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Tamara Gervasio was born and trained in Italy, five years as a sculptor at the Institute of Art and two years specialising in jewellery and as a wax carver in Rome.

Now based in England since 1998, she creates her own exclusive collections as well as working with clients to create their own unique pieces of jewellery.

Since her arrival she has been working as a freelance wax carver for several designers and from 1999 until December 2002 she was a House Designer for RPM (Refined Precious Metals Ltd) and the owner of M!A Gallery where she was working as a Gallery Manager and House Designer. Then she decided to become independent and creates her own jewellery collections. She also has been working with the designer of Paul Smith and the designer of Vivienne Westwood.

From September 2003 she became the proprietor of Mia Gallery, working as a wax carver, with one-off commission work and teaching the technique of wax carving. She collaborates also with other designers to bring their own work into the MIA Gallery.

In July 2004 she decide to go back in Italy to expand her collection over there. Still working with her clients from London and try to find new way to became an international jeweller and wax carver. Bought a shop in Rome will be soon open bring in a strange apparel.

Her work is based upon the principles of repeated regular and irregular patterns, which include several contrasting shapes, from natural organic shapes such as wood grain to the undulating surface of water.

Her speciality is wax carving influenced by her early study in modelling clay. All her pieces are hand carved out of a block of wax using specialised craft instruments allowing for exacting detail.

Her fluid and sensuous jewellery is made from silver, 18 ct yellow and white gold combined with diamonds and precious and semi-precious stones.

She has developed a variety of collections such as  “the Sea Collection”, “the Organic Collection”, and “the Abyss Collection” all concerned with different aspects of nature.

Tamara’s work is constantly evolving, adding to her collection new elements of design, which give it a wider appeal, breaking away from Italian traditional classical jewellery into a more cosmopolitan innovative translation of contemporary Jewellery.

Her work has appeared on Italian television and specialised trade fairs and exhibitions.

In England her work was exhibited at the Goldsmith’s Craft and Design Council (1998 and 2002), at the M!A Gallery in Hatton Wall, Coffee, Cake and Kink in Covent Garden, The Hays Gallery in London Bridge and she has appeared in trade magazines, such as J-dex magazine and Portfolio book.

In Japan she appeared in an art magazine and in Florida in a jewellery gallery.

 Tamara Gervasio

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