Brenda Roy is an international award-winning designer whose work appears in galleries across the country as well as in television and film. A graduate of the Jewellery and Metals program at Georgian College in Barrie, she now works out of a studio in Alliston, Ontario. She was a recipient of a Diamonds International Award in 1992 and is a member of The Society of Jewellery Historians.

"The concept of "tradition and innovation" perfectly describes my approach to the design process. I am very drawn to images and objects from the past and much of my work is inspired by Celtic and Medieval art, but the historical artifacts are only a starting point. In my Lewis Chessmen series you can clearly see how the original objects have been transformed to their most basic geometry - what emerges are contemporary pieces that hold echoes of the past."