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Talk through your ideas, the jewellery you love and any existing stones or precious metals you would like Wendy to consider.
A TILDA & TROVE FEATURED MAKER
Wendy Penrose
Jewellery.
Treasured memories.
Beautifully reimagined.
A much-loved gemstone. Gold with a family story. For Wendy, these can be the beginning of something new: organic, flowing jewellery, made around the person who will wear it.
Discover Wendy’s bespoke work Explore her full collection- THE MAKER
- Wendy Penrose
- THE STUDIO
- Shiplake, near Henley-on-Thames
- HER SIGNATURE
- Organic forms & flowing asymmetry
- HER SPECIALITY
- Bespoke jewellery & remodelling
MEET WENDY
A feeling for nature.
An eye for the individual.
Wendy’s route to the jeweller’s bench began with a change of direction. After a career in corporate marketing, she retrained as a jeweller, building a creative business around family life. Today, her garden workshop near Henley is the setting for personal commissions and conversations about the meaning a piece of jewellery can hold.
Her background in biology and art comes through in her approach to shape. Waves, worn stone and the irregular structures of the natural world suggest curves and textures, rather than neat symmetry. That sculptural language connects her bespoke work with the signature designs she returns to.
An award-winning goldsmith with more than twenty years’ experience, Wendy designs and handcrafts her jewellery herself, working closely with each customer.
Wendy works exclusively with recycled precious metals.
Read Wendy’s own storyBESPOKE JEWELLERY & REMODELLING
Your story.
A new chapter in gold.
Much of Wendy’s work now centres on bespoke commissions, particularly reworking customers’ own gold and gemstones into her signature flowing, asymmetric designs.
Keep the connection. Change the piece.
Jewellery can be deeply loved without being worn. An inherited ring might feel unlike you; a treasured stone might be waiting for the right setting. Wendy explores how those familiar materials could become something that feels at home on your hand or around your neck.
You might commission an entirely new design, adapt one of her existing pieces or begin with jewellery you already own. The conversation starts with you: what matters about the original, what you enjoy wearing and what you would like the new piece to become.
Discuss a bespoke piece with Wendy Explore her jewellery remodellingFROM CONVERSATION TO CREATION
Made with you in mind.
Explore the possibilities
Sketches develop into colour illustrations as you refine the design together. Where helpful, a mock-up lets you try the shape and feel.
Let the making begin
Once the design is agreed, Wendy crafts the finished piece in her Oxfordshire workshop. Materials, price and timing are discussed directly with her.
INSIDE THE GARDEN WORKSHOP
A quiet place
to make something personal.
Wendy works from a garden studio in Shiplake, surrounded by the natural details that inform her jewellery. Customers can visit by appointment to see work taking shape, explore materials and take part in the design conversation.
Alongside her own practice, she has supported the local creative community through the Henley Arts Trail, helping people discover the artists and makers on their doorstep.
Arrange a studio visit with WendyTHREE DESIGNS TO GET TO KNOW
Wendy’s signature,
in waves, rock and shoreline finds.
Chosen by Wendy, these pieces offer a closer look at the forms and details that run through her work.
THE MOVEMENT OF WATER
High Tide Diamond Eternity Ring
A ribbon-like rhythm of 18ct gold and diamonds recalls light on the water. Made to measure, High Tide can be discussed with different gemstone combinations or stones you already own.
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THE CHARACTER OF ROCK
Diamond Fissure Rift Ring
The cracks in Cornish slate become an open seam through white and yellow gold, with a diamond set into the frame. The Fissure design offers scope to explore texture and the use of your own stones.
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TREASURES FROM THE SHORE
Beachcomber Necklace
Freshwater coin pearls, pale aqua sea glass and uneven silver loops gather like finds from a beach walk. Gold vermeil accents add warmth to this statement piece from Wendy’s Beachcomber range.
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Jewellery by Wendy Penrose
Discover 73 designs, from sea glass and silver to sculptural gold and diamonds.
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BEGIN WITH A CONVERSATION
What would you love to wear?
Take your idea, your memories or a piece you would like to reimagine directly to Wendy.
Enquire about a commissionExplore Wendy’s coastal jewellery story
Original feature by Tilda & Trove. Photography courtesy of Wendy Penrose Jewellery.