This client asked me to create a Christmas themed necklace for his sister and her 16 year old daughter (his niece). The actual Christmas detail to be of my choosing. Rather than go with Father Christmas, Snowmen or Reindeer I thought that taking three of the traditional winter / Christmas foliage decorations would be a little different. I drew my…
A string of white pearls hand knotted to silk with a sterling silver clasp, and vintage sterling silver heart. The heart is worn on the clasp, but is supplied with a removable bail so that the necklace can also be worn with the heart dropped from the pearls
Sterling silver pea-pod pendant. Peas in the pod represent the clients birthday (Topaz), husbands birthday (Citrine) and the month of their wedding (sapphire). Complimenting earrings complete the set.
On 12 Nov 2017 I received a commission enquiry for a pendant that needed to be completed and delivered by the 16 December 2017. The brief for this commission was: A sterling silver wire wrapped pendant using 2/3 pieces about 3inches long and possibly 1-1.5 inches wide. A piece of rough but not druzy Amethyst was a key element A…
The Beca bracelet was developed when I was commissioned to make a special birthday gift for the daughter of this client. The choice of whether it was a necklace or bracelet to be mine. The client and I exchanged some messages from which we agreed a budget and I learnt that his daughter was a childrens swimming instructor, and also…
After that first class in working with silver clay I returned home to Sussex simply buzzing with excitement. I couldn’t wait to make my first purchase of tools and of course clay. The order arrived and I was off and running, working in the dining room, not ideal but…. I made pendants and earrings my first set pictured below I…
The Journey into jewellery making continued. At that time my confidence was still very low and I didn’t handle large groups well. The appeal of this workshop was that the class size was 5 and there were 3 spaces left. I thought it would be ideal if I and my two sisters could take those spaces. As it turned out only…
This is the story of how the jewellery making journey began. It has been a difficult task deciding where to start the narration of how I came to be making jewellery. I’d spent a long time working in an office, with some really fabulous times and others very far from good. After 14 months or so of being unfit for work…
Welcome to my news area of for the website and studio. If you have made it this far I have to say a big thank you for your interest in my web-site and jewellery. Here I would like to share what is happening in and around the studio. The intention is that I will share information about pieces I am…
The story of how The Katie Dragonfly Necklace was developed. I had posted some pictures of hair vines on social media and was contacted by a lady who wanted to know if it was possible to make a necklace in the same style. Having undergone a heart transplant Katie wanted something that would disguise, not hide, the scars on her…
