Diana started by training as a teacher, and went on to work in theatre and arts administration, as well as setting up a small scale theatre and community arts centre in Bristol, and running Birmingham Women's Festival. Diana then went to college to do a 3 year full time degree course in Jewellery and Silversmithing. Diana says “I loved the way that working with metal centred and concentrated my mind; I learnt about design and form and my teachers pushed me to develop my design ideas, which I now thank them for. I loved the History of Art part of the course and became passionate about investigating the history of the involvement by women in the arts and crafts.”
  
  Diana’s jewellery is chunky and androgynous; it has an intrinsic integrity in both design and finish. Her creative inspiration comes from personal and political beliefs, expressed through words which form a major feature of the work. These are used as decoration in combinations of gold on matt silver, acid etched for contrast of finishes and tactile qualities.
  We chose Diana’s ‘And on’ range by popular demand, and of course, because it exceeds our standards demanding high quality workmanship and design.