In 2014 I went on a road trip of over 2,000 miles round Arizona with my daughter, it was so wonderful, and so free! We hadn't booked any motels, and just a road map that we pointed at for our next destination to drive to.

We stopped at a place called Sedona, I loved it there. When we chatted with the locals, we were told we should climb Bell Rock, as the sun rises, or as the sun sets, and sit quietly up there with a question. My question was 'help me find something to do that is creative again', I had been into fashion and design/theatrical costumes many years before, so presumed I would find something with textiles.

Well, for the next four days, I was bombarded with silversmiths/jewellers wanting to show me how they changed their lives around and became a silversmith, how they loved what they did, and so would I, wanting to show me their workshops etc!

When I got back home to London, I booked in to a one day jewellery making class......the rest is history