Nancy Ryall

Born and educated in England, Nancy studied at Newcastle-under-Lyme, School of Art, and at The City of Birmingham University School of Jewelry. She was awarded a bursary from the Goldsmiths’ Design Council and exhibited work at New Designers, London. After graduating in 2005 she came to live in North Carolina and there learned many of the skills associated with the production of fine porcelain. Nancy also worked on tall ships, sailing on the Mystic Whaler, General Patton’s When and If and latterly she helped restore J.F. Kennedy’s Manitou; thus enabling her to buy her jewelry tools and equipment. In 2009 Nancy returned to England where she undertook a five month apprenticeship in Birmingham, thereby increasing her technical skills as a jeweler. On returning to the U.S.A. she established her studio. She currently makes and sells her jewelry at LEDE Gallery, Wake Forest, NC.

Nancy's Statement

Nancy’s work is distinctive in its precision and simplicity of form; geometric shapes are the basis of her design which is purely abstract. The majority of Nancy’s jewelry is hollow, formed from silver sheet. These three dimensional pieces therefore have volume, without weight. She uses the discipline and high level of skill required in making these hollow forms an exciting and fulfilling challenge in the design and making process.