About Ted & Tallulah

 

The Ted & Tallulah Story

Elaine is the maker and founder behind Ted & Tallulah and as a young child she would run around draped in her mother's necklaces, collected from travels around the world, instinctively stacking three or four chunky pieces at once, long before layering became a trend. As an adult her eye shifted towards interiors and gardening, and a deep appreciation for natural balance and flow in everything around her began to take shape.

Like so many, life became chaotic. Her ever-changing path grew harder to navigate and, gradually, her sense of identity, her sense of herself and her creativity began to slip away, until the day a chance two-hour silver clay class at a festival changed everything. From that moment of spontaneous fun, she was hooked. She continued with her full time job as a legal advocate while building Ted & Tallulah in the evenings and at weekends. Making jewellery gave her back her voice, her creativity and herself.

That transformation is at the heart of everything she makes. Elaine creates jewellery for women who are not afraid to start again and who are ready to say I'm here. She wants every woman who wears her pieces to feel visible, grounded and to be unapologetically themselves.

Inspiration comes from many places, a love of language and the way words carry meaning. She finds magic in nature and in the sea where she finds quiet rhythm and where nature moves entirely on its own terms.

Her process is rooted in tradition, and she is passionate about keeping these skills alive. There is something deeply satisfying in coaxing something beautiful from a piece of metal through the raw, physical acts of sawing, hammering and chasing. She works with wax carving to cast pieces in gold or silver, and occasionally casts directly from shells and natural objects, honouring the organic and the unpredictable. She loves the flow of molten metal. the way it follows its own path with limited control and the resulting molten jewellery.

Transparency and honest conversation sit at the core of Elaine's values. She makes jewellery to be lived in, to be the keeper of your secrets and the symbol of memories. She wants her pieces to stand the test of time and to one day become heirlooms.

                                                   

I heard someone say 'tune into what you feel' and that is my aim with Ted & Tallulah

Elaine 

 

                                       

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