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About Simone Walsh Jewellery

For over 25 years, Australian jewellery designer Simone Walsh has combined silver, gold and gemstones to create a delicate and delightful collection of unique Australian jewellery. If you love Australian jewellers, then you'll definitely want to know more about us, so read on ...

We're a small, independent and family-run Australian jewellery brand which was founded by Australian jeweller and designer Simone Walsh. We're based near the ocean on the Fleurieu Peninsula not far from Adelaide in South Australia.

We create unique jewellery designs which are sold exclusively through our online store and delivered to happy customers around Australia and the world.

Keep reading to learn about our story, our values, how our jewellery is made and what you'll love about our unique and handmade jewellery designs.

Simone Walsh, Australian Jewellery Designer

Our story ...

In the beginning

Our story starts with Simone, who has always been drawn towards unique and beautiful things.

As a teenager she wrote a letter to a dear friend saying that all she wanted to do was live in the countryside and make jewellery.

Jewellery making

A small jewellery business begins

1993

Simone saw an unusual piece of handmade jewellery and was intrigued by how it was made. She picked up some pliers, wire and glass to figure it out. Soon after she began making very simple designs and selling them at markets in Adelaide, South Australia: the very beginnings of Simone Walsh Jewellery.

Handmade silver jewellery

Becoming a jewellery designer

1994

Simone decided to learn how to make more complex jewellery with precious metals. She ditched her job in the music industry and began studying full time: Visual Arts with a Jewellery Major at a technical college in South Australia, where Simone was awarded Most Outstanding Jewellery Student.

Silversmith art

More education & art making

1998

After a stint living in Europe, Simone began a Bachelor of Visual Arts with a Jewellery Major at the University of Sydney in Australia. She started making and exhibiting artworks.

Simone graduated in 2000 and continued to make jewellery part time while working full time in marketing and web design for a non-profit.

An online jewellery store

2006

Simone took a gamble on a new online marketplace called Etsy. She was doubtful that customers would buy jewellery online, but proved herself wrong when she sold her first piece within a few hours. She quickly built a busy little side hustle with customers around the world.

Being disillusioned with Etsy she opened her own online store at simonewalsh.com not long after.

Independent Australian jewellery

A growing jewellery brand

2009

Finally Simone was able to start running her business full time: something she had been working towards for years. Yay!

She was spending huge amounts of time in her workshop to keep up with demand, while also packing and shipping orders at a frantic pace as the business continued to grow.

Australian designer jewellery

Growing pains & changes

2014

Having returned to South Australia and partnering with her now husband, the business experienced growing pains: Simone couldn't possibly work any harder to keep up with demand.

We decided to partner with an ethically run artisan workshop to make components to our designs. While Simone still hand works, finishes and assembles our jewellery (and still makes designs from scratch), this change has revolutionised our business and made it much more sustainable.

Australian jewellery brands

An Australian jewellery brand

Today

We are very proud to be running a thriving independent Australian jewellery brand with lovely customers around the world. It's been a long journey, but Simone still loves designing jewellery, learning new skills and bringing joy to her customers.

Decades after writing that letter to her friend, Simone now lives in the countryside, where she makes jewellery in silver, gold and gems.

Australian Designer Jewellery

We create unique jewellery in silver, gold & gems - and we've been doing it for over 25 years