May found me leaving the stifling heat of Jaipur and heading to London – it was time to take my latest jewellery Collection into the wider world, I arrived as London was in the midst of preparing for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Celebrations, so the mood was uplifted and joyous – and Spring was in the air. London was at its best. I had been invited to take part in various events and sales and [...]

As a jewellery designer it is such a privilege to be able to work with amazing master craftsmen and stone cutters both here in India and Nepal. I feel that it is important to support and keep alive these ancient skills. I sit in my workshops for hours, developing new samples, patterns, shapes and ideas until a Collection transpires. It is a lengthy but very rewarding process. The last month of has found me mainly [...]

There have been many highlights since the beginning of 2012 – first of all was as I mentioned in the last blog, the trip to launch Emma Chapman jewels in New York, where I took part in Accessorise Circuit. Excitingly orders have been coming in since then from all over America and my workshops here in Jaipur have been working at full steam in production. Jaipur has been freezing like the rest of the world, [...]

This jewellery designer has been busy having lots of adventures since writing this last blog and getting inspirations along the way. Jaipur has been my base and time has been spent working on new Collections. However the wonderful thing about being in India is that there are always opportunities to go on adventures. A dear friend who is a choreographer from Australia called Liz Lea was working on a dance project in Ahmedabad with the [...]

For many years I had dreamed of being a jewellery designer. I have always had a love affair with the East and with jewellery. So how to combine both those passions.? After working for many years in film and theatre, and being lucky enough to extensively travel the world, I always had a thing for jewellery. Every spare bit of money I had went on collecting jewellery and gemstones. I collected jewellery wherever I went, [...]

Emma Chapman is a British jewellery designer with a background in theatre and film, who creates glamorous, opulent and exotic, luxury gemstone jewellery. Her Collections are made in rich sumptuous colours, and are inspired by travels to the East (especially India), and ancient Regal Eras and then given a modern, western twist. She was originally discovered by Hilary Alexander Fashion Director of the Telegraph and chosen as one of the most promising new designers of [...]