Jewellery collaborations have been big business in recent years, with brands increasingly inviting tastemakers to bring their own worlds of references and ideas to the table (see Lucy Williams X Missoma and Harry Lambert X Pandora). The latest pairing, however, comes from British jewellery brand Astley Clarke and broadcaster, creative director, Glassette co-founder and all-round purveyor of good taste Laura Jackson, who have joined forces on a new collection inspired, largely, by the humble carabiner.

“I became completely fixated on carabiners. I love the shape, the functionality – I even love the word,” Jackson told . “What I really love about a carabiner is what it does: it connects one thing to another. That idea of connection sent me off in about seventeen different directions, which is probably quite representative of how my creative brain works. I started thinking about people, places, memories, colour combinations, travel, and then the celestial world.”

Titled Celestial Links, the collection is rooted in Jackson’s fascination with this idea of connection, taking the functional shape of the climbing clip and reimagining it through sculptural links, richly coloured gemstone combinations and modular designs. There are also plenty of mixed-metal details, including T-bar necklaces, the jewellery trend that was endorsed by Andy Sachs in the .

Courtesy of Astley Clarke.

Courtesy of Astley Clarke.

“We’ve been joining the dots between stars and creating stories from them for thousands of years, which I find incredibly romantic,” Jackson says. “Since losing my dad, I’ve thought a lot about connection to the people we meet, the things we inherit, the places we go and the memories we carry with us. Somewhere in the middle of all of that – carabiners, colour, stars, people, memories and the millions of references rattling around in my head – the collection appeared.”

For Jackson, the move into jewellery design was a natural extension of her eclectic creative career, despite being an entirely new medium. “I work across food, interiors, fashion, storytelling and publishing with Glassette, and I’ve built a skincare brand with ROCCO,” she tells . “Jewellery was a completely new medium for me, but the creative process is fundamentally the same: you start with an idea or a feeling and work out how to make it tangible.”

Courtesy of Astley Clarke.

Courtesy of Astley Clarke.

The collection is designed to be worn in much the same way that Jackson approaches her own jewellery box: instinctively, and without too much concern for whether everything matches. “I’ll be mixing everything! I never really wear jewellery as a complete, matching set,” she says. “I like things to feel collected and accumulated, rather than overly styled.”

Shop the collection below…

Mixed Metal Link T-Bar Necklace