OUR STORY

We started Thomas P Cochran in 2015 on the beautiful island of Mauritius, the source of our original inspiration. Surrounded by the most glorious blue sea and stunning white beaches, it was a healing balm for the family, having left our home in Zimbabwe.  

 After running my own Foreign Exchange company, in 2013 I spent time on the gold mines in Zimbabwe. Fascination of the process from the mining to the refining led me to spend time in South Africa studying silversmithing, my first original was a hedgehog cast in sand.  Back in Mauritius I took a real shell, a beautiful Fighting Conch and made a mould and cast it in Sterling Silver. A few months later we opened our first shop in Tamarin with a fledgling collection of shell sculptures and some jewellery. 

Since then we’ve grown. Carrie my wife is running  all the back office “stuff”, our displays and has strong opinion on design ! And recently joined, is my son, another Thomas, recently graduated in Marine Science, whose training up as a silversmith. 

Now based in the UK we mould our jewellery from real shells; we have a very precious box of the originals, many of them collected years ago by friends and donated to us. Our process of moulding from the real shell means we only need one. 

We love to interact with our clients and really value being able to offer a highly personalised service. The good news is that we have found a beautiful spot on the Isle of Wight at Arreton Barns Craft Village (PO30 3AA). Come and visit us. We look forward to being able to offer our bespoke service to you.