Core roles
Though Alloy have core roles to help keep the wheels turning, we value everyone’s input and we encourage people to contribute what they feel that can from the very beginning - ideas are always welcome!
CHAIr
Nicola Lillie
vice CHAIr & cabinets
Sophie Cunliffe
workshop manager
Izzy Gancarz
Treasurer
TBC
Social media
TBC
cabinets
Rozie Keough
cabinets
Kate Plant
Founder
Mike Gell
graduate 2024
Each year, Alloy select a graduate through an application process. The winning graduate receives reduced membership fee for a year, mentoring, an end of year showcase in our cabinets and funding through the generosity of The Elmley Foundation.
If you are a graduating maker, please contact us if you wish to apply.
georgina rooke-jenkins
Alloy were very impressed with Georgina’s work ethic, dedication to growth and visual aesthetic. Her combination of colour and shape is playful, impactful and technically enjoyable. We saw a lot of talent in Georgina’s degree work, and also knew that we could support her for further growth in her career. We have teamed Georgina up for mentoring with Robert Goldsworthy, as he is a practicing enameler as well as being a member of the guild of enamelers. We are grateful to the Elmley Foundation, who support our graduate schemes with an initial bursary for kit and a secondary bursary for material ahead of their showcase a year on.
Georgina experiments with all the different techniques found within the art of enamelling and throughout her journey, she finds inspiration from her countryside surroundings and photographs anything that is eye-catching and bold, from which she draws out an array of colours for her pallets. She explores two contrasting styles by being inspired by architecture whilst also combining the free-flowing forms found within the sky or nature. Playing around with balance and placement, she achieves this by using the technique of riveting, silver and vitreous enamel. Georgina creates a series of mix and match pin badges that allows viewers and customers to explore their curiosity and favoured colours/forms to layer up each piece creating depth and playfulness using a set of silver pin heads, this encourages wearer engagement and exploration within her work.
