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StudioKY is for jewellery lovers.   

We, Kay and Yvonne Pittelkow, design and produce modern art jewellery. What makes us different is that our jewelery is unique. We design it and handcraft most of the pieces - even our beads are usually hand rolled.

Colour and unique design are our specialty.

Lately we are diversifying and designing and making objects for the home. Collectible figurines are becoming a specialty of Kay's - echoes of sculpture! Customers with special interests are commissioning figures for their clubs. However, small trays, tea candle covers, napkin rings are also making an appearance - often in resin featuring image transference. Sometimes we go mad and design something totally different. Usually something that is useful but not always. Keep a look out if you like the unusual. Checking out "What's New" is the best place to find what we are working on.

Kay is re-discovering sculpture and working on incorporating polymer clay or resin: Yvonne is currently exploring chunky necklaces and bangles often with intricate lace patterns.

Because we do all the design and manufacturing ourselves we can change fittings or sizes or colours. You just have to ask us at StudioKY.  

Commissions form a significant part of Kay's sales. There is no obligation to buy a commissioned piece although we appreciate a quick decision.  Making to a customer's brief is often challenging - it can take you out of your comfort zone but it can also produce a new and exciting direction. 

VISIT US.

You can see our pieces at one the following locations. We welcome the opportunity to find out what you, the customer, want from your jewellery.

MARKETS

Kay and Yvonne have moved to Wangi Wangi on the Western side of Lake Macquarie. 

We will  be manning our stall at "Hand Made in the Hunter" markets on Saturday 28 April.

These special markets are held in the grounds of Kevin Sobels Wines on the cnr of Broke Rd and Halls Rd, Pokolbin.  This is a lovely setting and the market specialises in unique items handcrafted by local artisans. Stalls are carefully selected to avoid duplication creating a visual exciting market. And of course you can also sample the wines!  Please check out HAND MADE in the HUNTER's Facebook page if inclement weather is expected - rain or heatwaves. If a market is cancelled the notifications will be posted as soon as the decision is made.

We are proud to have recently become part of the HAN - Hunter Arts Network - and will be participating in some of their events. The first will be the  Art Bazaar Speers Point which is to be held on Sunday 22 April.  

MARKET DATES

Sunday 22 April at Speers Point

Saturday 28 April at Pokolbin (9 am to 3 pm)

STUDIO

My workspace is in Wangi Wangi NSW. You are welcome to contact me to arrange a private viewing. Or phone 0428062902. Particularly useful if you want to match a certain fabric or design or commission a piece although computer images can achieve the same result.

Note that I visit the European markets during June, July and part of August so viewings will not be possible during these times. 

TERRE SAUVAGE IN BELVES, FRANCE

 Belvès is a very pretty medieval town in southwestern France. I always think of it as being in the Dordogne but recently it became part of a new commune, Pays-de- Belvès. The closest city is Bordeau.

  A selection of my jewelry and home decor items reside in this lovely shop. For the  2017 season I designed and made a special range for this shop to complement the Zimbawean handicrafts and art that, with the output of some local artists, dominate the shop's contents. Some of these items are shown in "Whats New" on this site.

For the 2108 season my thoughts tend to installation art incorporating the figurines to be displayed in the new sculpture gallery upstairs.  In July 2017, while laying out the new work we hung the 2016  "brooch" figurines on ropes. The resulting installation sold within days. I was very pleased but unfortunately forgot to atke photos.

Note that this shop opens for "the Season". You can contact them through there facebook page.

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New in March 

There is a nice play of shadows within the white stone. I was prompted to explore this shape by some of Barbara Hepworth's work. (The shape improved a little during removing the distracting background!).

I am excited about the potential to design sculptures in stone or clay including surfaces or inlays of polymer clay. As some artists have included glazes to contrast the stone or wood I want to use polymer clay. During my researching for my sculpture inspiration I was also struck by the knowledge that I have enough skills to design scultural "plinths" for my figurines. 

I have completed my second limestone sculpture - a prototype yin-yang design with an 'embroidered' or 'enamelled' ribbon, wound round the clean smooth river-stone contours. Maybe, rather than Asian, look at it through Celtic influences, bringing up to the subconscious pathways in time and pathways in landscapes.

I have a lot to learn but am rather pleased with the result.

I have been enjoying the "whole" body experience of sculpturing larger pieces so I decided that I was going to make my big beads mini sculptures. These are my first attempts. As neckpieces they are delightful but the results lack sculptural integrity. I want to achieve a sculpture that just happens to be wearable. The bursting beads remind me of an adventure in one of the Narnia books, where, down in the underworld kingdoms living gemstones exist - 'not the dead stones you find near the surface, but rubies growing that you can pluck and squeeze yourself a cupful of juice'. Fun and fantasy!

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