Catherine has always had an attraction to jewelry and an innate love of working with her hands. She studied jewelry making and classical metalsmithing and later worked under several US designers, but it wasn`t until Catherine and husband and co-creator Scott Diamond returned from a five-year adventure around the globe that she would be ready to start her signature line of handmade jewelry. Catherine drew inspiration from the places they visited and the people they met on their extensive travels, as well as from immersive apprenticeships with traditional artisans in small villages and far-flung locales.