Alex Davis- Fine Jewellery for Lolo and Galago

At Lolo and Galago, we love that we work with a number of London’s most celebrated luxury jewellery designers and as a result offer a wide variety of top level designer pieces.
One such jewellery designer we work with is Alex Davis, creator of fine jewellery based on nature, science and architecture.

As with all our designers, we ensure we have a deep and thorough understanding of their inspirations, creative process and meaning behind their luxury jewellery- and we love to share this with our customers. We chatted with Alex at his designer studio in central London, just round the corner from Selfridges.

 

Interestingly, Alex’s background is technical and science based, having completed a degree in Biochemistry. It’s an unlikely source of inspiration- but Alex often draws from it. “Inspiration can come from anywhere, but I love to be inspired by nature, science and architecture. My degree is in Biochemistry so I often draw inspiration from that” he tells us, as we admire his Dendritic collection, available at Lolo and Galago.
The collection is based on a molecular structure and took several years to develop technically. Like all the collections at Lolo and Galago, we find it is important to understand the meaning and development behind a piece to truly appreciate it as a work of art.

 

Alex talks us through his design process: “I normally start with a design concept, before working through a series of drawings. I use a variety of techniques from traditional and ancient jewellery making processes to the latest CADCAM techniques”. It’s a great fit for Lolo and Galago- all our luxury jewellery is produced by a combination of traditional and modern techniques which we find best create beautiful designer jewellery.

So what makes the perfect piece of jewellery according to a jewellery designer? “The best jewellery is something new and something fun.  It needs to be bold and exciting, but above all it needs to beautifully made”.

 

And it’s not easy to ensure this with every design- the qualities required to be a top London jewellery designer are immense- “You need an eye for style, and a creative, inquisitive mind.  Also, you need patience, the ability to multitask & a capacity to learn a large number of techniques”, Alex tells us. Even with all this, work can be tough, Alex makes a point of highlighting the difficulties: “Keeping up with all the different projects I run concurrently, and staying on top of demand” are the things he finds most difficult.
With the beautiful luxury jewellery designs Alex produces for Lolo and Galago, it’s likely that demand will continue.