A Visit to Alex Monroe
Our roving documentary team (we know them as Sim and Amy) went to the studio in Bermondsey to see the master at work.
Alex Monroe
Making pasta with fashion editors; making jam with influencers; starting a regenerative farming project in Suffolk; working as a charity trustee; sketching boat chains at the Martime Museum in Greenwich and spending time at his work bench: such is the working week of Alex Monroe, founder of the eponymous English jewellery brand. We met Alex in his studio, surrounded by archive boxes, sketchbooks, plants, field guides for native birds, vintage tins and the tools of his very hands on trade.
Alex Monroe in his workshop
Alex's jeweller's hammer that inspired the Pastimes collection
Alex's house in miniature
Alex's jeweller's saw that inspired the Pastimes collection
Pastimes
Alex, known for his delicate, nature inspired jewellery, was brought up in rural Suffolk, surrounded by wildlife, rivers and forests. This natural environment continues to be a rich source of inspiration for him. But for AW24 he moves a little closer to his London base with a collection drawn from the hobbies and interests of the team who surround him. Following from his previous Votives collection and drawing from a very early necklace he made of his own hammer and saw tools, Pastimes celebrates the gardeners, photographers, puzzlers, philatelists et al.
‘It started with me making my jeweller’s
saw and hammer’
Pastimes
Alex, known for his delicate, nature inspired jewellery, was brought up in rural Suffolk, surrounded by wildlife, rivers and forests. This natural environment continues to be a rich source of inspiration for him. But for AW24 he moves a little closer to his London base with a collection drawn from the hobbies and interests of the team who surround him. Following from his previous Votives collection and drawing from a very early necklace he made of his own hammer and saw tools, Pastimes celebrates the gardeners, photographers, puzzlers, philatelists et al.
‘It started with me making my jeweller’s saw and hammer’
The Team
Meet some of the team whose interests inspired the work.
