Amanda's creative journey began in London, where she set up her first workshop in the heart of Hatton Garden between 1981 and 1983. After honing her skills in the capital, she returned to the Midlands and worked from Birmingham’s Craft Market for a year.

In 1984, she made the move back to Devon, where she went on to open her own studio and gallery in Plymouth’s historic Barbican in the spring of 1985. She remained there for nearly a decade, establishing herself as both a maker and a mentor.

Alongside her studio practice, she shared her passion and expertise through teaching. From 1990 to 1998, she lectured at Plymouth College of Art & Design, initially part-time on the HND course, before becoming a full-time lecturer and module leader across National Diploma, HND and BA programmes in Design Crafts, Design Metals and Applied Arts.

Amanda left Devon in the late summer of 1998 and headed to Hebden Bridge to return to her orignal passion of designing and creating jewellery collections.

Amanda loves to travel and especially going to India. Her father was born in Madras and she grew up with his tales of India. There’s actually a town in Bangalore (Bengaluru) called Cox Town named after her grandfather. Many of Amanda's unique gemstones are discovered on her travels.

When not working or travelling you can find Amanda walking in the beautiful countryside surrounding Hebden Bridge, playing the ukulele, dancing, painting, discovering new (to her) music, growing veg and fruit on her allotment or reading.

She also loves visiting Art galleries and exhibitions and going to the cinema and of course we’re so lucky to have the brilliant Hebden Bridge Picture House on our doorstep with it’s fabulous programme of films.