Jeweller in Freedom ceremony
Melanie, a former pupil of the Weald School Billingshurst, studied at The Kent Institute of Art and Design, Rochester (now part of the University of Creative Arts), where she gained an honours degree in Silversmithing, Goldsmithing and Jewellery Design.
Following a number of years spent working in a Goldsmith’s workshop and later in a Chichester jewellers, Melanie bought her own small shop unit in Church Street Storrington where she now trades under the name of Melanie Paul Ltd. specialising in the design and manufacture of bespoke pieces of jewellery, most of which are made on the premises .
Report and picture contributed by Jim Moore.