• Tell me a bit about yourself

I’m Delphine, based in sunny (and usually also very humid) Singapore. I picked up jewellery making about 10 years ago, but at that time, it was really only a hobby to be indulged in as and when I could fit it into classes and work. It’s now become a hobby that’s spiraled somewhat out of control and taken up at least one room in the apartment!

• What is the name of your Shop?

Essentials, because, well, I hope that what I’ve created become essential to everyone!
Heh. That was so incredibly cheesy.

• Please describe your creative process

My day job tends to take up a lot of time, which makes it difficult to sit down at the worktable (which doubles up as the dining table) on weekdays. I make it a point to sit down for a couple of hours on Saturday and Sunday mornings to fiddle around with gems and wire. On good days, I get a couple of new designs out in a weekend of work. On bad days, I put together, I take apart and then put things together again – it takes hours just to come up with something at all! The bottom line of my designs is this: Would I wear it? If I would, then it’s something that I can offer in the shop.

• Where do your ideas come from?

Gems! I’m a gemstone junkie and every time a new strand of gems arrives, I am inspired to use at least some of it to make something new. I’m trying to work with different types of gemstones, experiment with different cuts and colours and materials.

• How did you get into your craft?

Jewellery making was one of those things that was really “hot” amongst the university/student crowd years ago and I figured why not make some money out of it if I can. I lost touch with it when I started work, but then picked it up again about 3 years back in the middle of a really busy time at work. I just needed something that was completely different from my day job. Since then, I’ve never looked back!

• Apart from creating things, what do you do?

I spend most of my time at the office and divide the rest unequally between family, the cats and my worktable. I have (previously unvoiced) aspirations to be a domestic goddess, but I’m not quite sure the cooking/sewing bit of it is for me.

• How do you promote your work?

Most of the promotion is by word of mouth and through friends. For online promotion, I use Etsy Showcase quite a bit, as well as Facebook.

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