about

Designer maker, Mandy Nash, set up her workshop in 1983 directly after leaving the Royal College of Art. She discovered anodised aluminium when studying jewellery and silversmithing at Birmingham Polytechnic and has been working with it ever since; its lightness enables her to make large, bold pieces which are wearable and affordable. Most importantly, by anodising it, she can achieve bright and brilliant colour effects.

Her three passions are colour, pattern and technique. She loves making things and exploring the possibilities of different materials. Although trained as a jeweller, her work has been heavily influenced by both traditional and contemporary textiles and she works in felt making larger pieces that complement her jewellery collections. Much of her recent work has evolved from looking back at her creative ancestry - how her grandmothers initiated her fascination with making objects by passing on their traditional textile skills and starting her passion in creating anything from colourful materials.

She finds being creative addictive and considers herself extremely lucky to have survived (more or less!) by selling her own work.