Iona Hall

Channels Salt and Pepper Set

Silver stacking salt and pepper shakers, chased details which match up when stacked.

4cm wide x 5cm high or 11cm when stacked.

Seaweed Motion Box

4cm high x 6.5 cm wide

Iona Hall is a silversmith and jeweller, graduating from Glasgow School of Art in 2018 and Bishopsland in 2019.
Iona's passion for objects, in particular boxes comes from the aspect of discovery that they hold.
A box is an object that can fit in the palm of your hand, however once opened it can reveal a sentiment of treasure. Iona's work inspires a compulsion to pick her pieces up, a personal keepsake that demands further exploration from the viewer.
Her pieces create an intimate space between the viewer and the object. They are made to hold, use and be discovered from many angles, as the design has been considered for both exterior and interior.
Iona is drawn to movement, lines and irregular patterns in natural forms from the beaches near her home in Scotland. Sporadic placements of barnacles, the movement and clusters of seaweed clinging to the rocks, the natural placement of stones in the sand, markings in the rocks; organic shapes next to angular lines, rigid corners and grid structures all feature in her work.
Iona loves collecting objects from the beach and studying them, isolating an element from the object and adding it to the objects she makes.
Iona translates these elements into her work using the techniques of fusion, chasing and repousse and scoring and folding, with the additional use of stone setting to bring a hint of colour in her work. The jewellery is an abstraction of her larger work, isolating and developing elements from the boxes into a wearable object. 

Instagram: @ionahalljewellery