Harriet Bedford - Harriet Bedford at Plush Jewellery

Harriet Bedford Designer Jewellery at Plush Jewellery: ***STOP PRESS*** Harriet Bedford is going ultra Limited Edition in her work this year! We're laying our hands on as many pieces as we can of Harriet's fabulous work but please bear in mind that if you like what you see and don't buy it now, there's a good chance you'll be crushingly disappointed if you wait..

The daughter of a lawyer and a carpenter, Harriet Bedford was born in Bristol in 1977.

She worked as a bad stand up comic yet somehow managed to make it to the semi-finals of Channel 4's "So You think You're Funny" competition at the Edinburgh Festival in 1996 (Tommy Tiernan won). She also trained as a Geneticist before deciding to become a designer in 1998.

In January 2003 she started her business designing and making beautiful silver jewellery. The inspiration for her collections and one off pieces have ranged from bunny rabbits and bulldogs to wings, snowflakes and butterflies.

Harriet Bedford jewellery has been stocked in many galleries across the country as well as prestigious stores such as Selfridges and Liberty. Harriet's pieces can be seen gracing the cuffs of psychological illusionist Derren Brown and all-round national treasure Stephen Fry.

In 2004 Harriet was selected by the New Entrepreneur Scholarship to study at Babson College, America's most successful business school. After this she was invited to the Treasury to talk about her experiences. She attended a reunion of the New Entrepreneurs in 2007.

In November 2005 Harriet won the Matthew Searle award for entrepreneurism. She has also recently been shortlisted for the Kayman Silver Design Award.

As well as designing jewellery and other things, Harriet Bedford also names pedigree kittens. These names have included Ordinary, Darkfur the Magnificent and Mr Doyle. There was no reasoning behind any of them.