Katherine Barber Jewellery

Jewellery to curate your own look helping you channel the attitude and energy to face the day

Where it all began...

Katherine made her first piece of jewellery age 12 when her best friend, Sara, got her ears pierced. By unwinding a pipe cleaner and using the wire with some beads from a sewing box, she created her first pair of earrings!

A love affair with beads began. Collecting them from far and wide. She loved the miniature works of art that had come from foreign lands and transported her from sleepy North Devon to exciting places. The collection grew and soon there were too many to keep. Katherine started making jewellery to sell at school before progressing on to do a degree in Jewellery Design.

Having accumulated over 14 years' experience of designing for brands and suppliers Katherine became disillusioned with mass production processes overseas. She felt detached from the pieces that she had so lovingly designed, but then arrive in large volumes, sometimes broken and poorly made.

Katherine returned to her first love of using her hands to create things, dusted off her beloved jewellery tools and set about creating Katherine Barber Jewellery.