Meet Our Jewellers & Makers
At Olive Rose, you'll discover contemporary jewellery from more than 20 independent British jewellers and makers, personally curated by Emma. From precious metals and gemstones to leather, resin, enamel and textiles, each maker brings something a little different through their use of materials, techniques, colour and craftsmanship.
Discover the makers below, then visit the gallery in Taunton to see their work in person.
Adele Taylor
Sheffield based Jeweller Adele Taylor makes contemporary jewellery and small objects using silver, 18ct gold and precious stones. Practical hand making skills are valued in the creation of her designs and she lets the materials influence and dictate how the pieces of work evolve during production. Recently inspired by the texture and patterns in the vastness of the dramatic volcanic landscape in Iceland and the muted colours of the Icelandic colour pallet she noticed the similarity to the gentle colours which occur in metals and precious stones. Adele’s unique jewellery features simple lines, wrapped wires and mixed metals alongside precious and semi-precious stones. She also creates beautiful objects as well as jewellery.
Cara Tonkin
Cara Tonkin designs elegant and bold jewellery with an Art Deco aesthetic. Fluid interlocking shapes, repeated forms and pattern work together to create jewellery that is tactile and playful to touch, with a focus on refined detail, textures and craftsmanship. The daughter of two artists, Cara grew up surrounded by creativity both at home and in the inspiring city of Brighton.
After training at Central Saint Martins in London and achieving a First-Class Honours degree in Jewellery Design, Cara returned to her hometown to establish her studio, where every piece is handcrafted from carefully sourced materials.
Cath Hill
Inspired by landscapes and seascapes, natural objects and ancient jewellery Cath aims to communicate her response to the world around her. She also wants to evoke a sense of ancestry in something contemporary and wearable. Life events and travels have also influenced her work in recent times. Alongside making she takes photographs of all kinds of things that catch her eye... shapes, textures, patterns, elements of which often present themselves within her jewellery. Cath makes a lot of one-off pieces but items that are the 'same' are also unique. No two pieces are ever exactly the same. She works instinctively using various techniques and processes, vitreous enamels and the versatile effects of the flame. At present, she works from her studio in a grade II listed former cotton mill, built in the mid-19th century 4 miles from her home in Manchester.
Rebecca Halstead
Originally from East Yorkshire, Rebecca Halstead is a graduate of Edinburgh College of Art and worked as a designer for the jewellery industry in London’s Bond Street and Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter. She set up her workshop in Edinburgh in 1991, creating handmade silver jewellery with an emphasis on design and craftsmanship and has exhibited widely in the UK. She also worked for many years as a lecturer in design at Edinburgh College of Art and continues to teach in Edinburgh plus residential courses in the Lake District. Rebecca works mainly in silver, often incorporating 14ct gold filled metal (which is similar to rolled gold). This brings a warmth and subtle contrast to her work. High quality gemstones and pearls are also used to create highlights of colour, and form and her current collection includes beautiful textured surfaces. Each piece is handmade by Rebecca using traditional workshop techniques including riveting, roll printing and stone setting. Her work is highly individual and has an elegant contemporary style - focusing on geometric forms, pattern and movement.
Annabet Wyndham
Annabet came to creating contemporary jewellery after making small functional utensils for eating and drinking. At University and beyond she made tea strainers in aluminium with steel mesh, infusers in silver, slip cast ceramic beakers, spoons and eating tools. She then used the same metal techniques to shape, texture and perforate her jewellery.
When Annabet was reintroduced to Vitreous enamel on a residency in Australia she began experimenting with it to add another texture and colour to her visual language.
Abstract contemporary still life artworks and a love of functional domestic ware have combined to influence the shapes in Annabet's pieces. She uses the textured shaped silver, oxidised surfaces, enamel texture and colour and more recently cut and painted plywood pieces.
She works from a group workshop in Brighton, a city enjoyably positioned between the sea and the South downs.
