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Welcome to Rachel Hartley Atelier

I am delighted to introduce my new home for handcrafted artisan gemstone jewellery, where every piece is created with intention, craftsmanship, and an appreciation for the natural beauty of exceptional gemstones.

I’m Rachel Hartley, founder and jewellery designer of Rachel Hartley Atelier. With years of experience studying and working with the healing properties and energy of crystals, my knowledge of gemstone selection extends beyond aesthetics. Each stone is chosen not only for its beauty and individuality, but also for the qualities it is believed to embody.

Every design begins with the gemstone. I work with carefully selected stones, combining them with sterling silver, gold vermeil, and copper to create jewellery that is both timeless and deeply personal.

Each piece is handcrafted in my studio with meticulous attention to detail, ensuring that every creation reflects the care, skill, and intention invested in its making. This is not mass-produced jewellery. It is created slowly, one piece at a time, for those who value authenticity, craftsmanship, and meaningful design.

Silver hoop earrings with turquoise beads on a beige fabric background

Sterling Silver Wire Wrapped Turquoise Bead Hoop Earrings

Rachel Hartley Atelier
£55.00
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Pickup available at Briardene , Holyoake Avenue

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Turquoise is one of the oldest gemstones in continuous human use, worn and traded across cultures from ancient Egypt to pre-Columbian America to the courts of Persia. A hydrated phosphate of copper and aluminium, its colour ranges from pale sky blue to a deep, saturated teal, often threaded with the dark veining of its host rock, a matrix that is unique to each stone and considered part of its character. The finest stones come from Iran, the American Southwest, and Tibet, each region producing turquoise with its own distinct tone and matrix pattern. It is a stone that has meant something to almost every culture that has encountered it: protection, sky, water, the bridge between earth and heaven.

Turquoise is associated with the throat chakra, the energy centre governing communication, self-expression, and the ability to speak one’s truth with clarity and confidence. It is said to be a stone of protection and purification, to bring calm and clarity to the mind, and to support honest, open communication. It has been worn as a talisman against harm across cultures for millennia, and carries a quality of grounded, sky-blue calm that is entirely its own. A stone with deep roots and a long memory.

These earrings feature 30mm sterling silver hoops with micro turquoise beads wrapped by hand along the length of the hoop in sterling silver wire. The effect is one of continuous colour: the blue-green of the turquoise running the circumference of the hoop, the silver wire holding each bead in place with a precision that can only be achieved by hand. The cool, clear tone of the sterling silver complements the sky blue of the turquoise with a freshness and clarity that feels both modern and timeless. These are earrings that catch the light with every movement.

The hoop is one of the oldest and most enduring forms in jewellery, worn across cultures and centuries, from ancient Egypt to the present day. Unbroken and continuous, it carries a quiet symbolism of wholeness and return, a resonance that feels particularly apt for a stone as ancient and as widely travelled as turquoise. It is also simply one of the most flattering shapes an earring can take, framing the face without demanding attention and working as well with a simple white shirt as it does with an evening dress. Some forms never go out of style because they were never really in it.

Handcrafted at Rachel Hartley Atelier. Arrives gift-ready.