A love for nature, design and handcraft

Ever since I was a little girl, I have loved to draw, and my favourite things to draw were always things I observed in nature, such as leaves, insects and butterflies.

I have always been fascinated by nature's colours and felt happiest when I spent time outside. As a child, I spent every summer at my grandparents’ home in Sauda, western Norway, and every day I brought my drawing book to my grandmother’s beautiful garden. My whole life I have appreciated time on my own, with my pencils and my book.

My grandmother Judith was very kind and loving, and she lent me her beautiful shoes, makeup, and fine jewellery whenever I wanted to pretend to be a grown-up woman in my girlhood. She inspired my early interest in design and taught me to value good quality that can be used for generations.

By chance and good fortune, I met some very skilled goldsmiths in Spain in 2012, and in December 2013 I finally decided to follow my dream and become a designer. I love seeing how the goldsmiths I work with bring my jewellery designs and drawings to life.

I travelled a lot growing up, and I always had my sketchbook with me in my bag wherever I went. However, even though I loved exploring my creative side, life took me in a different direction, and I studied economics and worked in that field for many years.

Now I find myself in a situation where I can draw frequently, and I still love to sketch things from nature. My favourite winged creature is the dragonfly, and the Spanish word for dragonfly is the beautiful "Libelula". It is so exciting to create a design on paper and, about six to eight weeks later, see it transformed into a beautiful piece of jewellery.

It is very important to me that everything I deliver to my customers is the highest quality, so everything is handmade by the goldsmiths in 14- and 18-carat gold. All the diamonds used in the collections are classified by the American GIA scale. I use GIA EFG diamonds, which correspond to River and Top Wesselton. My hope for the jewellery I design is that it will be everlasting and passed down to future generations.

Camilla