GAHANAA: A Wilde-Smith Collection

A collaborative jewellery project with Danniella Wilde of Wilde Flower. Individual sterling silver pieces based on the coral of the Maldives, raising money for marine life.

As seen in the Colour Factory, Crafts Study Centre and Shop Creative UK.

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The summer of 2018, I was very fortunate to spend two weeks on the beautiful island of Kanifushi in the Maldives. It was a breath-taking scene of sand, sea and sun, and I could not deny having a wonderful time but one thing that really struck, and shocked me was the amount of dead coral washing up on the beaches each day.

From the safety of home, we don’t see how our actions, our daily habits affect the world. When you’re sat on an island that has a time limit on its habitability, surrounded by an ecosystem that’s slowly being destroyed, you can’t help but feel the need to do something about it.

Despite the negative thoughts that initially occurred to me, as a maker, I couldn’t help but be fascinated by the millions of curious shapes that were swept up on the shore every morning. So I enlisted the help of a very talented maker and course-mate, Danniella Wilde, who was equally fascinated and excited about the potential of this project. We used these shapes to create a [currently] small collection of sterling silver jewellery.

We thought this would be a really good way to expand our knowledge in working with silver and a few techniques within it. We have also recently finished our final year of university, so hopefully this will provide a little financial support to us.

However, for us, it was most important to recognise, and pay forward the pure kindness and generosity that the wonderful Maldivian people showed me. We’re donating £5 of each sale to charities supporting marine life.