Where flat becomes form

I'm drawn to the way nature folds. Rock strata pressed and buckled into mountain ranges over millennia. A line that curves back on itself until it becomes a surface, and a surface that becomes a form. That movement — from flat plane to complex three-dimensional shape — is at the heart of both my design and my process, since goldsmithing is, in its own way, an act of folding: shaping flat sheet and wire into something with volume, structure, and movement.

Inspired by nature

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Every piece starts in the workshop, shaped by hand. Depending on the design, that might mean working the metal directly, or carving an original in a material better suited to capturing fine detail, then casting it using traditional lost-wax methods — one-offs and small batches alike are made this way, piece by piece, never mass-produced. The process is chosen to suit the piece, not the other way around.

Crafted by hand

A close-up view of a small fossilized fish preserved inside a translucent, elongated gemstone, with a pair of small pliers nearby on a white surface.
Pair of earrings with pink gemstones and gold accents displayed in a black jewelry box.

All of my work is made here in the UK, using as high a percentage of recycled precious metal as I can source. Offcuts and filings from the workshop are recycled back into future pieces, so very little is wasted. Sustainability, to me, isn't a marketing line — it's a making practice: less waste, less distance, materials given a second life.

Focus on sustainability

Each range explores a different kind of natural contradiction — movement held still, liquid made solid, a flat plane folded into volume. What they share is a fascination with capturing a moment that shouldn't be possible to hold:

  • Rockfall — the fracture and fold of stone under pressure, rock strata caught mid-collapse

  • Cascade — water finding its path, folding and doubling back on itself

  • Molten — the contradiction of liquid form fixed in solid metal, caught at the instant it stopped

Translated into wearable form, these become pieces designed to be worn close and lived in — personal, expressive, and built to last, not just to look good in a photograph. Each range can be personalised, so your piece is made for you.

Ranges for every style

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Meet the team

Kate Hosking — Designer & Goldsmith
Every piece is designed and made by hand in the workshop, from initial concept through to the finished piece.

Stuart Hosking — Lapidary
The larger hero stones in each piece are cut by hand, bringing years of lapidary skill to the details that catch the light.

Noelene Hosking — Gemmologist
Every stone is chosen and assessed with a gemmologist's eye, so quality and character are considered from the very start.

James Hoare — Photographer
The images across this site and my Instagram are shot by James, capturing the pieces as they're meant to be seen and worn.

Kate Hosking Jewellery is a small, close-knit operation — including, quite literally, family.