The Family Tree collection

The Family Tree collection is inspired by long walks in the Phoenix Park with my toddler, collecting special sticks, stones, leaves, nuts, acorns and treasures that catch the eye when you’re close to the ground. It reminds me to notice the special in the ordinary, to unearth new adventures in old haunts, to capture fun every day.

 The Wych Elm (Irish: leamhán sléibhe, Latin: ulmus glabra) is Ireland’s only native elm; its leaf embodies our rare connection to our home soil and to each other.

The first piece in the Family Tree collection is the "Yummy Leaf" sterling silver stud earring. I designed these earrings in Autumn, when the trees were shedding their leaves and everywhere was coloured golden and orange and burnt reds. Having hardly worn earrings since the birth of my first child, I decided to treat myself to a pair. The first time I wore them, my two-year old son noticed straight away. "Mummy have a new leaf" he told me. "Leaf is...” searching for the word... “yummy." And so the Yummy Leaf stud earring was born.