About the Artist

Nicole is a jewellery designer-maker based in the picturesque city of Cambridge, UK.

Having been initially self-taught in her jewellery making, after discovering the jewellery supplies aisle of a craft shop, brimming with brightly coloured beads, Nicole has spent the past five years educating herself in the art of beadweaving. She loves the intricacy and delicacy of this technique; how a few handfuls of tiny glass beads can be stitched into wearable pieces of beaded art. Earlier this year, she attended a beadweaving masterclass with the renowned beadwork artist, Laura McCabe.

Nicole has recently become interested in the use of precious metals in jewellery making and has begun learning the traditional techniques of hand-piercing, soldering and texturing metal, with the ambition of creating a range of jewellery which brings together both her love of beadwork and precious metalwork. She has attended classes at both the Vannetta Seecharran School of Jewellery and the London Jewellery School.