Vera Poetica jewellery is made slowly, inspired by the intricacies of tiny things and the simplicity of nature — seeds, windswept sand, stringybark and dew drops — and by ancient stories and celebrations. From the metalworking cultures of my Celtic, Viking and Pictish ancestors, whose sensibilities around form, ornament and the enduring value of handmade objects feel as alive today as they ever were, to the mythic skies of Greek astronomy, the wild imagination of a child, and the fleeting extravagance of a flower in full bloom