Irish designer Jewellery

As a respite from yesterday’s bargain binging, I dropped into the Irish Design Shop on Bow Lane (opposite the entrance to Stephen’s Green shopping centre car park). I was chatting to the ladies there and they told me they had just put up their jewellery lightbox. It’s small but perfectly formed from an old ammo crate with a frosted glass top, very classic / contemporary.

But it was the jewellery, by Laura Caffrey, on top of the box that really caught my eye, especially this bracelet. It’s hand made (apparently it took quite a while) from 17 different segments that are hinged together. It’s a beautiful, statement piece.

Whenever I think of hand-made jewellery I always think of school fetes and beading. Well, I think with this bracelet, Laura Caffrey certainly told me, for which I am very grateful. Maybe if I wasn’t so spendthrift with my bargain binges,  I would be able to invest in such gorgeous pieces…