About Us

At rancho we have been offering beautiful jewellery, accessories and artwork - all designed by Michelle Smith since 2008. Rancho started with a simple market stall at the local Olive Tree Market, Newcastle.

Michelle started her career as a Visual arts teacher with double majors in painting and printmaking. But always wanting to do more.  

Living in a rural location (the beautiful Hunter Valley NSW) Michelle gathers inspiration from her own property with her love of nature expressed in her creations.

Michelle’s artworks and accessories all mix and merge with a soft palette of colour, pattern and materials. This natural approach extends into the jewellery range, mixing matt finishes, coloured hand cut glass, resins and timbers. Rancho's findings and beads are sourced all over the world with most of our findings designed by Michelle and custom made just for Rancho.

Rancho is proud that all jewellery is hand assembled in our studio. Our findings are custom cast, meaning you will not find them anywhere else!

Our fabric accessories are printed with extracts from Michelles original artworks - again exclusive to Rancho.

You will not find our products on either Temu or Alixpress.

Rancho is proud to be environmentally friendly with all its products using recycled/reclaimed materials where possible and environmentally friendly packaging.

We truly believe"The nicest things are simple, well designed and celebrate the natural."