I grew up in the old City of London, near St Paul's, where I studied Jewellery & Silversmithing. ​After college I went to work with Garrard, The Crown Jewellers. In 1990 I set up my first workshop in London's Soho, designing and making my own designer jewellery for fashion stores in London, New York and Tokyo. I also worked as a fashion jewellery designer for clients such as Paul Smith, Vivienne Westwood etc.

In 1996 I moved out of central London to a new workshop on Eel Pie Island on the River Thames. Then one night, shortly after moving in, a fire destroyed the entire workshop and all my work. It was during the rebuilding process that I was introduced to Tibetan Buddhism, I started going to a meditation class, where I first met my teacher.

I soon began to receive requests to repair old Buddhist jewelry and then gradually to create new custom pieces. A collection of jewelry inspired by Buddhist symbols slowly appeared.

For over twenty years I received advice and support from my teacher who helped to improve and refine my work. My teacher asked me to make a "Gau" or traditional Tibetan Buddhist amulet, to contain precious relics. It took over ten years to create a Gau that was deemed acceptable.

In 2007, I went to live at a Buddhist retreat centre in France to take part in a traditional three year retreat, where later I established a workshop making Buddhist jewelry and also restoring sacred ritual artefacts from the Himalayan region.

Over the last 25 years I have sold my jewellery at Buddhist centres around the world, in the US, Australia. Europe and Asia.

The timeless beauty and profound wisdom of the Buddhist tradition infuses all aspects of my work. My hope is that in some small way these precious jewels will inspire, uplift and reconnect those who wear and see them with their own innate qualities of wisdom and compassion.

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