Training
Morley College (2012-2016 )
Jewellery training in traditional bench techniques, contemporary approaches and jewellery design. My training centred around Morley's two year long Certificate courses aimed at those pursuing a career in the jewellery sector. I have also studied with Zoe Arnold, Donna Brennan, Louise O'Neill and Joanne Hayward amongst others.
Jewellery Certificate - Level 2, Sep 2015 - July 2016, with Distinction (Tutor: Diana Greenwood RCA)
Jewellery Certificate - Level 1, Sep 2012 - June 2013, with Merit (Tutor: Anastasia Young RCA)
Awards/ Achievements & Funding
awards & achievements
Collect Art Fair 2022 - Fair Director’s Choice - Plum Queen Cake Stack was one of Fair Director, Isobel Dennis’s', top picks of the Fair
Goldsmiths’ Fair - Best New Design Award (Special Mention) 2021
Selected by British Vogue as one of their top picks of the Goldsmiths’ Fair 2020
Goldsmiths’ Craft and Design Council Awards (GCDCA), Feb 2020 & Feb 2018 - Bronze Award - Fashion Led Conceptual 3D Design Section
Cockpit Arts & Newby Trust Craft Excellence Award 2019, July 1st 2019 – 30th Sep 2020 - A subsided studio at Cockpit Arts Holborn and craft development grant. (London Creative Network from April 2018)
SHINE 2019, Goldsmiths’ Centre, London, Sep 19th- 1st Nov 2019 - A selling showcase of emerging jewellery and silversmithing talent across the UK. Application by invitation only. (Also Getting Started 2018)
Winner of the ‘Inspired by …’ prize for jewellery, May 2014 - V&A blog
Funding
Goldsmiths’ Fair - Graduate Bursary 2021, A bursary, free stand and support to exhibit at Goldsmiths’ Fair Week 1 - Sep 2021
Artists Information Company (a-n), Bursary 2020, Support to undertake a silversmithing course at West Dean College with Abigail Brown
Association for Contemporary Jewellery (ACJ), Craft Development Award 2019, A small grant towards studying with Zoe Arnold in spring 2020
Media & Public Speaking
Recent Media
Financial Times, Watches and Jewellery section, 10th May 2024, ‘Demand for unique pieces drives jewellery and art worlds together’, Kate Youde (Paper edition and online)
The Modern Brooch - Booth talk at Collect Art Fair, 1st March 2024, Goldsmiths’ Fair stand with Charlotte Dew, Greg Parsons and Daphne Krinos
Forbes, 30th September 2022, Goldsmiths' Fair In London Celebrates 40 Years Of Jewelry-Making Talent, Kate Matthams
Goldsmiths’ Centre 10 Years - 10 Voices - April 2022 - View Ella Fearon-Low’s interview / view full film
The Crafts Council - How Ella Fearon-Low became a jeweller - April 2022
Collect Art Fair 2022 - Fair Director’s Choice, 14th Feb 2022
The Sunday Times Style, 21st November 2021, Meet the Slow Jewellers, Jessica Diamond, p19-21
Vogue (online), 25th October 2021, 27 Crowd Pleasing Jewellery Gifts at Every Budget, Rachel Garrahan
Telegraph (online), 30th September 2021, Revival of the Brooch article, Annabel Davidson
Creative Twist Podcast with Sally Vanderpump, 5th April 2021 - Sally interviews me about reconnecting to my creativity and developing my passion for jewellery
Current Obsession Magazine - Munich Jewellery Week 2021 special paper edition with House of Flowers
Crafts Council, 5th Feb 2021, Online profile - Why Jeweller Ella Fearon-Low is turning over a new leaf.
Vogue, Jan 2021 edition, GILT COMPLEX, Rachel Garrahan, p59
Vogue (online), 24th Sep 2020, A Sneak Peak at the Uber-Talented British Jewellers not to be Missed at this year’s Goldsmiths’ Fair. (Rachel Garrahan)
Goldsmiths’ Fair, Sep 2020, Online profile - Antique inspired yet wholly contemporary.
Public Speaking
Booth Talk - Contemporary Brooch Wearing at Collect Art Fair, 4.30pm Friday 1st March 2024 (Chaired by Charlotte Dew, with Greg Parsons and Daphne Krinos)
Towards Edible Jewellery Booth Talk at Collect Art Fair, Somerset House, London - Sunday 27th Feb 2022
New York Jewellery Week and Goldsmiths Fair Talk with Bella Neyman and Ellis Mhairi Cameron - Sep 2021
The Melting Pot - Four ways with metal, A Design Nation talk for Collect Art Fair 2021 with myself, Alex O’Connor, Jacky Oliver and Hannah White. Feb 2021 Click here to view.
Material Values Talk, Goldsmiths Fair 2020 - in conversation with fellow first time Fair exhibitors and jewellers Emily Kidson and Jo Pond about our shared love of working with mixed materials.
Meet the Maker, SHINE 2020 and Goldsmiths’ Fair - Online (30th September 2020)
New Designers - Talk with the Goldsmiths’ Centre - Online (2nd July 2020) A panel discussion for recent graduates on getting your jewellery or precious metal business off the ground.
In Conversation - Ella Fearon-Low and Ekta Kaul, Cockpit Festival of Making - in conversation with artist and embroiderer Ekta Kaul, 21st June 2020.
Stockists & Memberships
Current Stockists
House on Mars Collection
New work heading to The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, in due course.
Memberships
Association for Contemporary Jewellery (ACJ) / Artists Information Company (a-n) / Goldsmiths’ Centre - Creative Links