Illuminating a dramatic synergy between design, diamonds and the splendour of The Sun King, King Louis XIV, his Chateau and the gardens of Versailles, is the raison d'être behind Cassandra's Roi Soleil design.

Cassandra's initial inspiration for this piece stemmed from the ancient Fleur de Lys, a religious and political symbol adorned by the monarchs of France that appears on the French coat of arms.

Cassandra Goad has launched a series of charms for the first time - eight iconic French motifs engraved into eight unique "médaillon" or charms designed for bracelets and necklaces.

The playful linguistic interplay between the French word for ring (bague), the iconic baguette-cut diamond, and the beloved edible French baguette was simply too brilliant to miss for Cassandra Goad's "La Belle France" collection.

Out of every design, Patisserie is one of my bravest. I just knew there was an opportunity for a series of fun and quirky pieces that combined molten precious metals and the sweet shapes of Parisian pastries, extracting their essence into an abstract jewellery creation.

I travelled down the River Loire to Le Château de Villandry, famous for its formal gardens and sculptural box hedges. Meandering through the 'Jardin d'Eau' with pools and fountains and onto the expansive vegetable garden, the 'Potager Decoratif', I found my inspiration for Parquet.

Inspired by the pair of fountains in the gardens of Vaux Le Vicomte designed by Andre Le Notre. Inside two circular basins beyond the waterfall wall, six frogs come together to spout water around a pool in the centre of which rises an ornate central fountain.

The Hugenot Cross is a Christian religious symbol of the French evangelical reformed faith, originating in France and drawn into the history of Hugenot ancestry as a representation of the death of Christ and also victory over death and impiety.

Inspired by the bold iron baroque motif found on the elegant stable (les ecuries) walls of Vaux Le Vicomte - Nicolas Fouquet's extravagant chateau built in 1653 outside Paris while he was Minister of Finance for Louis XIV.

The inspiration for Cassandra's Fouquet design appeared in Nicolas Fouquet's bedroom at the Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte: a pair of ornate candle holders mounted onto the wall. Keeping the shape in mind, Cassandra returned to her workshop and inverted the shape with her own stylistic features.

As I stepped inside the Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte I thought about French fabulist and poet Jean de la Fontaine's work Le Songe De Vaux, to tell a tale about the creation of Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte and the splendour inside.

My Noisette pendant is as charming as it sounds. A smooth golden hazelnut that swivels open to reveal a gemstone hidden within.

The trick to really 'cracking' this design was crafting a clever mechanism that could reveal a sparkling kernel within the small jewellery shell.

Traversing across collections and the countries that inspire them, Cassandra Goad's quote pendants capture an array of different thoughts and feelings, as special emblems to wear on our own journeys and travels.