When I was about 8 years old, an auntie gave me a lovely old rhinestone brooch. When I was old enough, I began to collect vintage bits and pieces, and one day found a huge bag of broken jewellery in a thrift shop. since then I've been collecting up vintage bits and pieces and making what's now called assemblage jewellery. Each piece is handmade and uses wherever possible all vintage parts. (Earrings have all new earwires for health reasons.)