Jessica McCormack.
Photo: Casey Moore
The Collectors: Jessica McCormack
The jewelry designer fills her multiple showrooms with fantastical artworks and collectible design which inform her show-stopping bijoux
McCormack's collection of art and design includes a Haas Brothers table and Basil Beattie's 1979 canvas Lodestar. Photo: Adam Duke
When you step inside Jessica McCormack’s boutique within a 19th-century townhouse in London, the first thing you notice is the Haas Brothers’ Joshua tree–inspired light, which stretches to the ceiling. “I originally commissioned a lamp, and it grew into a tree,” says the jewelry designer. The acquisition led to a friendship with the Los Angeles artists, and they have since collaborated on two jewelry collections, including a recent limited edition series that plays off the duo’s oversize snail sculptures.
Artful gems: In McCormack’s world, art and jewelry are intertwined. Artworks often influence her designs, such as the gold-and-diamond On the Rocks, which was sparked by late British modernist sculptor Barbara Hepworth.
Artworks often influences her designs. Photo: Adam Duke
For McCormack, art and jewelry are intertwined. Photo: Adam Duke
“I love taking art and objects out of their normal habitat and putting them next to something that doesn’t necessarily marry”
Jessica McCormack
Mix master: When she moved into the location a decade ago, McCormack created an immersive atmosphere filled with an eclectic assortment of historic and contemporary pieces, ethnographic works, curios, and, of course, beautiful jewels. “I love taking art and objects out of their normal habitat and putting them next to something that doesn’t necessarily marry but looks good together,” says the designer, who opened a second London store, on Sloane Street, earlier this year that is also flush with artworks and antiques, with an outpost on New York’s Madison Avenue planned for spring.
A version of this article first appeared in print in our 2024 Late Fall Issue under the headline “The Collectors.” Subscribe to the magazine.
Cover: Jessica McCormack.
Photo: Casey Moore
