Catarina Vassalo is a new, young jewellery designer from Portugal specialising mainly in glass jewellery and  recycled glass jewellery made from a variety of glass objects  including Venetian glass, Indian glass beads, millefiore beads, natural gemstones and using Stainless Steel as the base.

 She makes it an absolute requirement that everything is fair trade.Some of her beads are complete one offs as they have been made for her on her global travels by the friends she has made along the way.

'When you own a piece of Catarina's jewellery it quickly becomes the piece you want to wear with everything.. every day. The necklaces  just have something about them ! '