Tinsel Gallery
Published: 03.05.2025
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Tinsel Gallery is the only contemporary jewellery gallery on the African continent, and we have been proudly showing the work of Southern African artists since 2006. Run by owners Geraldine Fenn and Eric Loubser, who are themselves art jewellery practitioners, Tinsel is committed to growing the audience for contemporary jewellery in the country and beyond.
Gallery hours: Monday to Friday, 9 am to 5 pm, Saturdays by appointment.
Gallery hours: Monday to Friday, 9 am to 5 pm, Saturdays by appointment.
Artist list
Songezo Baleni, Erico Cassar, Birgit Duval, Geraldine Fenn, Joani Groenewald, Verna Jooste, Mariambibi Khan, Eric Loubser, Liz Loubser, Inge Marais, Luché Oberholzer, Rachelle Poon, Nicky Savage, Amy Sinovich, Carine Terreblanche, Samantha Vincent, Hesti Wade, Erika Wessels, Chris de Beer, Karien van Langelaar, Gussie van der Merwe
Events 
Brooch: Colonial Comeuppance III: Crying, 2023
Vintage portrait, diamonds, oxidized silver, glass, glass trade beads, silk thread, steel pin
7 x 5 x 1.5 cm
Photo by: Sarah de Pina
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Necklace: Charming Lady I, 2023
Found object (painted porcelain), glass seed beads, vintage glass trade beads, plastic and metal charms
14 x 9 x 3 cm for pendant
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Brooch: Many Faces, 2023
Silver, resin, glass seed beads, steel pin
11 x 8 x 3 cm
Photo by: Sarah de Pina
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Ring: Contented, 2023
Silver, copper, tiger’s eye, coral beads, lapis, silk thread
4 x 2.5 x 4 cm
Photo by: Eric Loubser
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Neckpiece: Happy, 2023
African walnut wood, mother-of-pearl, ceramic
36 x 17 x 4 cm
Photo by: Eric Loubser
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Neckpiece: Stoical, 2023
African walnut wood, silver, smoky quartz
36 x 13 x 4 cm
Photo by: Eric Loubser
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Ring: Untitled, 2023
Silver, 18ct yellow gold, mother-of-pearl, hessonite garnet, lapis and pearl beads, silk thread
4.5 x 3 x 3 cm
Photo by: Sarah de Pina
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Necklace: Red Patience, 2022
Porcelain, coral beads, stones, silver
3.5 x 6.5 x 2 cm for pendant
Photo by: Carine Terreblanche
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Neckpiece: Red Tape, 2023
Glass seed beads, polyethylene thread
40 x 8 x 3 cm
Photo by: Samantha Vincent
From series: Colours of Bureaucracy
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Neckpiece: Grey Area, 2023
Glass seed beads, polyethylene thread, resin
37 x 14 x 1.5 cm
Photo by: Samantha Vincent
From series: Colours of Bureaucracy
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Ring: Shi, 2019
Copper, sterling silver, fine silver.
5.5 x 5.5 x 2 cm
Photo by: Sarah de Pina
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Estimated price: 465 €
Necklace: Ding Dong Thing, 2019
Copper, thread.
7 x 3 x 2 (excluding chain)
Photo by: Sarah de Pina
From series: Hong Bao
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Estimated price: 370 €
Brooch: Untitled, 2018
Milk bottle plastic, safety pin.
7 x 7 x 1 cm
Photo by: Sarah de Pina
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Estimated price: 140 €
Brooch: 61 Cycles, 2019
Silver, copper, vitreous enamel, glass seed beads, nylon, steel pin.
19 x 4.5 x 1 cm
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Estimated price: 680 €
Brooch: Mini, Regular and Super, 2020
Oxidized silver, felt, glass seed beads, steel pin.
4.5 x 12 x 3 cm (largest)
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Estimated price: 375 €
Brooch: Masking Tribal Longings I, 2020
Silver, wood, resin, plastic.
7 x 5.8 x 2 cm
Photo by: Sarah de Pina
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Estimated price: 760 €
Necklace: Untitled, 2019
Silver, gold-plating, tourmaline beads, cord.
