My name is Alison and I'm the designer behind Inca Pilgrim. I'm based in Troon home of Golf (Gowf) on the south west coast of Scotland which to me has one of the most beautifully picturesque coastlines in the UK.  Inca Pilgrim has been going since 2009 and has generated a lot of interest locally as well as further afield. I grew up surrounded by arts & crafts; Mum loved painting & improvising, Dad  made acoustic guitars and model aeroplanes, my brother built just about anything...and still does, and as a child I would spend hours rummaging through my Gran's bead and button tin (my Aladdin’s cave) for any little trinket I could use to make a necklace or a bracelet. I went onto selling my creations at school. Eventually, at the start of 2009 requests were thick and fast, so I dusted off my pliers and here I am enjoying again what I did for fun, now in the big world! Ali x