Amanda studied jewellery & silversmithing at Plymouth College of Art & Design in the mid 70's and went on to employment as designer/maker in the trade in Birmingham's historic Jewellery Quarter and there after in London. In the 80's to early 90's she set up her first workshop in Hatton Garden and leased a stall at Covent Garden's Craft Market; had a workshop in Birmingham's Craft Market and a jewellery studio and gallery in Plymouth. Between 1989 and 1998 Amanda was a lecturer at Plymouth College of Art & Design. Leaving Devon in the late summer of '98, Amanda returned to her original passion – designing and creating jewellery collections at her studio now based in Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire.