MY STORY

Hello there and welcome!  I'm Helen.  I live on Waiheke Island, Auckland in New Zealand.  I'm a handmade jeweller, a mother to two creative and lively girls, a wife to a surfer, a personal trainer, and a lover of making many things, especially jewellery.

My passion for making jewellery began when my youngest daughter turned three years old and I took a weekly jewellery making class. Those Thursdays became a blessed day in which I was able to immerse myself in creative bliss; learning entirely new skills, working with my hands and unravelling the mysteries of metal-smithing.

From the moment I soldered my first copper ring I felt like I had come home.

My workshop, and creative sanctuary is at the bottom of my garden. Often frequented by my lazy cat LaLa, it is a place where time slips by unnoticed and where the beautiful native birdsong is punctuated by my own much less singsong creative noises of hammering, sawing and drilling.

For me, making jewellery is squeezed in between making school lunches, coaching kids netball, ferrying my girls to dance classes. It is a few sublime and precious hours in a week just for me.

MY PROCESS

I love flowers. I love bugs. I love leaves. I love all creatures.

I love textures. I love movement. I love shapes and angles and I adore molten metal.

I create all my pieces from the ground up: a sheet of silver or gold, a length of precious wire or simply a leaf or an acorn hat.

I'm addicted to the sheer magnificence of molten metal as it becomes a glorious glowing liquid creature that is pure magic and beauty to behold.

I try to make everything with conscious thought and care. I am careful to be as ethical as possible when choosing my materials and with my waste. I recycle everything I can. It is hugely important to me to use recyclable, recycled or sustainable packaging.



I truly hope you love the piece you choose for yourself or a lucky loved one, as much as I have loved making it.

I am always available to answer any questions or to hear any comments you may have.

Please feel welcome to get in touch

Love Helen x