Wellington based jeweller, Claire McSweeney, grew up in Haast on the wild West Coast and spent a lot of time in Arthurs Pass National Park where her love of endemic flora began and which inspires her creative jewellery designs. Claire graduated Jewellery & Metal Smithing from the Dunedin School of Art in 2011 and has been creating one of a kind jewellery for galleries throughout New Zealand alongside teaching jewellery making classes.