Up in the high country of Queensland’s Great Dividing Range, upon Jarowair country, I’m creating jewellery.

Far from chain stores and major brands, I’m forging jewellery that comes directly from the wellspring of our heritage… eagerly observed by our local wildlife and farm animals.

Don’t we deserve jewellery that is unique? That isn’t created on a construction line? Art that we can take with us every day?

My name is Rebecca-Anne Do Rozario and I named Cynthia’s Pickle Pot after my Grandma, Cynthia. When I began making jewellery, I used a little pot she’d gifted my mother to pickle the jewellery after soldering.

I worked for many years in academia. I was a lecturer in Literary Studies, teaching children’s literature and fairy tales. I wrote many articles in scholarly journals and published my own book, Fashion in the Fairy Tale Tradition: What Cinderella Wore. Eventually I wanted to explore a different path and came back home to Queensland. Mum and I bought a farm nestled in the High Country, where our ancestors had first settled in the late nineteenth century. They were all farmers who started out in slab huts. Ask me about the time a bull chased my great great grandmother, who managed to run away with two toddlers under her arms, and still helped with the fencing!

I picked up silversmithing and lapidary skills from a range of incredibly talented people who spurred me on my journey. After writing about fashion for so long, it felt great to make it!

I also publish fiction and non-fiction, the odd knitting pattern, and, of course, spend time on farmwork. I can therefore be found wondering about with jeweller’s saw, chipping hoe, knitting needles or laptop. Or the odd carrot for our steers. They love carrots. Buy my jewellery, and they’ll all get a carrot!