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Handmade Gemstone Rings: Embracing Colour This Spring

Handmade Gemstone Rings: Embracing Colour This Spring

A thoughtful look at handmade gemstone rings, colour and identity—bringing hidden stones to life this spring, inspired by Frida Kahlo.

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Gold with a Hidden Past

Gold with a Hidden Past

Explore how the Brink’s-Mat gold heist shaped modern jewellery and why every gold piece may carry a hidden fragment of history
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Carrying Stories not Stuff

Carrying Stories not Stuff

My family story from wartime Shanghai reminds us that possessions can be lost, but the love and memories they hold, remain
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Smugglers and Secrets

Smugglers and Secrets

Discover the secretive past of Norfolk’s coastline and how it inspired Claire’s handmade coastal jewellery – with beach bangles launching 22nd July.
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The Magic of a Beach

The Magic of a Beach

A nostalgic summer story of sandcastles, flapjacks, and the magic of coastal jewellery inspired by Holkham and the wild beaches of Scotland.
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The Quiet Strength of the Limpet

The Quiet Strength of the Limpet

Discover the story behind this piece of coastal jewellery – a silver limpet shell cast from Hunstanton beach, symbolising strength and home.
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Craft Matters: Why Birmingham’s New Title — and the Red List — Should Make Us All Pause

Craft Matters: Why Birmingham’s New Title — and the Red List — Should Make Us All Pause

Craft connects us to history, heritage and handmade joy — discover why it matters more than ever in 2025.
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Gold Leaf, Norfolk Inspired

Gold Leaf, Norfolk Inspired

Inspired by Norfolk’s golden light, Claire shares how the ancient Keum Boo technique brings warmth and glow to her handmade silver jewellery.
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You Are Here - Always Holkham

You Are Here - Always Holkham

Inspired by Holkham Beach, this handmade silver necklace marks the moments and places that stay with us.
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Buried Treasure and New Traditions

Buried Treasure and New Traditions

A story of buried treasure, missing rings, and the meaning behind men’s jewellery — introducing the Holdfast Cufflinks from North by East.
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Jean Després – The Modern Maker Who Flew Before He Forged

Jean Després – The Modern Maker Who Flew Before He Forged

Discover how Jean Després, a French modernist jeweller inspired by aviation, helped shape my new men’s collection, North by East.
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Strength By Design

Strength By Design

A closer look at the strength behind handmade jewellery—from solid silver and traditional craftswomanship to personal resilience and new designs.
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The Garden Path that Loops Back Round

The Garden Path that Loops Back Round

A spring walk through Norfolk’s winding woods led to laughter, a lost path, and two blooming bleeding hearts rooted in friendship—and on the doorstep.
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The Bay Tree Egg

The Bay Tree Egg

A singing bird, hidden in a jewelled tree… Discover the story behind Fabergé’s Bay Tree Egg and how it inspires my garden-inspired jewellery.
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Milestones & Memories

Milestones & Memories

Mark life’s big moments with handmade jewellery that tells a story—sweet sixteens, 21st keys, golden birthdays, and lasting love.
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A Norfolk Woman Worth Knowing

A Norfolk Woman Worth Knowing

Inspired by Norfolk’s Connie Adam—codebreaker, fencer, and trailblazer—and the quiet superpowers of mums, makers, and women who shape our stories
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