Hannah Bedford
Hannah Bedford skilfully combines the ancient art of granulation with design innovation for a contemporary signature look. Influenced by organic growth and the ever-changing movement of water, Hannah cultivates new ways to embellish her pieces with delicate droplets of gold. Minute granules may be embedded with exquisite diamond detailing or hidden surfaces covered with delicate granulation. A beautiful secret unbeknown to all but the wearer. Focussed on growing her ethical credentials, Hannah offers Fairtrade and recycled precious metal options as well as certified ethical diamonds and gems. Each piece is meticulously handcrafted in her studio at Cockpit Arts in London, where Hannah also works with clients, to create beautiful bespoke commissions. Hannah lives and works in South London with her partner and two young children.
Justin Duance
Justin began making jewellery in his London bedroom, straight out of University in 2000. Driven by the lack of contemporary jewellery for men and inspired by combining unusual materials with precious metals his range started with wood inlay rings. Justin developed a unique method of sandcasting using local beach sands, which invites customers to be a part of the making process through the collection and choice of their sand for casting. The team has also grown over the years, there are now nine in total working from a small workshop in the woods on the outskirts of Penzance, Cornwall. The team function as a family, each chipping in ideas and contributing where they can. They aim to have as little impact on the environment as possible, as of 2019 they have pledged to use only fairly traded and fully traced diamonds and gemstones. All of their gold is recycled and they promote the upcycling of customers own materials.
Jenifer Wall
Jenifer graduated with a BA Hons in Three Dimensional Crafts from the University of Brighton in 1996 and since then has been making jewellery, lockets, small dishes and containers in precious and occasionally base metals.
Jenifer’s signature features include: a hammered texture, gold granulation, oxidisation and gold or palladium leaf. These features make her work unique and instantly recognisable.
Every piece is hand made in her studio in Hove, East Sussex, and is inspired by the natural world, with the two main sources of inspiration being seeds and seedpods, rocks and stones.
Jacks Turner
Jacks is one of the UK’s top emerging talents in contemporary jewellery design. Having completed a BA Hons in jewellery in the early 90s, she went to work for a top name in the jewellery design industry for eight years before launching her first independent collection. Working primarily in 18ct gold and platinum, Jacks combines conventional goldsmithing and stone setting techniques with the latest in computer-aided design technology to create distinctly modern pieces that compliment both the contemporary and the traditional. Each piece is hand finished and set by Jacks to her exceptionally high standard. Her work is characterised by clean lines, simplicity and elegance and her style has been nationally recognised with awards such as the prestigious “Design Innovation Award” for her work in platinum.
Jenni Wilson
Following an Applied Arts degree, Jenni Wilson Jewellery was founded in late 1999, she quickly established a lively and original brand that appealed to a broad cross section of people.
Jenni spent 8 years based in the Birmingham’s vibrant Jewellery Quarter after which the business moved to Staffordshire. Over the years Jenni’s jewellery has been supplied to over 80 retail outlets and galleries across the UK and abroad, including Liberty London. It has also been shown at a number of retail craft shows including Chelsea Craft Fair, Origin and the Contemporary Craft Fair, Bovey Tracey. Throughout the years, inspiration has come from many aspects of everyday life. The style of Jenni’s work is elegantly wearable with a touch of humour: the original and largest collection was the washing range with smaller collections based on cooking, paper chain people, ransom notes, birds on a wire, dressmaking and mid-century style being added over the years.
Katie Pruden Ceramics
Malvern based ceramicist Katie Pruden takes inspiration from textures and surfaces within the world around her, such as erosion, weathering, geographical and geological change, shape, form, time and decay within nature. In response to these phenomena, she forms her spherical clay vessels by using press-moulding, hand-building and carving techniques. Smoke firing is then used to introduce an unpredictable surface pattern to the ceramic forms. Finally, Katie adds copper leaf to embellish the surface adding warmth and vibrancy to the finished piece. Contrasts feature prominently in Katie’s work: shapes, surfaces, colours, techniques and processes. Spiky and smooth, light and dark, controlled and unpredictable – it is through the tension of these contrasts that she ultimately creates the balance within each piece.
