OK. I’ve been spending a while thinking about the advice I would give rapt and interested would-be jewellery designers should they ask for it… Blogs seem to be for stuff like this so here we go. If you want to be a jewellery designer, here is a by no means exhaustive list of tips. …
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Things I did before I was 37. Hello. This might look at first glance to be one of those “swim with mountains and climb a dolphin” sort of list. It isn’t. Don’t worry. It isn’t one of those lists for two reasons. 1 – I find them bossy, impossible to emulate and slanted to…
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I am really happy to be bringing back these earrings as a part of my new core collection. The first two people I showed the new pieces to asked me why – Why did I include 2 little silver cats….? Well people are either dog people or cat people, I guess – and the studs…
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Over the last couple of days, I have put together a collection of a few of the press cuttings I have about hb. I started thinking about the people I have chosen to deal with. And why the majority are stand up comedians. I have been a fan of live stand up comedy since the…
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The story behind the Peacock bangle. spot the difference – the first Peacock bangle from 2006 and the new version available HERE. As with a lot of pieces, this started off as a competition entry. I had designed leaves and flowers at this point. Designing a peacock feather without colour felt like a strange thing…
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The Jewellery Story introduction. It’s fairly common to read a jeweller’s blog and see something about there being a story behind every piece. Surely sometimes though there are pieces you make to see if you can, just to get the stuff out of your head and into 3D? No… apparently there are stories. Lots…
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