April is a British Designer/maker of contemporary jewellery living on the North Coast of Devon; she has lived and worked here for over 25yrs. She studied at Plymouth College of Art and Design and gained a degree in Design Metals in 2005. She uses the coastline, rock formations and the sea as inspiration for her designs. Her Jewellery is bold and energetic using line, form and colour, every piece is hand made giving each piece an individuality of its own. Most pieces are one off, individually made by her from flat sheets of silver. Most of her work is forged, folded, etched and soldered with stones being set to give colour and radiance to the piece
April uses re cycled wood from musical instruments in her work, as ebony and rosewood are precious woods today. She sources most of her stones from labs until she can visit mines to see if human rights are in place. She uses some gold plate inside the folds of etched silver as minimal gold is used and Fair Trade Green gold from the west coast of Columbia (choco).
Her new range of Ethical Wedding rings are made with 18ct Ethical white/yellow gold. The metal is sourced from co-operative mines working with ARM (Association for Responsible Mining). Who work in a socially and environmentally responsible way, with a premium going to help miners and their communities. This enables them to reach Fair Trade Standards within Fair trade guidelines in the production of the gold. No toxic chemicals such as cyanide and mercury are used in the cleaning process keeping the biodiversity of habitats intact. The Diamonds she uses are sourced from Canada. | 