Keeley Traae
Keeley Traae is a maker, product designer and university lecturer based in Staffordshire. This ‘hello beautiful’ collection began in 2020 during the lockdown. Keeley started to explore digital design technology to create her forms which are then 3D printed in her studio. Each design begins with a sketch followed by a digitally crafted 3D file. Keeley is enjoying developing her own aesthetic, inspired by her love for mid-century design blended with classic silhouettes and geometry found in nature. Forms are ribbed, faceted, and fluted, and have tactile surface finishes. The commercially compostable printing materials such as wood filled PLA have their own unique qualities, the striations and marks created by the printer make each piece individual. Colours are chosen to reflect current interior trends and create complementary stories which can grow over time.
Carla Edwards
Carla makes contemporary jewellery from her workshop in Leith, Edinburgh. Inspiration comes from a love of the natural world, pattern, colour and drawing. The small details of plants fascinate Carla and she enjoys translating elements of drawings into wearable jewellery. Pieces are influenced by sketches from her garden, walks in the woods and the famous Royal Botanic Gardens of Edinburgh. Resin has huge range of colour possibilities and the variety of pattern, translucency, form and finish that can be achieved with the material is never ending. Each piece is made my hand with patterns turning out a little different each time, so no two pieces are exactly the same. Techniques used are mould making, casting, filing, carving and polishing resin. Carla graduated from Edinburgh College of Art in 1997 with a BA(Hons) and in 1998 with a PGDip, both in Applied Art and Design, Jewellery and Silversmithing.
Rachel Butlin
Staffordshire based Jeweller Rachel Butlin seeks to challenge the concepts of contemporary jewellery, producing a range of high end, mixed material pieces. She loves to challenge the way in which people perceive a piece, by creating small scale sculpture that can be worn on the body, in a way chosen by the wearer. Carefully considering material combination and placement, her work often explores bespoke materials, evoking curiosity between the piece and the wearer themselves. She gathers materials in a collection, waiting to explore them through combination and placement, in a 3D drawing process. Drawing with materials is an essential part of her practice, with linear forms, featuring strongly alongside geometric shapes and spaces. These ideas and themes are explored through bold strikes of colour and simple lines, bought together to create statement brooches, earrings and necklaces. Pieces are created using enamel, Formica, walnut and acrylic. By stacking, layering and placing components together, she finds different ways of constructing pieces using traditional jewellery techniques such as setting and riveting.
Sophie Harley
Award winning jewellery designer Sophie Harley is celebrated for her exquisitely designed handmade jewellery using only precious metals and stones. She flies the flag for a truly British brand and continues to design, create & manufacture all her pieces in London using traditional techniques. Sophie began to develop her jewellery collections and launched her bespoke design service following her training at The Royal College of Art where she studied for an MA in jewellery design. Over 30 years on she continues to produce a range of unique and contemporary pieces that have created a cult following, including the legendary Algerian Loveknot necklace worn by Eva Green as the captivating Vesper Lynd in Bond movie Casino Royale.
Tania Clarke Hall
Tania Clarke Hall is an award-winning jeweller working in leather. Influenced by her background in chemistry and a love of Japanese design, with its wabi-sabi aesthetic, Tania’s bold and dramatic pieces are designed with a deceptively simple economy of line. She delights in moulding, slashing, and colouring the leather using experimental and innovative techniques that continually push the boundaries of her medium. The result is elegant yet playful jewellery, created to be worn in a variety of ways: twisted, scooped, wrapped or draped on the body. Tania studied at Middlesex University under acclaimed contemporary jeweller and artist Caroline Broadhead, gaining a First Class BA Hons in Jewellery. She continues to work on new collections and bespoke commissions for both private and retail clients from her studio at Cockpit Arts in central London.
Yelland and Barker
Yelland and Barker Jewellery is the creation of established jeweller/designer/silversmith Katharine Yelland and her husband, jewellery designer Andrew Barker. They hand-make contemporary, eye-catching jewellery in their Yorkshire studio, using sustainable, recycled Silver, shaped into exciting forms inspired by their love of nature.
Current design themes are stylised leaves, hand-made using traditional jewellery making techniques including fold-forming, hammering, texturing and forging. Their aim is to create beautiful, elegant, contemporary jewellery which has been made to the highest quality.
