Auckland-based jeweller Lisa Woods initially gained a City and Guilds Advanced Craft Certificate in Diamond Mounting at Sir John Cass Faculty of Art, London. The focus being on technical and traditional aspects of jewellery making. Lisa then extended this completing a three-year Art and design B.A hons. Degree majoring in jewellery at Central St Martins, London. 

Her work has been exhibited and sold in the U.K, Germany. Spain, Czechoslovakia, U.S.A, Japan, Singapore, Australia and N.Z 

“I often choose uniquely shaped pearls, diamonds, ancient coins, coloured stones, gold or silver to create earrings. 

I frequently use simple geometric shapes allowing the materials and their intrinsic qualities to stand out.”