From Steve Cox’s twenty plus years in the jewelry industry, he approaches art jewelry from the standpoint that even though it is art, it is jewelry and needs to meet the demands of being worn.
Steve’s undaunted passion for the whole process in the creation of a piece raises his work above those who use commercial parts or findings. All pieces start as raw material. Melted down (alloyed if necessary), poured into ingots, forged and rolled into sheets. Some are drawn into wire (all chains are made from wire produced in his studio), some hammered, fused etc. He remains fluid enough to recognize those fortunate mistakes, unexpected texture or a pleasing curve that makes the final outcome more of a creative relationship between himself, the metal and the stone.
Steve’s undaunted passion for the whole process in the creation of a piece raises his work above those who use commercial parts or findings. All pieces start as raw material. Melted down (alloyed if necessary), poured into ingots, forged and rolled into sheets. Some are drawn into wire (all chains are made from wire produced in his studio), some hammered, fused etc. He remains fluid enough to recognize those fortunate mistakes, unexpected texture or a pleasing curve that makes the final outcome more of a creative relationship between himself, the metal and the stone.
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