@brinckmantrudi

Current favourite material or tool:
I work with a benchtop orbital grinder both at home and at State of Flux. I love its controlled motion, steady speed, and its capacity to be both aggressive and delicate. The same motion that strips material away can also gently refine, blurring the line between destruction and polish. Its controlled action produces radically different outcomes, transforms through pressure, duration, and intent. It's so cool. Oh, and my forever fav tool is my dad's hammer; its beautiful refined black handle, its nicks and scratches - I will never know the stories behind them, but when I use it, I feel a bit closer to him.

Description of your work style or philosophy:
Making has been my language of instinct and belonging since childhood, a way of shaping a sense of identity and understanding the world. Gleaning both materially and conceptually from my surroundings, my practice centres on the subtle transformation of raw matter - allowing material properties to influence both the process and the final outcome. This approach creates a balance between intention and responsiveness in my work. Distilled elements converge and elevate into forms to be worn. 

Description of your work style or philosophy:
I think of my practice as a form of slow storytelling. I’m interested in how objects carry meaning beyond the moment they’re made and in how they are held, shared, and remembered over time. My work moves between contemporary jewellery and object-based practice, combining traditional metalsmithing with materials like concrete, alongside embedded technologies such as QR codes, NFC tags and, more recently, AI-driven systems. I’m particularly interested in jewellery as a subtle provocateur- a way to activate conversations around big ideas through intimate, wearable forms. Rather than offering answers, I hope the work invites dialogue, creating space for reflection, curiosity and exchange.  

www.gabbeestolp.wordpress.com
@saintgabbee  

Current favourite material or tool:
I love working with textiles in particular. I love the ideas of softness and tenderness that they imbue. My favourite and most used tools are a green sewing machine my father gifted me; I always push it way beyond its limits, and it never complains, and my sterling silver thimble; a shield for protecting my fingertips from the repetitive (sometimes for hours at a time) push-pull of sharp needles through fabric.

www.annaweberjewellery.bigcartel.com
@annaweberpics  

Current favourite material or tool:
My current favourite tool is the hammer setting handpiece on my Dremel. I file and polish different tip shapes to impart texture and character into my pieces. I’m guessing my bench mates at State of Flux are less enthused by this though…it does get a bit noisy! 

Description of your work style or philosophy:
I love working with clients to create special pieces that signify something for them. The small moments and big life events that are often celebrated with jewellery are beautiful stories to witness and it is an incredible honour and something I love being a very small part of when making something special for someone. I particularly love making rings and quite often just start with an inkling of an idea which then evolves within my hands and the making process. I’m more of a 3D designer rather than a sketcher and will change and adapt the design as I make.