Just for Fun: A Year of Curiosity Cabinets
Explore my monthly display of curiosities inspired each month's birthstone - the results of a truly enjoyable photographic and styling challenge I ...
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Discover the Jewellery Zodiac
My challenge for 2022 was #SomeoneSpecialAndTheirSign. Each month I introduced my followers to someone special in my life and the characteristics o...
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How I Created My Hand-Painted Christmas Window
There’s something so magical about peeking into the warm glow of windows at dusk and seeing the sparkle of a Christmas tree. This was the starting ...
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Peak Inside My Jewellery Box: Earrings
Like to see the earrings in my jewellery collection? Some of my greatest friends are other jewellery makers and I’m lucky enough to own some of the...
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Meet the Maker: Textile Artist Natasha Kerr
I first met Natasha Kerr textile artist in 1993 at Cock Pitt Arts where we both had studios. Natasha is a huge jewellery lover and collector and I’...
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Behind the Scenes: Dog Jewellery Commissions
I love animals and have a special soft spot for dogs and have always welcomed canine visitors (and their humans!) to my shop. Over the last year I’...
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A day in the life of ...
Read all about a real day in my life with Rolo, my Airedale, for March's 'Meet the Maker Month'...
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How to Choose and Wear Cufflinks
I’ve always loved the way cufflinks are both practical and decorative. A significant moment in my career was being asked to design and make the off...
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How to Easily Untangle a Knotted Chain or Necklace
Have you ever struggled to de-tangle a chain or necklace? Perhaps you even have a piece of jewellery you don’t wear because its chain is tangled an...
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7 Bespoke Rings and Their Stories
The thing I love the most about creating a bespoke piece of jewellery is the story and meaning behind each unique creation. There doesn’t need to b...
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Big Christmas Window Reveal
I take you behind the scenes of my Tunbridge Wells jewellery shop and atelier in The Pantiles and tell you how I got on in our first Christmas Wind...
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Uneven Ear Piercing or Holes in the Wrong Place
I had my ears pierced when I was 15, using a gun. I just wasn’t happy with the way they looked and it made me think again. If, like me, you have ea...
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Meet the Maker: Artist Ptolemy Mann
I first met artist Ptolemy Mann in the 90’s. She is currently in Copenhagen on a three-month artist residency but before she went Ptolemy agreed to...
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