How Hana turns parks into jewellery

When Hana Carter, 25, Nightingale Close, first began pressing flowers as a child with her sisters, she had no idea that years later it would be a vital part of her small craft business. Her work consists of hand picked flowers, sourced from parks in St Albans as well as her own garden, which are then pressed and turned into jewellery. She first stumbled upon the idea after revising one of her art school sketch books, which mentioned the use of resin - a liquid plastic Combining that particular material with a love affair that she has always had with nature and flowers, Hana May Jewellery came about. She said: “I have always been into arts and crafts and after years of working for various companies in London, I decided that I wanted to set up my own business selling my handmade products. “I’ve always been obsessed with jewellery and the idea of making . Source