Stories are what my business has always been about. Every piece of jewellery we make has a story behind it, sometimes a happy story, sometimes sad, often with a touch of both. The people who visit our shop and the people who reach out in other ways - they all have a story. My team and my collaborating artists have stories, and so do I. As we approach 20 years since I made my first ring, and 10 years since opening my shop, I want to mark these milestones by staring to share some of those stories … [Read more...]
Ben’s bushfire story: a Jewellery Journey – from WW2 beach curio to a modern day family heirloom.
Sometimes making jewellery transcends the sum of its parts, and gives us as much emotional connection to a piece, as it does to our customers. In creating this special piece, I was fortunate to be part of a special transformation involving these operculum shells. Their journey to becoming a personal piece of jewellery began in World War 2, where our clients father had collected the shells and kept them in an old tobacco tin. We were commissioned to design a simple necklace for our … [Read more...]
Marriage Equality & Handmade Jewellery. Love is Love.
Marriage equality effects me personally. I’ve stayed pretty quiet these last few months about this topic because I was afraid of being hurt. My gorgeous fiancé and I had a baby in May and I so badly just wanted to stay in the baby bubble and enjoy that time. I didn’t want to watch the rainbow community being attacked and I didn’t want to see the inevitable damage. Despite shielding myself I still witnessed people within our own community attacking each other and my heart broke a little. There is … [Read more...]
Long awaited jewellery website for Shannon Cornish
It's been five years in the making... Finally after 5 long years I am very excited to announce that we finally have a website! This project has been on the to-do-list for a very long time, and with the support of if: the guildhouse interest free loan service and Baker Marketing it is finally a reality. After a rocky start to the year with the Sampson Flat Bushfires we had our annual SALA exhibition. Then Josh completed his formal training, and we finished the … [Read more...]