Rachel's Story

About Rachel

Rachel Stichbury is a jeweller and maker based in Eastbourne, New Zealand, working from her seaside studio, Greenwood Studio.

Working primarily in sterling silver and gold, Rachel handcrafts jewellery using traditional jewellery-making techniques. Her work has an organic, sculptural quality and is designed to be worn, loved and lived with.

For the past 15 years, Rachel’s jewellery has been stocked in a selection of New Zealand boutiques, design stores and galleries.

Alongside her jewellery collections, Rachel creates personalised pieces, offers private jewellery experiences and explores ways to give treasured objects and precious metals a new life.

From a favourite shell or meaningful object to an old piece of gold or silver, Rachel enjoys helping people transform the things they treasure into something new and lasting.

Rachel's Philosophy

Jewellery can hold memories, carry stories and connect us to the people and places we love.

Rachel has always been drawn to sentimental objects and heirlooms passed down through generations. She loves the idea that a piece of jewellery can carry something of the people, places and moments that have shaped our lives, becoming a small talisman of memory and connection.

She believes the time, love and energy we put into making something becomes part of the piece itself. Like a talisman, jewellery can hold the feeling and intention that surrounded its creation, something you can wear, treasure and carry with you.

Rachel believes jewellery should be meaningful, thoughtfully made and designed to last. Sometimes that means creating something completely new. Sometimes it means taking something that already holds meaning and giving it another chapter.

Ultimately, it is about making jewellery that becomes part of your story.