Alice Fry is a designer, jeweler, and silversmith based in Sheffield, England. She is one of two makers in the United Kingdom specializing in the use of niobium, a refractory metal, which allows her to add vibrant, iridescent colors to her pieces through the technique of anodizing. Fry celebrates the chaotic beauty of crystal and mineral formations through sculptural metalwork. Her inspiration comes from early childhood memories of exploring the Blue John caves in Derbyshire, where she later sketched their mineral specimens, and from visiting institutions such as the Natural History Museum, London, where she photographs and sketches the mineral collection. She sculpts contrasting crystal shapes and sparkling rough rocks using the ancient techniques of chasing and repoussé.
