Sonah Chaudhry
I’m a self-taught jeweller working with recycled precious metals to explore how craft can hold personal and cultural history. My work is shaped by research into materials, memory and belonging, creating pieces that are thoughtful, slow and rooted in narrative. Through my virtual studio you’ll see my tools, tests, prototypes and sketchbooks that reveal how ideas and stories become wearable objects.
Behind the Scenes
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About My Practice
My work explores how jewellery can hold personal and cultural history. I’m particularly interested in heritage, migration and the ways identity is carried through objects. I use recycled precious metals and slow, research-led making to develop pieces that reflect lived experience rather than trends. Right now, I’m moving away from fast production and into more thoughtful development, using sketching, testing and writing to shape ideas before they become wearable work.
Tools & Materials
I work from a small caravan studio in Moffat, using tools I’ve collected while teaching myself jewellery making. For years I’ve worked mainly in sterling silver as a bench jeweller, rolling my own sheet and wire in-house. I’m now beginning to explore gold more centrally in my practice, with a growing interest in its histories, ethics and cultural meaning.
Examples of work
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