Originally from East Yorkshire, Rebecca Halstead is a designer jeweller based in Edinburgh. She studied at Edinburgh College of Art and went in to work as a jewellery designer in London’s Bond St and Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter. She has 35 years teaching experience, having worked as a design lecturer at Edinburgh College of Art and taught jewellery courses for many years in the city. She set up her studio in 1991, and sells her jewellery in galleries throughout the UK.