Color and contrast
Unexpected color relationships often become part of a piece’s identity.
Custom jewelry by Shawn Simleness · Established 2015.
The archive
The archive shows how Shawn’s use of color, found objects, symbols, movement, and material relationships has developed across the life of SES Designs.
Explore the archive
The official Facebook and Instagram pages preserve the broadest public record of finished pieces, earlier posts, and current studio activity.
What the archive reveals
Earlier pieces can inspire a new commission without being copied. They show the range of Shawn’s materials, forms, and recurring visual ideas.
Unexpected color relationships often become part of a piece’s identity.
Found objects, stones, keys, beads, and existing materials can bring their own history into the work.
Keys, thresholds, protection, memory, and discovery recur without making any two pieces the same.