My Story

Becoming an artist 

A black and white photo of a 5 year old girl with messy hair smiling at the camera, standing outside near a brick wall and a decorative iron gate.

As a child I loved all things creative. I was awarded an art scholarship at my school and went on to get an art foundation diploma at the Bristol School of Art, UK, experimenting with everything from sculpture to textiles and fine art. I was awarded the most outstanding student in my year.

I then studied Illustration at Univeristy of the West of England, graduating with a first class honors.

In my second year of uni, I spent 5 months at the Universitat de Barcelona, Spain, carving stone and wood, making masks and puppets and specializing in stone sculpture.

That foundation in sculpture influenced the tiny sculptures I make in gold today.

Imogen aged 5 outside her home, Devon, UK

A woman in a blue jumpsuit is smiling and wearing safety glasses in a stone sculpture workshop with other people working on similar projects.

Imogen carving a large garlic sculpture out of stone in Barcelona, Spain

After graduating in 2015 I worked all kinds of creative jobs, from hand painted photo booths at weddings to set design and scenic painting at music festivals.

A woman with a yellow safety vest crouches on the ground painting a panel during construction work outdoors, with scaffolding and other workers in the background under partly cloudy sky.

Imogen scenic painting for Boomtown festival, UK

I used the opportunities of artist residencies as ways to explore the world while deepening my creative practice.

Finding Jewelry

Imogen sat in a traditional Indian water well with lots of staircases inbuilt into the walls.

Imogen in India where she first
learnt how to make jewelry

While I was on a self-directed artist residency, painting in the Himalayas in India, I found a jewelry studio offering a three hour class to make a ring.

I'd always been drawn to jewelry but had never tried it, so I signed up and got the bug.

My teachers became like my Indian brothers. I changed my travel plans and stayed in that tiny town for three months, sitting on the floor up to 12 hours a day learning to silversmith.

A variety of silver rings featuring green stones and tribal inspired detailing on a hand with a silver and turquoise bangle in front of a turquoise metal background

Imogen’s first jewelry collection

I returned to the UK in 2018 with my first collection and launched my business called ‘I. C. Jewellery’.

Losing Jono

A couple taking a selfie in a mirror of a rickshaw. The man driving, Jono, is shirtless, and board shorts. They are smiling with palm trees in the background.

When I fell in love with my soulmate, Jono, we planned out our whole lives together.

Our love was so deep.

Imogen and Jono in a rickshaw, Sri Lanka,
days before his death

Six months after the launch my world got turned upside down when Jono drowned while we were on holiday in Sri Lanka.

I found myself in an ocean of grief, mourning him and our future.

Imogen standing on the sandy beach, looking at the ocean at sunset with colorful pink, purple, and orange sky.

Imogen looking over the ocean,
days after Jono drowned, Sri Lanka

I kept the business going slowly but in the depths of grief jewelry felt superficial.

Eventually I closed the business and poured everything back into painting which felt most therapeutic at that time.

Finding Love Again

In the aftermath of Jono’s death, I became a humble student of grief.

I threw myself into learning everything I could; reading, listening to mentors, writing and using art as therapy.

I focused my grief into a children's picture book about loss. It took me seven years to finish

Imogen stands holding her children's book with trees in the background, her head is tilted in a proud way and she's smiling. There is a sad giraffe on the front cover as well her name and the title.

Imogen holding her book, “Trusting the Waves:
A giraffe’s journey through grief”

While working on the book I ended up in California where I fell in love with my now husband.

Imogen and her now husband kissing with flowers and wedding attire in front of an old stone arch.

Imogen and her husband, Luke, on their wedding day.”

Coming back to jewelry again

Imogen working on her jewelry at bench with visor and tools in hand

Imogen working in a wax piece,
getting it ready to be cast in gold

After finishing the book and having my second child something shifted in me and I felt drawn back to jewelry.

I started making little creations out of wax to help me process my birth and navigate post-partum highs and lows. I'd never heard of lost wax casting until I started playing with wax and then I went down the rabbit hole.

I'd just finished my training with world leading grief expert David Kessler and become a Certified Grief Educator. I thought I was heading toward grief counseling, but as much as I love being with people through their big moments something was missing - the making.

That's when I realized I could make jewelry for others, helping them honor the people, things and places that they love.

Imogen sits calmly with a cup of tea in hand on a chair in her green studio. She's wearing a white shirt and jeans and looks relaxed.

Imogen in her studio, sitting back with a cuppa

Now

Since launching my business in early 2026, I've focused on custom pieces. The part I love most is connecting with your story, hearing what you want to be reminded of and weaving it into solid gold.

My jewelry often features moon phases, symbolism and organic textures, like light on water.

I always use solid gold because it lasts for generations.

I'm so glad you're here and look forward to hearing what’s important to you.

Moon phase ring in rose gold and yellow gold surrender rings on her tanned hand in clear turquoise water.

Moon phase ring in rose gold
and surrender rings in yellow gold

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A person riding a camel in a desert landscape with sand dunes.