Tara Lofhelm is a jewellery designer and maker based in Melbourne, Australia, who is deeply passionate about the handmade contemporary jewellery movement.  

Tara’s jewellery explores the repetition of line, texture and contrast through primitive processes such as stamping and embellishment. Her shapes form as a reaction to the making process; every strike of the hammer ensuring a unique outcome that illustrates the hand of their maker. Constantly shifting and evolving, Tara’s pieces are meticulously crafted and focus on bold design and wearability.  

Inspired by ancient civilisations, Tara aims to modernise time-honoured jewellery techniques and, in doing so, create cultural artefacts that preserve today's definitive moment. Reflecting on archaeological relics and mythological symbols, Tara’s jewellery traverses time and place, drawing on diverse references including mysticism, tribal scarification, paganistic belief systems and cosmology. 

Tara Lofhelm holds a Bachelor of Creative Arts and an Advanced Diploma of Engineering Technology (Jewellery). Working from her Melbourne studio since 2009, she creates commercial ranges, private commissions and exhibition pieces. Tara’s work can be found at select respected galleries and retailers around Australia.