20/05/2026
It’s me, hi hello, I’m Kathleen and sparkly is my favourite colour 💍🩵
My love for jewellery started y o u n g and when I was about 9 or 10, my darling Dad knew a wonderful manufacturing jeweller named Ludwig Schmidt, here in the CBD of Sydney 🇦🇺
Fortunately for us girls and our Mum, our Dad was a gift-giver and we’d often meet him in town to visit Ludwig’s ‘office’ which was just on a regular floor in a regular building but also inside a cell block style metal cage.
He had a big swivel chair behind a desk. On the desk though was a perspex biscuit barrel full of gold ring blanks and behind the desk was a safe bigger than a fridge!
It was never overwhelming, we’d spend ages choosing stones for a ring for Mum or a necklace for my sister ~ it was magical 💫
This is why I founded GemShed Designs, these manufacturers are my people and I’ve had connections with them for a long time.
The metal smiths, the setters, the finish applicators, the diamond and gemstone suppliers, all of them, and I keep them close because they mostly prefer to work behind the scenes.
Me on the other hand; I love talking to people, chatting through their style, interpreting their ideas and favourite things and then designing a piece that tells their unique story.
So this is how we work together to create your dream ring, pendant or earrings 🫶🏼
We can meet for a coffee in person or a virtual coffee if you’re not a local. Not having a shop can challenge some people’s norms and I get that, staying non retail simply helps me to keep costs down for you.
Please feel welcome to get in touch via DM or the 🔗 in bio to an enquiry form to start your bespoke jewellery journey with a custom piece.
💍🩵 Kathleen
