EMMA Sedman is in her element. The young Yorkshire jewellery designer has just moved in to a purpose built workshop in Swaledale. "All this space! And a chance to meet the people who buy my work. It's perfect," she enthuses.

Until now, Scarborough-born Emma has been working in a corner of the garage and spare bedroom of her home in Leyburn. But despite the limitations, she has built up an excellent reputation and her work sells in some of the country's leading galleries.

She works chiefly in silver and enamel - small delicate pieces with rich subtle colours, using a variety of different enamelling techniques. Her Fusion collection uses single colours enamelled onto silver, enhanced with a silver and gold leaf during the final firing.

Emma trained at the college of Ripon and York St John. Her first job after graduation was in insurance. "It was terrible. Not me at all," she says. So she switched to a part-time job which gave her time to develop her jewellery, selling it first directly to the public at craft fairs. Now it sells in London, Liverpool and Oxford and other places, as well as in Pyramid, in York, and Zillah Bell, in Thirsk.

She has also collaborated with a Welsh jeweller to produce much bigger, bold pieces. "It makes an interesting change but I go back to the smaller work," says Emma.

She and her husband, Glenn Bland, had been living in Harrogate but moved up to Leyburn "because we drove up here and fell in love with it".

And when she had the chance of one of the new workshops in Silver Street, Reeth, she leapt at it. She opened for business just a month ago - after Glenn spent most of the Bank Holiday installing her stuff.

"There is plenty of space to work. And plenty of display space to show my work. So people can see what I do," says Emma.

Prices range from approximately £28 for earrings to around £46 for a pendant. "But the real bonus is meeting my customers. Instead of just delivering work to galleries, here I can talk to people, find out what they like, try ideas out on them, and meet people who've already bought my jewellery. It makes a big difference. It's fab," says Emma. "And the other people working here are great. Very supportive. The place is buzzing."

The other bonus is the view - Swaledale at its best - even on a rainy day. "Just looking out of the window is inspiring. I've always wanted to be somewhere like this," says Emma.

* Emma Sedman's Workshop and Gallery, Dales Centre, Silver Street, Reeth. Open Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri 11am-4pm; Sat 12-4pm. Tel: (01748) 884886.

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