Holly Howe Jewellery from New Zealand

As a life-long wearer of silver jewellery I am always interested in new designers popping up. A recent new comer to the industry is Holly Simpson-Howe of Holly Howe Collections.

Based in Dunedin, Holly's boutique label was launched in 2011.  With a background in product design she has a love for making beautiful and precious objects.  Her designs are unisex, sharp-edged and architectural.  This style of contemporary jewellery ticks the boxes for me.  You can check out the her Facebook page for more info and you can also buy direct from the website NZFD.

Ring of silver

I have spent the last 8 weeks at a fantastic contemporary jewellery course at a place called Workshop 6 based in Kingsland, Auckland.  I've always wanted to learn how to make proper silver jewellery so this course definitely gave me the skills to do this and I came away with something I'm quite proud of.