Comments on: Carolyn Tyler Jewelry

By: jagmala

jagmala — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 11:20:42 +0000

It is a very unique collection of jewelry. The interesting thing to note is the inspirations that Tyler’s used to conceptualize the various designs.

By: Charlotte

Charlotte — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 10:17:26 +0000

I love Carolyn Tylers designs and she uses local craftsmen. I love so many different types of jewellery from John S Brana’s organic, nature inspired designs in copper and aluminium to more traditional pieces in gold and silver.

By: rodica

rodica — Thu, 13 May 2010 17:36:06 +0000

I like these beautiful jewelries, interesting design and so “fresh”.

By: Prachi

Prachi — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:27:30 +0000

Such beautiful jewelry! And for a good cause at the same time. Thank you for sharing this and so much more!

By: Sarah Kirby

Sarah Kirby — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:47:47 +0000

I really like this website it has helped me so much with my art course this year. I currently need to research two jewellery designers to write essays on. For my contemperary designer, I have chosen Carolyn Tyler- I find her work so inspiring and would really like to know more. If you know of any websites which have useful information about her biography I would really appreciate the links. I’m struggling to find exact dates and her life background. much appreciated

By: Jewelry Blogger

Jewelry Blogger — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 08:58:02 +0000

Hi Carolyn, thank you for your correction

By: Carolyn Tyler

Carolyn Tyler — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 23:59:18 +0000

Thank you very much for featuring my work on your wonderful website. I really appreciate the thoughtful and complimentary writing, but I need to make a couple of corrections if I may. I live in Bali, Indonesia, which is in Southeast Asia in the Indian Ocean, and a very long way from the South Pacific (10 hours by plane). The movie, “South Pacific”, with it’s famous song “Bali Hai” was set in Polynesia (probably filmed in Tahiti), and this has produced a lot of confusion. Indonesia is the largest Islamic country in the world and the archipelago of 18,000+ islands spans 3,500 miles below Singapore and above Australia. The culture on Bali is Hindu and the people are considered Asian. Second, I design all the jewelry, but I do not do the hand-fabricating myself. The very fine embellishment with tiny gold spheres is called granulation, and it is done with the utmost skill by my goldsmiths, who are Balinese craftsmen that are descended from Royal Court artisans of ancient Javanese Hindu-Buddhist kingdoms. They adhere the tiny granules of gold without solder – just using a sticky vegetable gum infused with copper powder, and then applying a large, slow flame to create a melting point at which the two surfaces of the gold ball and the plate fuse together. They use the same technique and similar tools as the ancient Egyptians, who first invented the technique, did 5,000 years ago.

Again, thank you for choosing to feature me on your website. If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to contact me.

Best,
Carolyn