“Accessories by Clova Rae-Smith, one of the most popular grill designers on Instagram, draw attention with daring shapes.”
“Clova Rae-Smith… intensely artistic grill designs have become some of Instagram’s most wanted”
“(One of) the most sought after jewelers ... shaking things up and crafting pieces that boggle the mind”
“One of London’s best grillz”
Clova Rae-Smith
Clova Rae-Smith is a British jewellery designer based in New York City, a graduate of Central Saint Martins where she studied Jewellery Design (BA). Clova graduated as one of DAZED “UAL Graduates to Watch For” and has quickly become one of the most sought after jewellers in the grillz industry.
A designer blending the worlds of fine art, fashion, and jewellery creating wearable art. Specializing in grillz, Clova challenges conventional notions of adornment, transforming them into statements of identity. The recognition of her work by publications such as VOGUE and ROLLING STONE speaks to its unique place within the field of contemporary jewellery.
Clova has worked with clients such as:
Beyoncé Renaissance Tour - Clova made 9 sets of grillz gifted by Beyoncé to the musicians and dancers on the tour.
Jorja Smith, Bladee, Heaven by Marc Jacobs, Omah Lay, Bree Runway, Nico Tortorella, Alexis Stone, VTSS, LSDXOXO, Jawaraw and Bozoma Saint John.
Collaborations
Pinterest
For the ‘Goddess Complex' Trend Predicts page Pinterest commissioned Clova and gifted 7 winners 14ct gold grillz, including air transportation to London and New York for the prize.
Fenty x Puma
Grillz made inspired by the ‘Avanti’ Sneaker for its release.
Events
Hosted a jewellery making workshop at the Victoria and Albert Museum for the launch of the exhibition Fashioning Mascilinities sponsored by Gucci and Tiktok with Culted.
FLEA POP UP with Hypebeast and Squarespace
Jorja Smith’s grillz were displayed at her Flying or Falling pop up album launch.
As seen in…
COVERS
BLADEE x Heaven by Marc Jacobs Grillz
Press and Interviews
i-D : How I made the Marc Jacobs Heaven grillz for Bladee
ROLLING STONE print interview
Rolling stone July/August 2022 print issue
VOGUE Ukraine print interview
Vogue MAN UA FW 2021/2022 (Vogue MAN UA осень-зима 2021/2022)
Dazed
Provocative new artworks and architecture: the UAL grads to watch out for
Vogue Italia
Latent Space
The Face - Interview
’Open wide! A new dawn for grillz'
ELLE UK - Interview
'The Women Elevating Grillz to Fine Art'
Dazed Beauty - Interview
'Baring their teeth: 5 Oral art designers getting up in your grill'
CULTED
CLOVA RAE-SMITH: MEET THE DESIGNER BEHIND THE HOTTEST GRILLZ
THE TEETH-JEWELLERS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT
French Fries Magazine - Interview
‘Even the smallest piece can change your mood!", Clova Rae-Smith goes political launching a teeth jewellery line with an intriguing conceptual approach’
Vice - Interview
'I Have 100 Orders' - Grillz Are The Latest Lockdown Craze
Coeval - Interview
Clova Rae-Smith
Outpump
’La wave dei grillz è tornata’
PRINTEMPS Magazine
‘Up and coming beauty trends’
CHECK-OUT Magazine
’Fashioning your fangs: Why the world is accessorising our incisors’
The Jewellery Edit
The Jewellery Edit article on Swarovski competition