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Rachel McKnight
Rachel McKnight studied at The University of Ulster in Belfast. Having graduated in 2003, Rachel set up her workshop at her home in Belfast and produces necklaces, bangles, earrings, rings, brooches and cufflinks to form quirky creations in plastics and silver.
The excitement of sourcing new materials and the experimentation with them inspires her to produce original and innovative jewellery. Transparent and opaque colour influences her designs, plastics allow her to explore this. Simple and uncomplicated shapes and the idea of duplicating these shapes also form the basis for Rachel’s jewellery.
Rachel sells her work locally and internationally, recent stockists are in Germany, Italy, Austria and New York.
Rachel now juggles a successful career with family life, with the addition of a baby boy, Lewis, in June 2012.
Materials Used:
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Synthetics
Product Types:
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Jewellery,Wearables
Further Information
Northern Ireland
Space Craft, Fountain Centre, Belfast
Ulster Museum Shop, Belfast
Memento, Portrush, County Antrim
Painted Earth, Newcastle, County Down
Republic of Ireland
An Clachan, Donegal
Bow Boutique, Powerscourt Townhouse, Dublin
Blue Egg Gallery, Wexford
Designworks, Cork
Gallery Lissette, Enniskerry
O’Reilly Turpin, Westport
Jam Art Factory, Dublin
The Anchor Art and Design Boutique, Co. Waterford
UK
MIMA, Middlesborough, England
Appendage, Brighton, England
Ruthin Craft Centre, Ruthin, Wales
Online
www.rachelmcknight.com
www.notonthehighstreet.com
www.swoop.ie
Other
Gabi Green, Munich, Germany
Neuner Schmuck, Kitsbuhel, Austria
Lucia Odescalchi, Rome, Italy
Galerie Caractere, Neuchatel, Switzerland
Charon Kransen Arts, New York, USA
Snyderman-Works Gallery, Philadelphia, USA
Contact Details
Contemporary Design
37 Tweskard Park
Belfast
County Down
Northern Ireland
BT4 2JZ