Sometimes a creative journey starts with an actual journey. For Claire it started when she travelled from her home in London half way round the world to China for a new experience and adventure.
Claire lived in Kunming, capital city of Yunnan province in SW China. While sourcing materials for jewellery she was drawn to red sea bamboo roses and freshwater pearls in vast jewellery markets in South China.
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Living in London, Claire continued her creative journey, working from the fabulous
Flux Studios in Vanguard Court, Camberwell.
She explored ways to set pearl and sea bamboo flowers using techniques learned from top silversmiths in Camberwell, Hatton Garden and Johnny Rocket's gallery in Greenwich.
The first collections became the Yunnan, Rose and Butterfly Spring Collections.
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In 2016 Claire left London and returned to her hometown of Belfast where she set up her own studio in the peaceful surroundings of the North Down countryside in Northern Ireland.
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Finding new inspiration in Belfast, she is refining and merging her themes of sculpted organic forms with a subtle fusion of cultures and techniques learned from living in London and China.
Each piece of jewellery is handmade in Claire's studio.
