I believe I am one of many to enjoy collecting seashells washed up on the beach. The array of colours, shapes, textures and sizes they come in is just extraordinary. They are treasures lining the seashore like a necklace around the ocean.

I have collected quite a few shells over the years, mostly from NZ, but also from Australia where there are tens of thousands of different species of shells.

The shells that I have been particularly fond of have had moulds taken of them.  Each mould is numbered and stored at the company where it is made.  After the moulding process has occurred, I can order which ever shell I want in either gold or silver.

Sometimes I turn the shells into elaborate pieces of jewellery, other times they are simple earrings or rings.

Below is a collection of jewellery I have made with castings of shells.