Send Me Your Wish List
I’m Going on a Buying Trip I’ve always wanted to get to the stage of my business where I can offer my clients an even more personalised gemstone buying process. I’ve met all my suppliers, they’re fantastic, genuine, top notch people providing stunning product. Living in New Zealand I usually work with them remotely and ...
Finding that Flow State
Getting into that creative mess that is the design flow on a recent design week away. Flow State Designing a new collection can be a double edged sword….you’ve researched for days, read, watched documentaries and movies and now you’re amped to start putting the words into forms. Then that very blank, very white paper stares ...
Flower Power Pinkies
Orchid Bouquet Pinky It started with an Orchid… I love pinky rings. However I would never have thought that my 10 year anniversary ring, inspired by the orchids I had in my wedding bouquet, would have a) inspired so many flower power commissioned jewels and b) that we would craft it in sapphires, champagne and white ...
The Evolution of an Art Jewel
Evolution of Design and Nature Bit of a serous title there but one that formed the basis of my brief on a recent design week I took myself away to on the coast. This time though, the week wasn’t so much about designing my next collection, as it was to ignite that deep yearning to be creative and bring that momentum ...
A Personal Facet
Fragments of My Life Outside of Jewels and Gems When designing bespoke jewels I ask my clients for an insight into their lives, so I know who I’m designing for. I create a mood board full of images, words and inspirations. No matter how free the brief may be, I like to curate a story with which to inspire ...
If Gems could Talk
Bespoke Natural Green Sapphire and Diamond Ring Their Story Began Over a Billion Years Ago… Gemstones are the story. They are the focal point of the jewel and lay the foundations of the design. They are awe-inspiring, dazzle and mesmerise, quite possibly why I talk to them while designing their setting. So if they could talk, ...
She Whips a Pistol from her Knickers
Bold Elegance with a Twist of the Unique “….One eyelid flickers. She whips a pistol from her knickers…” This ring, Obey, and the collection it’s from, Once Upon a Time, is the most talked about in my studio with visitors. I’m all about storytelling, both through my collections and for bespoke jewels and if I can add ...
Pen to Paper
Receive a touch of Herald in hand The Art of a Letter Writing letters to relatives and thank yous for gifts was instilled into us from a young age. I loved it, my sister didn’t, to the extent that I quite willingly wrote and dictated some of hers. I was the sibling that drew the ...
Ellysia Gems
Ellysia Gems feature on Alice Herald Jewellery Design from Wanaka, New Zealand.
Person to Know: Alice Herald
Creating bespoke jewellery and beautiful collections under her eponymous label, this Wanaka-based jeweller has been garnering attention for her eye-catching designs.