About Prism Jewellery Design

Originally from Newcastle, I studied and met Sally at Central St Martins. We discovered a shared passion for jewellery design which remains just as strong 34 years on. I love feeling inspired to produce new designs. For fun, sailing, and long distance walking offers both pleasure and pain in equal measure and are undertaken as often as possible.

Happy & proud to be in charge of such a lovely bunch of talented, creative & positive people at Prism Design! I love coming up with new ideas, being inspired & designing alongside my husband Barry – just not enough time in the day to make all our ideas a reality! I often wish I could stop time, slip downstairs and just sit at the bench and make something!

I love history, and if I were not crafting jewellery I would be an experimental archaeologist. The whole casting process we use is based on lost wax casting, started over 6,000 years ago, I love keeping ancient skills like this alive. Maybe in my later years, I will get the opportunity to role-play, marching with Caesar or Napoleon!

I have been designing and making jewellery for 18 years. I specialise in designing jewellery based on nature, the sea & my travels. I have been fortunate enough to win 8 jewellery design awards, but my proudest achievement was the ‘Lonmins Design Innovation Award’ in 2006. In my spare time I love travelling, learning about other cultures & walking my dog Apple.

After completing a 5-year apprenticeship as a Goldsmith, I have been working as a jeweller for 36 years, making both traditional & contemporary pieces. I have a relaxing lifestyle and have lived on a canal boat for the last 18 years. I have recently fitted out my new boat, which I now cruise on the Kennet & Avon canal. I love winter travel to long haul destinations.

I studied at the School of Jewellery for 2 years. Upon finishing my course, I travelled to Africa with a friend for a few months, and on my return to my hometown, I started working for Prism. I have been involved in some design work, but really enjoy working at the bench & engraving. In my free time, I love cooking for my friends, going to music festivals & most of all travelling the world.

I love seeing a piece of jewellery created from start to finish & even after 19 years, it’s a rush when you see someone in the street wearing it! Some of my closest friends are my work buddies; Mark made my engagement ring, couldn’t have been more perfect. My dream is to go to Nashville with my fiancé Rik, the kids – Ronnie & Nuala, love the music & cowboy boots!

I grew up in Scotland by the seaside in Dunbar, and I have a Scottish/farmer accent. I am a perfectionist, everything in my life, from my home presentation to my eyelashes!. I started as an apprentice at Prism in September 2011, specialising in setting stones, a skill that you have to have lots of patience & attention to detail for.

I’ve been at Prism for 6 years & I really enjoy the happy, positive & creative atmosphere here. I enjoy spending time with my husband & daughter. In my spare time, I play golf to a reasonable standard & love holidays in Cornwall body boarding & skiing in the French Alps. My weekends are usually spent walking the dog or cycling along the canal towpath.

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