Claudia Schmidek is Brazilian born with Austrian/German heritage, and has been living in the UK since 2005.
She has made her own jewellery since childhood and started to sell it at high school, still carrying it out while studying Architecture at University. After a few years making good use of her diploma and working in the field, she was also training Jewellery at Morley College, when she decided to go full time and launch herself officially as a Jewellery Designer and Maker, working from her own studio in London.
Due to her many cultural influences, she likes to experiment with new materials and shapes, exploring possibilities whilst pursuing an aesthetically pleasant and beautiful result. Her unique style is full of character, and pieces comprise mainly sterling silver, semi-precious stones, freshwater pearls, along with any interesting material she happens to find.
She likes to create collections as well as one-off pieces and is very happy to undertake commissions.
Image credits (from left): Orbis Terrarum (Claudia Schmidek), Bond Together (Claudia Schmidek), Caged (Claudia Schmidek)