Simon was born and educated in London, England, where he received formal training in Jewelry and Silversmithing. He has over 20 years experience working in different areas of the Jewelry trade, as well as running a successful bespoke jewelry business, he has designed fashion jewelry for many of the UKs leading fashion designers and worked for Garrard the Crown Jewelrs.

This collection of jewelry is the result of over 12 years work creating jewelry inspired by ancient Tibetan Buddhist culture.

For many years now Simon has been the personal jeweler to the renowned Tibetan Buddhist master, Sogyal Rinpoche, author of The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying. He has created many precious, sacred objects for him as well as many other Tibetan Buddhist masters, including Tsoknyi Rinpoche, Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Lodi Gyari Rinpoche and Orgyen Tobgyal Rinpoche.

Simon is also involved with creating new ornaments and artwork at Lerab Ling, France.