Karen Thomas is a jewellery designer and maker based in York. She uses traditional jewellery making techniques; mainly working in silver, sometimes in gold. She sells her work in galleries across the UK & Europe.

'I love the process of creating functional, wearable pieces of jewellery, be it constructing a mount for an unusual stone or handcrafting a master and making castings in order to produce ranges that are affordable. My designs are inspired by the world around me, reflecting and utilising natural forms. Other designs echo the geometric forms of the man-made enviroment.'