Hi, I’m Hannah. I came to find my calling as a metalsmith in a roundabout way in life. I was finishing my first degree in philosophy and art history when I started making beaded gemstone jewellery as a hobby. I was struggling with my mental health and had become curious about the metaphysical properties of gemstones and whether they could help how I was feeling. While I ultimately don’t believe the gemstones themselves had a direct effect on my depression, the ritual, intention, and sensory experience of wearing jewellery with an energetic purpose actually did help, and I was surprised by how supportive a strategy it ended up being as part of my larger mental health journey. That was what led me, almost ten years ago to abandon my previous life path and re-start university at age 26 to become a goldsmith. I experience art and craft as having an important role to play in supporting our quality of life and our will to live, and that’s something I wanted to share with people to support them on their journeys as well.

So that’s what I do, in one sentence: I make jewellery to combat existential dread. Because let’s be real: When was the last time you felt a sense of wonder? How often do you feel connected to the energetic undercurrents of life? What parts of your day make you feel magical? If the magic, wonder, and energy feel missing from your life, that is not just you. We are all going through it. Technological ennui, AI alienation, late-stage capitalism dystopia burnout. There are powerful forces in the world that are heavily invested in chipping away at our sense of magic and wonder, and in making us feel alienated from both our own humanity and our wider sense of community.

My jewellery offers a pause; a moment to return to yourself. An invitation to ritual and intention. My jewellery reminds you that you are a human being. That investment in real, true, beautiful things to enjoy fully, slowly, deliciously, with your body is your birthright on this earth. You were meant to adorn yourself with precious items. You were meant to have beautiful, physical tokens to honour your story, your relationships, your dreams and achievements. 

Hannah W Craig is about building an intentional wardrobe of meaningful jewellery that expresses your inner self and honours your humanity. I am inviting you to bring magic back into your life, to return to a deeper level of being where charms, amulets, and talismans provide comfort, connection, and spiritual support. In a world where we are routinely disconnected from feelings of humanity and community, hand-crafted, human-made jewellery can bring us back to ourselves and connect us with one another. It memorializes our experiences and achievements, and it represents an energetic investment in beauty and joy. So, I offer these jewellery pieces made slowly, intentionally, by human hands, not just to decorate your body, but to anchor your spirit in something true and beautiful.