For Creators
& Collectors

At Joanne Bowles, jewellery isn’t an accessory. It’s a companion — something that gathers meaning over time and holds the weight of memory.

Each piece begins its life in our Winchester studio, shaped by hand and guided by instinct. Simplicity and texture are its language — the soft irregularity of metal, the balance between precision and imperfection. These are objects made to be touched, worn, and lived with; pieces that settle naturally into the rhythm of everyday life.

At 23 Little Minster Street, you’ll find more than a shop. It’s a calm, generous space where conversation and making coexist — where ideas are formed as easily as friendships.

You might arrive looking for a piece to keep, or a moment to create. Either way, you’ll leave with something that feels distinctly your own.

Responsibly Sourced

Community Minded

Locally Made

Our studio on Little Minster Street is more than a destination for jewellery. It’s a small celebration of making — of hands at work, ideas taking shape, and the quiet satisfaction of creating something that lasts.

Alongside Joanne’s own pieces sits the work of other makers we admire: people who share our respect for craft, sustainability, and the simple beauty of well-made things.

Workshops unfold here too, inviting you to take a seat at the bench and experience the calm, deliberate act of shaping metal for yourself. It’s a space where creativity is encouraged, where conversation flows easily, and where the connection between maker and material feels clear and close.

journal

Journal

New identity

A Guide to Choosing Diamonds

Meet Joanne

Jewellery isn’t simply worn.
It’s felt against the skin, carried through moments,
and kept close long after.

Since childhood, I’ve been drawn to small, unassuming treasures — the smooth curve of a pebble, a piece of sea glass worn to translucence, the quiet traces left by time and tide. Jewellery, for me, holds that same sense of discovery: a thread of connection, a memory, the feeling of finding something that seems to have always belonged to you.

My time at the Royal College of Art deepened that instinct, revealing how objects carry stories — how their surfaces record the lives they’ve touched. Even now, my inspiration comes from familiar places: the worn banks of the Thames, Winchester’s old streets, the salt-edged paths that follow the coast. Nature’s slow process of reshaping and marking what it encounters is at the heart of my work — pieces that feel as though they’ve lived a little already, quietly waiting to be found and made your own.