It has been a long, long time since my last post. Hello again.
I started out on my journey into designing and making jewellery so many years ago, and I can still remember how great it felt to finally cut, shape and solder my first ring. Watching something beautiful emerge from plain sheets of metal was so rewarding. I was mesmerised as I concentrated on that flame to heat the metal just the right amount to melt the solder.
Fast forward seven years, and I’ve been in and out of making. My living circumstances have changed a few times, and in some cases I’ve had to leave my tools in storage for a few years. I always, always miss the freedom to practice and create when that happens.
Right now, I’m living in Sydney, Australia (and have been for the past two years). My tools and bench are all at home in storage, and I’m trying to find some time to hire a bench for a day so I can set a beautiful Australian opal I recently bought.
I made two goals this year: firstly, to create an online jewellery business here that focuses on handcrafted, unusual designs, and secondly, to learn how to design something in CAD and get it 3D printed, cast and finished.
Three weeks ago, after months of hard work, I finally launched my jewellery store, Magpiette. It features 3 carefully curated collections with designs from 15 different independent jewellery designers. Each collection is organised by style - whether you wear minimal jewellery, or are drawn to geometric shapes, or like nature-inspired designs - and I’ve chosen the most unique pieces from each designer to offer an extremely curated set of choices.
I find places like Etsy too overwhelming with options and not a lot of consistency in quality, so I wanted to build something that was the opposite - no clicking through multiple pages, consistently high quality, yet all still handcrafted. We ship worldwide and offer a free personal shopper service too.
www.magpiette.com
I’d love any advice, feedback, or support - either through just a visit to the website or a follow on instagram - as I try and build this store up. My hope is that soon I’ll be able to use the store to launch my own designs… but one step at a time. :)
