Meet The Maker

Hi lovely people, I’m Harper, the maker behind the weird, emotional world of Larl Wonders Jewellery. 💜

I didn’t grow up dreaming of being a jeweller. I’ve just always felt things too much, I needed somewhere to put all that emotion. That pressure to be fine when you’re absolutely not.

I tried all sorts of creative things, but when I started carving wax, something clicked.
It felt physical. I loved how I could create organic forms, how I could take everything going on in my head and make it solid. Wearable. 

I fell in love with the process of lost wax casting, sand casting, and learning how to make jewellery that’s bold, raw, and full of character.
I don’t do delicate, neat, or trendy.
My work moves through moods from bright to dark, soft to sharp. It’s honest. It’s how I feel things, all or nothing

Film is one of my biggest inspirations. Dark, intense stories with flawed characters light up my imagination. They stir up feelings, visuals, textures, even stone colours, and I often see the ring in my head before I even start carving. I can’t draw for shit, 😆 so I never sketch my ideas, they stay in my head until I carve them straight into wax.

Music works the same way. A single song can trigger a whole design; the energy, the beat, or the lyrics translate straight into shapes, settings, textures and stones.

Outside the bench, life is full. I juggle jewellery making with my husband Shaun, my daughter Matilda and another full-time job. Most evenings it’s me at my bench, working and dreaming of the day Larl Wonders becomes my full-time world.

Larl Wonders is about wearing something that reminds you who the fuck you are even on the days you forget.
There’s a dark beauty in struggle, and I’ve learned to create from it, not run from it.

Thanks for being here.
Come as you are welcome down this rabbit hole. 🐇