We wanted to introduce you to jewelry designer Annie Hammer who creates bold, focused pieces, by mixing shapes and textures to create what a fellow artist has called "fierce elegance".  Crenulated beads ride on a smooth crescent of silver to encircle a wrist. Thick ropes of silver mesh meet in a jangle of pink pearls, tourmalines and sliding rings. A heavy brushed silver chain takes an unexpected turn to finish with a faceted amethyst.

For Hammer, it's a simple, inborn way of looking at the world - who envisions things in sculptural form and then makes it into jewelry. While her roots may be in surrealism, these days Hammer finds inspiration in everyday objects - in shapes, in shoes, in the middle of the night.

Her newest Spring/summer 2012 Collection, which you can see here bit.ly/anniehammer, includes the following materials:

• Druzy

• Crystal Points

• Wood

• Feathers

• Leather

• Mother of Pearl

• Boar's Tusk

• Bone

• Semi Precious Stones

• Sting Ray