Take one part silver nuggets, one part roaring flame and what results is a lifelong obsession. It all started with that single crucible of shimmering, glowing metal. In 2010, armed with a fine arts degree and no clue about my next move I signed up for a part time jewellery course for no real reason at all. Twenty minutes in and I was filling out the paperwork to study jewellery design and manufacture full time.

This impulsiveness was completely out of character, and looking back, an even clearer sign that I had found, quite by accident, the craft I wanted to spend my life perfecting. Now for the problem; I am and always have been a passionate advocate for sustainability and grew up around and later was involved with amazing NGOs working towards social and environmental justice. I had seen first-hand what unchecked mining does to communities and landscapes and here I was about to embark on a career in one of the most fraught industries in the world. Ummm….

It seemed that the only way to bring my passion for sustainability and my newly discovered obsession with the craft of jewellery making together was to forge my own path. And so, I took the leap and started making jewellery using silver recycled from photographic waste in the unused half of my grandparent’s garage. Since those early days we have grown into a small team of passionate hands and the rest of our story is years of hard work, late night research and serendipitous connections.