Sterling Silver pendant
with blue topaz

Artist’s Statement
The aim of Wilk Jewellery Designs is to take inspiration from the worlds of science, nature and mechanics, to create unique handcrafted jewellery.  My love for jewellery fabrication and design came from my years of study at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design.  There I learned skills needed for Jewellery fabrication, but I also learned a great deal about bringing together many disparate ideas into one cohesive functional form.  This fusing of ideas drives me to discover ways of making jewellery that is interesting, appealing, and at the same time, functional.

Biography
Born and raised in London, Ontario my jewellery ambitions began when I enrolled in the Bealart program in 1996.  In that program I learned the fundamentals of composition and design and developed my interest in sculpture and metalsmithing.

In 1998, I was accepted at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design and graduated in 2001 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts.  During my studies, I concentrated on and refined my design and metalsmithing skills.  After my wife acquired her Master of Science degree in 2004, we moved back to Ontario and I decided to pursue my jewellery aspirations full time.