Every collection begins with a feeling before it becomes a form. The Sunbeam collection began with light.
Specifically, the light in East Sussex on a clear morning, the way it breaks through and scatters, the way it catches on water and turns ordinary surfaces into something luminous. I've watched that light from my studio window more times than I can count, and for a long time I simply enjoyed it. Then I started wondering if I could make it.
The Inspiration: Sun Rays, Light, and Hope
The Sunbeam collection is about radiance, not the blinding kind, but the gentle, spreading kind. The kind that arrives after a difficult stretch of weather and reminds you that warmth returns. There's something beautifully hopeful about sunlight. It doesn't announce itself; it simply appears and changes everything.
I wanted to make jewellery that carried that quality. Pieces that catch the light and give it back in small, unexpected ways. Pieces that feel warm to wear, not just visually but emotionally, like carrying a small reminder that things brighten.
The radiating lines of the sun became the collection's central motif: lines that spread outward from a centre point, suggesting energy, warmth, and possibility. It's a symbol that appears across cultures and centuries, and I think that's because it speaks to something universal in us.
The Technique: Granulation
To bring the Sunbeam collection to life, I turned to granulation, one of the oldest and most technically demanding techniques in jewellery making.
The granulation technique I use, involves soldering tiny spheres of metal (granules) onto a silver surface. The granules are created by melting small pieces of metal until they form perfect spheres through surface tension. They're then arranged by hand and soldered in place. It is a slow process, which takes considerable patience.
The result is a surface that catches light in a completely different way to polished or hammered metal. Each tiny sphere acts as a miniature mirror, scattering light in multiple directions at once. When you move a granulated piece in the light, it seems almost to shimmer from within.
It's a technique with roots in ancient Etruscan and Greek jewellery, pieces made thousands of years ago that still astonish goldsmiths today. I find something deeply satisfying about using it in contemporary work: a thread of continuity between makers across millennia.
Why It Resonates
I've been moved by the response to the Sunbeam collection. Customers often tell me they chose a piece because of how it made them feel, hopeful, warm, like wearing something that means something.
Several people have bought Sunbeam pieces to mark moments of transition or renewal: a new chapter after a hard year, a gift to someone who needed a reminder of brighter days ahead. I didn't design the collection with those stories in mind, but I'm not surprised by them. That's what the light in it is for.
I work in sterling silver and gold vermeil, both of which respond beautifully to granulation. The silver pieces have a cooler, more contemporary feel; the gold vermeil pieces are warmer and more classical. Both catch the light in the same extraordinary way.
Explore the Collection
If the Sunbeam collection speaks to you, I'd love for you to explore it. Each piece is made to order or in very small batches, so you're never getting something mass-produced. You're getting something made with intention, by hand, in a studio where the morning light comes in just right.