Ruby Taglight

B 1993, London, UK. Based in London, UK

Ruby is a British jeweller and metal artist. Ruby trained as a fine artist at the Glasgow School of Art with a BA in Painting and Printmaking, 2016. She then achieved a graduate gemologist diploma from the Gemological Institute of America, 2017. Ruby has completed short courses in jewellery at The London Jewellery School and Alchima Contemporary Jewellery School in Florence.

Ruby's practice blends ornament and function, using lost wax casting to reinterpret stories through a feminine-queer lens. Drawing from mythology, superstition, medieval literature, and the Renaissance, the work explores the boundary of over-embellishment.

The process is crucial. The deliberate act of casting wax into metal - quite literally - solidifies narratives, inviting interaction with each painstaking detail to reveal the story. Through use of the object, these stories are celebrated and brought to the forefront of the viewers experience.

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