About Glasswing
Our Story
Inspired by Nature
Deeply Personal
Lightest Footprint

Our Story

I started Glasswing Jewellery in 2005 having moved back with my young family to my native West Cornwall, one of the most stunning, rugged and remote regions of the UK.

I’ve always been fascinated by metalwork and jewellery so I finally listened to my heart and started to do what I love full time. Using traditional silversmithing techniques with simple hand tools, I began designing and making recycled silver and gold wedding jewellery - first for friends and then for customers worldwide… it soon got busy!

How we work

Creating beautiful jewellery for our customers, often full of meaning with deeply personal stories, is an absolute privilege and joy…

We custom make pieces to order, working with our customers to create a special pieces to their unique specifications. It’s wonderful that so many of our customers have returned to us over many years, allowing us to help them mark the important events in life ~ from engagement and wedding, to the birth of their children, special birthdays and anniversaries.

To a great extent, the way we make jewellery reflects the way we, and our customers, have always lived - striving to leave as light a footprint as is practical in the modern world and with an aversion to over-consumption or unnecessary waste.

Acting responsibly with regards to how we source materials, our approach to workshop processes and sustainable packaging is and always has been, integral to what we do at Glasswing.

Our ethical practice

Who we are

Kate studied 3D design and large-scale metalwork at University, followed by a stint as a blacksmith journey(wo)man.

Olivia and Tom, Kate’s children, more or less grew up on the beach in Cornwall, getting involved in collecting sea glass, and lending a hand in the workshop as they got older.

Now Olivia, a zoology and conservation graduate, still loves designing and creating jewellery part time while working to protect coastal habitats.

Tom, who’s passionate about jewellery and stone cutting, plans to study goldsmithing and join the family business.

In 2016, we relocated from Cornwall to South Devon, to a stone workshop only minutes from Teignmouth harbour. When we can, we make the most of the Devon coast or hiking and camping on Dartmoor.

Most likely one, or all of us, can be found walking our bouncy lurcher Caspar on the local beach, sea glass hunting and inhaling lungfuls of sea air. We never take it for granted - one of the absolute best perks of the job!

Of course we still enjoy sea glass hunting trips back to lovely Cornwall (and further afield!)

About our jewellery

Our jewellery is inspired by nature's organic textures and the materials found along the shoreline and in the coastal landscape around us…

The Glasswing collection includes natural, traceable precious gemstones, recycled, lab-grown and antique diamonds as well as genuine sea glass uniquely shaped by the ocean.

We sort, wash and carefully hand cut the sea glass and then painstakingly set it in precious metals.

Combining polished gemstones and sparkly diamonds with wave-tumbled sea glass contrasts beautifully and enhances its frosted surface and often subtle ocean shades.

Discover our jewellery

AAGE - United States
Hi Kate, Just wanted to say thank you again for such a lovely ring! Happy as clams!
SARAH - Southbourne

Thank you so much for making our amazing rings! We both love them and they mean the world to us.
ILSE - Dorset
Thank you so much for making just the perfect engagement ring! I’ve collected seaglass all my life and couldn’t wish for a more perfect ring ethically and sustainably handmade in the South West.
HAL - Co Derry
I was blown away when I first opened the beautiful wooden box & it was fair to say that Sophie was blown away as well, you really have made the perfect ring & I’m so happy I entrusted you to make it.
ABBIE - New Zealand
Oh my goodness Kate, James proposed yesterday on a beach in Cornwall with this little stunner! For me, the ethical side of jewellery is so very important. Thank you so much!
CHARLIE - Nottinghamshire
Just to say thank you so much for the beautiful ring you made. The craftsmanship is amazing and a lovely message in its creation. My fiancée loves it so much!
DAWN - California
The second pendant arrived today, and it's absolutely PERFECT! It looks fabulous alongside the green glass on the other pendant. I will treasure them both in the years to come.
HARRY - Exeter
Chloe loves the ring, our families love the ring, everyone LOVES the ring! Thank you so much Kate!