Starting her business from her basement in 2005, Rachael Herne is a fantastic goldsmith and jeweller from Lancaster with over 25 years experience at the bench. Her business is now based at the historic Glassworks building in Lancaster and she specialises in heirloom rework and bespoke commissions, as well as jewellery that’s on sale in many galleries across the UK.

Rachael also offers many different courses in jewellery making, and has been teaching all levels of jewellery making for over 15 years to people of all ages and abilities. She is able to offer training in the very basics to more specialist techniques such as mount making, stone setting, casting and wax modelling. She runs bespoke lessons as well as small group workshops across Lancashire and Cumbria.

Her work is influenced by the play of line and form found in nature and architecture and she enjoys exploring the drama of mixed materials, textures, and surface treatments in her work. She uses these influences to create pieces that are contemporary and will stand the test of time.