Faye Hall
Guided by her collages and embroidered samplers, Faye is interested in finding beautiful solutions to combine materials of different weights, colours and origins through embellishment and placement.
Faye is very curious about the use of embroidery as both a decorative and construction tool within her work and likes to challenge that fine line. Every piece of jewellery is handcrafted in her workshop where she likes to be playful with her material choices and to juxtapose elements that you may not typically put together, such as linoleum and silk, or Formica and gold. Working with found colours along the way only adds to the challenge of combining components that are inherently different in weight, structure and surface into an intriguing object which is tactile and harmonious. Faye also often likes to create pieces using the ‘components’ of her larger works, as she finds it fascinating how they can take their own direction which is separate from the intended purpose.
Claire Lowe
Claire is a mixed media contemporary jeweller based in Exmouth, Devon. She creates her designs from her garden studio. The small space is styled with yellows and greys and offers Claire a sanctuary away from her busy home life with 3 children. Each piece of Jewellery is made by hand from silver wire and sheet and some with the addition of resin. Her resin collection is inspired by the colour mustard yellow and combines yellow resin and oxidised silver alongside grey resin and brushed silver. Her pebble collection has been inspired by Claire’s local beach and is focused on frosted grey beads, matt grey resin and brushed silver adorned with drilled holes and textures. Claire also creates contemporary silver Jewellery designs which sit alongside her other collections. Simple lines and classic shapes combine to create understated everyday pieces of Jewellery.
Anne Morgan
Penarth based Jeweller Anne Morgan creates contemporary, handcrafted silver and gold pieces that celebrate the raw beauty of nature. Drawing inspiration from coastal landscapes—their contrasts, erosion, and organic forms—Anne uses a signature technique called reticulation, where silver is heated with a flame to produce unique, rippled textures that capture a fleeting moment of creation. Each piece reflects a balance between precision and spontaneity, often featuring asymmetrical designs, carefully chosen gemstones, and stunning pearls.
Judith Peterhoff
Making jewellery was a childhood hobby of Judith’s. Rummaging through craft shops in Germany where she grew up. She would search for the most unusual beads, mixing patterns and textures to make wonderfully eclectic earrings and necklaces
Judith studied jewellery design at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design Maastricht (MAFAD) in the Netherlands where she was encouraged to experiment, discovering her love for the curious. After graduating, Judith moved to London where she gained invaluable experience in Hatton Garden, working for some of London’s top jewellers.
She explored, learned and honed her skills as a maker for six years. In 2019 Judith graduated from the business incubator ‘Setting Out’ by the Goldsmiths’ Centre and launched her eponymous jewellery brand – Judith Peterhoff.
The Silver Leopard
Jennifer Crabb of The Silver Leopard draws inspiration from a childhood spent on the Jurassic Coast, where she explored rockpools, turned over stones, and collected ammonites and fragments of pyrite that glittered like buried treasure. Each discovery felt like a private archaeological triumph—a secret shared by the earth.
This sense of wonder continued after she moved to Somerset, where Roman pottery, coins, and mosaics regularly surfaced, reinforcing her fascination with hidden histories and the stories embedded in the landscape.
This connection to discovery underpins The Silver Leopard. After developing her handcrafting skills, she was once asked to create a ring that looked as though it had been unearthed. In that moment, she realised she was drawn not to perfection, but to objects that feel like relics—weathered, storied, and shaped by time.
Her first collection, The Tidal Collection, reflects this vision, inspired by the shoreline where the sea returns objects transformed by tide and time. Each piece is designed to feel like a rediscovery—a fragment from another life. The wearer simply becomes the next keeper of its story.
Jewellery by B
Based in the heart of Somerset, artisan jewellery maker Bridget is particularly known for her love of chunky, oxidised, and raw forms—each piece embodying a tactile, almost primal elegance. Her creations celebrate imperfections, texture, and the organic feel of materials in their most expressive state.
Drawing inspiration from nature and the landscape around her, Bridget’s process begins with the careful selection of ethically sourced, hand-picked stones. These gems are more than just decorative elements—they are the soul of each piece, chosen for their natural beauty and unique markings. Each stone guides the direction of her designs, influencing the flow and shape of the metalwork that surrounds it.
