 x 1.9 x 0.08 cm

sterling silver, natural ruby

Roller printed, pierced, folded, bezel set, and oxidized.

Sherri Pelican is a contemporary jewellery designer and metalsmith. She works and lives on the unceded homelands of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh nations in Vancouver, BC.

The art and craft of jewellery making has been a lifelong passion for her, beginning with a love of beads and beadwork and evolving to designs fabricated in metal. Her designs are inspired by architecture and the urban environment: structures, materials, and surfaces. Textured surfaces, geometric shapes, and repetition form the framework of her designs. Within that framework she uses negative space, patterns, and layered elements to create pieces meant to draw the eye with depth and texture.

Sherri works primarily in sterling silver and creates all her jewellery by hand, using traditional metalsmithing techniques. She enjoys using traditional jewellery materials such as pearls, glass seed beads, and semi-precious stones in her designs, but she is continually excited about the exploration and use of non-traditional materials as well.

While she is almost entirely self-taught, Sherri has attended intensive workshops at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Penland School of Craft, and at private studios in the USA.