Robin Wells

Embossed Leaf - Onyx

Fine Silver, 24ct Gold Leaf, Onyx [69.85 x 12.55mm] [$365]
 

Leaf Imprint

Oxidised Sterling Silver, 18ct Yellow Gold [36.15 x 21.7mm, 82cm chain] [$940]
 

Embossed Leaf – Quartz

Oxidised Fine Silver, 24ct Gold Leaf, Quartz [70.40 x 10.28mm] [$365]
 

Grasses – 1

Oxidised fine silver, 24ct gold keum boo hook earrings [35 x 18.6mm] [$255]
 

Grasses – 2

Oxidised fine silver, 24ct gold keum boo hook earrings [46.5 x 26.3mm] [$320]
 

Fern leaf

Oxidised fine silver, 24ct gold keum boo earrings [9 x 28mm] [$175]
 

Embossed foliage

Fine silver, 24ct gold keum boo pendant [$350]
 

Fern, round

Oxidised fine silver, 24ct gold keum boo earrings [$175]
 

Hakea - large

Fine silver, 24ct gold keum boo earrings [$370]
 

Embossed leaf / Foliage

Sterling silver, 18ct yellow gold, emerald cut Australian blue sapphire ring [8 - 9mm wide] [$865]  
18ct yellow gold ring [2.85-3mm wide] [$725]  

Fern

Oxidised fine silver, 24ct gold keum boo earrings [8.6 x 21mm] [$175]
 

Hakea

Fine silver, 24ct gold keum boo earrings [18.4 x 39.4mm] [$265]
 

Embossed Wattle – 2

24ct gold, fine silver, fresh water pearl embossed wattle earrings [45.1 x 19.4mm] [$340]
 

Embossed Wattle

Fine silver, 24ct gold keum boo earrings [$190]
 

Embossed Wattle – 3

24ct gold keum boo, fine silver, sterling silver, embossed wattle charm bangle [66.6mm internal diameter] [$400]
 

Wattle

Sterling silver, 24ct gold keum boo ring [$400]
 

Moonrise

Oxidised fine silver, 24ct gold keum boo earrings [19.3 x 38.6mm] [$275]
 

Embossed leaf - fern 1

Oxidised sterling silver, 18ct yellow gold pendant [$POA]
 

Embossed leaf - fern 2

Oxidised sterling silver, 18ct yellow gold earrings [$POA]
 

Embossed leaf - fern 3

Oxidised fine silver, 24ct gold keum boo stud earrings [$175]
 

Embossed leaf 2

Oxidised sterling silver, onyx ring [$525]
 

Embossed leaf ring / Black Diamond

Oxidised sterling silver ring [10mm wide] [$290]  
Oxidised sterling silver, black diamond ring [7.2 - 8.2mm wide] [$650]  

Embossed leaf - foliage

Oxidised sterling silver, onyx ring [$575]
 

Flight

Oxidised sterling silver, yellow sapphire ring [21.4 x 23.18mm, 3mm band] [$420]
 

Embossed branch and leaf

Oxidised sterling silver pendant [$295]
 

Embossed leaf imprint

Oxidised sterling silver, 18ct yellow gold, faceted black diamond pendant [$1,905]
 

Robin Wells

Robin studied jewellery and metalsmithing at Curtin University, Western Australia, graduating in 1991. She completed her Certificate IV in Gemological studies in 2001.

Robin has exhibited widely, with recent exhibitions including Illuminate at Studio Ingot, Melbourne and Love Lace at the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney. Robin was also selected to be part of the Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sailor Exhibition of 100 brooches by 100 women from Queensland that toured nationally in 2014.

Growing up in rural Western Australia, surrounded by bush land has had a lasting impression on Robin, with her work being an ongoing narrative of concerns for our natural environment and the effect we have on it.

Robin employs a variety of techniques, paying particular attention to the surface treatment of metal. The traditional technique of Keum-Boo is used, where a very fine layer of 24ct gold is painstakingly cut and layered on to the fine silver surface and fused using heat and burnishing tools. Imagery referencing our native plants and wildflowers is embossed on the surface of many of the pieces she creates.

Artist’s Bench