Working predominantly with bronze and sterling silver, Bridget also weaves in subtle touches of gold to add warmth and contrast. These materials are thoughtfully combined using traditional techniques and modern twists, resulting in jewellery.
Chris Hawkins Jewellery
From his studio in Brighton, Chris Hawkins designs and makes original collections, usually based on the lost wax casting process. Each piece of jewellery starts as a fragile piece of wax, until after countless hours of sculpting and refining, it’s finally ready to be cast in silver or gold.
Making jewellery perfectly combines two of his greatest passions, working with his hands and the miniature. His early inspiration came from visiting museums and collections as a child, after which he would always come home and try to recreate what had interested him most. This later led to Chris completing a five-year apprenticeship through the Goldsmiths' Guild in London.
Charlotte Eatock
Concerned by the environmental impact of creating something new, Charlotte Eatock Beach Clean Jewellery, creates beauty and value by repurposing existing materials. Primarily made from ocean plastic washed up on the Devon and Cornish coast and recycled metals, each piece is unique and has a back story… What was once a pair of sunglasses, a razor or fisherman’s float is cleared off the beach and consciously crafted into individual pieces of beauty. Her aim is to challenge our perception of value by using discarded and waste material to make something new, creating preciously simple work with sentiment and meaning without impacting the planet. Charlotte is a proud member of Find a Maker by CRAFT Festival.
Dakota Rae Dust
Bristol based, self confessed textile junkie, Bec LOVES to repurpose secondhand fabrics in her hand and laser cut, colourful statement jewellery. She combines vintage, new and recycled fabrics with bold vinyl prints to create PLAYFUL pieces that are FUN to wear.
While the vinyl backing, decorative prints and any tassels, jewels, cord, surgical steel studs or hooks are NEW, wherever possible Bec has used secondhand textiles in this luxurious statement jewellery.
Fabrics are sourced from charity shops, jumble sales and via donations from fellow makers looking to re home their textile off cuts. Everything is machine washed before being repurposed.
‘Dakota Rae Dust’ textile jewellery is extremely lightweight, meaning even large statement pieces can be worn comfortably with very little care.
Elin Horgan
Inspired by abstract art and architecture, Elin carefully crafts her jewellery by hand from her studio in Bishopston, Bristol. With a design ethos of ‘beauty in simplicity’, she uses geometric shapes and clean lines to give her work a timeless aesthetic.
Style rather than trend led, Elin’s pieces are made from recycled silver in small batches and designed to be treasured forever, not discarded after a couple of seasons. Elin uses 18ct Gold on her plated pieces.
Elin loves to combine both old and new forms of making, mixing CAD and 3D printing with casting and traditional silversmithing techniques to create her unique jewellery designs.
Alex Monroe
Our collection for AW/25 is Water’s Edge, where we take a journey on the waterways of Great Britain, from river to coast. Along the way, we gather flora, encounter wildlife, and discover objects from bygone eras.
Alex and the team were fascinated by the idea of mudlarking and discovering things that had long been abandoned or lost on the foreshore of a river. The charms created for the collection are miniature copies of real items found along the river Thames, such as tokens and old glass bottles. Water’s Edge is both fun and stylish, an exploration of natural habitats, from close to home to far out at sea - and atmospheric travels that take us back in time.
Val Muddyman
Plymouth based jeweller Val Muddyman graduated from Plymouth College of Art in 2017. Her body of work entitled ‘Tidelines’ is inspired by the seaweed she collects from the strandline around Devil’s Point or Wembury Point, near her home. Collecting the seaweed herself has become a key factor for change in her working practices as her environmental awareness has grown. She captures the textures of the organic material, and the resulting jewellery is delicate and beautiful. Val uses recycled silver and her own glass ‘gems’ made by reworking sea glass. Sometimes tiny glass elements escape the casting or wear away in use and this adds to the eroded ‘buried treasure’ look that Val so loves. Val works in seaweed and wax, skillfully carving and constructing before sending items off to be cast or sand-casting in the studio.