ALYSHA ALEXANDROFF-APPLETON, B.DES, IS AN AWARD-WINNING GRADUATE OF THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN UNIVERSITY (OCADU, 2012), IN JEWELLERY AND METALSMITHING. SHE HAS A BACKGROUND AND INTEREST IN GRAPHIC DESIGN, PAINTING, PHOTOGRAPHY AND HOLOGRAPHY. SHE OPENED RAWSPACE - A JEWELLERY STUDIO, SHOWROOM AND SHOPPE IN TORONTO, CANADA, IN 2015.
ALYSHA'S WORK HAS APPEARED IN A NUMBER OF PUBLICATIONS, BOTH LOCALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY, AND SHE HAS BEEN FEATURED IN MANY GALLERIES, EXHIBITIONS AND SHOWS IN TORONTO, CANADA.
ALYSHA'S DESIGNS HAVE ADORNED CANADIAN TALENT ON (AND OFF) RED CARPET EVENTS AT THE TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (TIFF), AND SHE WAS ONE OF 20 DESIGNERS SELECTED TO PRESENT AT TORONTO WORLD MASTERCARD FASHION WEEK (TFIPBB). ALYSHA'S JEWELLERY HAS BEEN SEEN ON CELEBRITIES LIKE VICTORIA JUSTICE AND LUPITA NYONG'O (ON THE COVER OF RHAPSODY MAGAZINE).
EACH PIECE OF ALYSHAALEX JEWELLERY IS DESIGNED AND CREATED BY ALYSHA in her studio, WITH DEDICATION AND METICULOUS ATTENTION TO DETAIL. Alysha often spends her days in the jewellery district, intimately working with a small (but mighty) talented team, that help HER bring her pieces to FRUITION.
ALYSHAALEX JEWELLERY IS UNIQUE, INNOVATIVE AND TIMELESS. CREATED BY HAND, PIECE BY PIECE, WITH LOVE AND INTENTION.
RAW + REFINED.
STATEMENT + FINE JEWELLERY.
ARTIST STATEMENT
“MY INSPIRATION COMES FROM CONNECTIONS WITH SPECIAL PEOPLE THAT HAVE TOUCHED MY LIFE AND MY HEART, PLACES THAT HAVE INTRIGUED ME IN MY TRAVELS, AND THINGS THAT HAVE CAUGHT MY EYE IN NATURE AND THE WORLD AROUND ME.
MY BACKGROUND IN GRAPHIC DESIGN HAS INFLUENCED THE VISION AND ULTIMATELY THE FORM AND FLOW OF MANY OF MY PIECES. MY WORK IS EXPRESSED IN CLEAN, SIMPLE LINES, ENHANCED WITH ORGANIC DETAILS AND TEXTURE.
MY INTENTION IS TO CREATE A BOLD STATEMENT IN EVERY ONE OF MY PIECES THAT RESONATES WITH THE WEARER, AND ELICITS A SENSE OF CONFIDENCE, COMFORT AND CHARM.”