9 x 5 x 1 cm(excluding cord)
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Estimated price: 640 €
Brooch: Untitled, 2019
Oxidized silver, steel pin.
5.5 x 6 x 1 cm
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Estimated price: 290 €
Brooch: First World Problems, 2020
Porcelain shards, wood, platinum pins with pearls, paint, plastic found objects, sterling silver, steel pin.
11 x 10 x 4.5 cm
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Estimated price: 1350 €
Ring: Catier ring, 2020
Silver.
3.5 x 3.5 x 2.7 cm
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Estimated price: 530 €
Necklace: Untitled, 2020
Silver, steel wire, leather.
6 x 4.5 x 4 cm(excluding cord)
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Estimated price: 465 €
Necklace: Untitled, 2020
Silver, copper, leather.
6 x 4.5 x 4.5 cm (excluding cord)
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Estimated price: 560 €
Piece: Save the Amazon, Breathe, 2020
Silver, gold-plating, rubies.
13 x 10 x 2 cm
Photo by: Sarah de Pina
Nosepiece.
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Estimated price: 2470 €
Piece: Presidente Porco Nose Nothing, 2020
Silver, gold-plating, emeralds.
8 x 7 x 1 cm
Photo by: Sarah de Pina
Nosepiece.
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Estimated price: 2270 €
Brooch: Cast in Stone I, 2020
Silver, resin, synthetic coral, soil, steel wire.
10 x 3.5 x 3 cm
Photo by: Sarah de Pina
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Estimated price: 450 €
Piece: Skipping Stones, 2020
Silver, resin, soil, glass.
8.5 x 5 x 3 cm
Photo by: Sarah de Pina
Ring/pendant.
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Estimated price: 270 €
Brooch: Pox, 2019
Oxidized silver, 9ct yellow gold, vintage West African glass trade beads, steel pin.
4.5 x 3.8 x 1 cm
Photo by: Sarah de Pina
From series: Beads for Power
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Estimated price: 850 €
Necklace: Invasion, 2020
Silver, glass seed beads, silk cord.
5 x 3.5 x 0.8 cm (excluding cord)
Photo by: Sarah de Pina
From series: Beads for Power
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Estimated price: 450 €
Earrings: Untitled, 2020
Silver, vitreous enamel.
4 x 3 x 2.5 cm
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Estimated price: 690 €
Pendant: Untitled, 2018
Silver, embroidery cotton, perspex, beads, fine gold.
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Brooch: Untitled, 2008
18ct yellow gold, silver.
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Neckpiece: Feathers in a Fix, 2015
Copper, enamel.
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Brooch: Untitled, 2016
Silver, gold-plating, bone, fire opal, tourmalines, vitreous enamel.
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Earrings: Untitled, 2018
Silver, 9ct yellow gold, enamel paint.
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Earrings: A Monkey’s Wedding, 2018
Silver, 9cy yellow gold, glass, lapis lazuli, sapphire.
1.1 x 0.4 x 4.3 cm
From series: Seven Deadly Seductions
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Earrings: Lust, 2017
Silver, enamel, glass, synthetic coral, aqua.
2.8 x 0.4 x 3.5 cm
From series: Seven Deadly Seductions
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Earrings: Untitled, 2013
Silver, smokey quartz, pearls, coral, onyx, silk thread.
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Brooch: Untitled, 2017
Silver, 9ct yellow gold, sapphire beads, Ethiopian opal beads, silk thread.
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Brooch: Untitled, 2018
Powder-coated EPNS.
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Brooch: Philanderer, 2016
Silver, enamel paint.
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Earrings: Growing, 2018
Silver, 9ct yellow gold, PLA.
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Pendant: Untitled, 2018
Silver, 22ct yellow gold leaf, Greek leather.
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Neckpiece: Untitled, 2014
Plastic, paint, seed beads, steel.
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Neckpiece: Bêre, 2015
Steel, cold enamel, coral, antique glass beads.
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Brooch: Untitled, 2018
Oxidised silver, stainless steel/silver, gold-plating, stainless steel.
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Earrings: Untitled, 2018
Silver, spinel, pearls, plastic.
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