Monthly Archives: December 2014

2014 – the year in pictures.

Once again, as much for myself as for anybody else still reading, here is a quick review of the year in pictures: January 2014 Bocas del Toro, Panama February 2014 Bocas del Toro, Panama March 2014 UK April 2014 UK / Bocas del Toro, Panama May 2014 Texas, USA June 2014 Texas, USA July 2014 […]

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Professional westerners

Just last week we received a very unusual offer. Could we be professional jewellery designers for an hour?!! A very upmarket Chinese jewellery company wanted a couple of western faces to front their launch of a new range of diamond jewellery. Apparently they wanted to pretend they had western designers to give them more international […]

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China is AMAZING

Did I say that before? China is AMAZING. Forget any preconceived notions of this being a poor, backward, oppressed communist country. The city of Shenzhen is a thriving metropolis filled with a vibrant energy. It is fast becoming one of the most important cities in China as many of the bigger manufacturing businesses move here. […]

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Welcome to China

China is AMAZING – I can’t really think of any better word to express our experiences of the past couple of weeks. We left England just two weeks ago, but the UK already seems like a lifetime away. We have done so much and progressed well here in such a short time. Yet we still […]

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