Sophie Saunders delicate, playful and meticulously crafted jewellery designs are borne from her life and experiences. Sophie had spent a decade of her career working for the genetic engineering laboratory as a technician subsequently changing her occupation to study Jewellery making and it was during this journey that she met our very own Julian Stephens who taught her Jewellery Design.

Sophie Saunders now applies her knowledge of Science and craft to construct intricate and complex formations of precious gemstone beads, masterfully hand strung on silver wire, linking this construction and design process to the fundamental structure of DNA. Likening beads and wire to molecules and bonds, Saunders visualises molecules filling space when she threads beads on to wire.  Applying an obsessive attention to detail Sophie designs jewellery with both chirality (asymmetry as termed for scientific purposes) and symmetry: juxtaposing the exact science of construction with the uniqueness of the stones.

Sophie Saunders is highly selective with her choice of materials, using only hand selected precious beads and thoughtfully pairing them with gold, white gold, silver or platinum metals.