The daughter of a lawyer and a carpenter, Harriet was born in Bristol in 1977.
She worked as a bad stand up comic yet somehow managed to make it to the semi-finals of Channel 4's "So You think You're Funny" competition at the Edinburgh Festival in 1996 (Tommy Tiernan won). She also trained as a Geneticist before deciding to become a designer in 1998.
In January 2003 she started her business designing and making beautiful silver jewellery. The inspiration for her collections and one off pieces have ranged from bunny rabbits and bulldogs to wings, snowflakes and butterflies.
Harriet's work has received great interest at many shows and exhibitions including the Jewellery Unlimited exhibition at Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery.
She also had great success at the International Jewellery London exhibtions in 2006 and 2007 at Earl's Court.
Harriet Bedford jewellery has been stocked in many galleries across the country as well as prestigious stores such as Selfridges and Liberty.
In 2004 Harriet was selected by the New Entrepreneur Scholarship to study at Babson College, America's most successful business school. After this she was invited to the Treasury to talk about her experiences. She attended a reunion of the New Entrepreneurs in 2007.
In November 2005 Harriet won the Matthew Searle award for entrepreneurism. She has also recently been shortlisted for the Kayman Silver Design Award.
