Miriel Design is a one woman shop with me, Josephine Ryan, doing everything on my own, from designing to handmaking, photographing and listing items, communicating with customers, packaging and shipping.
I outsource is casting, and this is done by Edelmetallstøperiet, a casting house local to me. Over the years I’ve become good friends with the casters there.
Only some of my items are cast, much of it is handfabricated directly in metal.
I started making jewellery when I was 17, using metal clay fired with a small creme brulee torch on a brick on my mothers kitchen table.
I then went to school to become a goldsmith, and took my journeymans certificate in 2013. The same year I was selected to represent my country in the Nordic Championship for goldsmiths, and was awarded shared 4th place.
For a while I worked with repairs in the local goldsmith shop, owned by the headmaster of the goldsmith school I attended. I unfortunately had to quit when my own business became a fulltime job, and I could no longer keep up with both.
I design and create my engagement rings and other jewellery in my little workshop in the forest, inspired by the nature around me.
My designs often have a witchy fantasy fairy vibe, but I also love finding inspiration in science and space.
I’m not a spiritual person at all, although my look might suggest otherwise. I love fantasy and scifi, and enjoy dressing up in a witchy or elvish style.
I’m not personally religious, but don’t mind making jewellery with religious or spiritual symbols for those who want that.