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About

‘Always textured, one-of-a-kind and unconventional.’

I’m Rachel, an independent jeweller and obsessive maker, fuelled by music, myth and caffeine. I design and create textured, one-of-a-kind jewellery from my solar-powered workshop in East Sussex, usually to a soundtrack of wailing prog guitars or electronic music. My work is made for those drawn to unconventional pieces with character and a love of strange and magical things. When I’m not carving wax or gardening, I’m usually seeking out mystical, occult and surreal art, old folklore and looking after my daughter, who has complex medical needs.

After she was born, we spent a long time in hospital, where I was trained by nurses and doctors to help care for her. That experience changed the way I understood my hands. They became practical, careful and capable in a way I had never known before.

Over time, I found myself wanting to use my hands in a different way. Something slower, more creative and more expressive. Jewellery became that place for me. A way to turn instinct and feeling into something physical.

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Two hands with rings and black nail polish, floating against a dark purple background.

Unrepeatable pieces, sculpted in wax and cast in precious metal.

I create bold, colourful handmade pieces with texture, asymmetry and character, shaped by the things I am naturally drawn to: psychedelia, witchy imagery, visionary art, imperfect forms and the natural world. I love to create irregularity, so angular shapes combined with organic ones, unique salt and pepper diamonds, stones with unusual inclusions and cosmic colours are really my bag.

My work is also influenced by the surfaces of Brutalist and Modernist jewellery design. I love pieces that feel talismanic, otherworldly and a little raw.

Wax carving is at the heart of my artistry. It is a slow, hands-on process where each detail is shaped by instinct, patience and feeling. Before a piece ever becomes metal, the wax begins as something like chaos, going through a process of being carved, marked, melted and built up by hand.

Working in wax allows me to create abstract shapes, rough textures and unusual finishes that feel alive rather than perfect. I use a mixture of techniques and tools to form pieces that are bold and organic, ancient-feeling but modern, strange but wearable.

This is what I call “unrepeatable”. Even when a design can be made again, it will never be exactly the same. The marks, textures, irregularities and small shifts in form are part of the piece. They are not flaws, but evidence of the hand that made it. It is important to me that everything I create feels unique, personal and full of character. Each one belongs to the same strange, textured world and no two pieces will ever be completely alike.

Photography is also a part of my practice. I take all the product photographs you see, sometimes with flowers grown in my garden. Choosing and drying the flowers has become a ritual and I use them to complement the texture in the pieces, as a natural backdrop.