Earlier this month, Jonathan Woodward-Borland opened his boutique jewelry store King's Pocket on Banna Avenue.

The new store is a big moment in Mr Woodward-Borland's storied career, which first began when he moved away from his Griffith farm to study jewelry making in Sydney in 1997.

Over the next few years, he worked with Greek chain makers, Yugoslavian jewelry makers and antique dealers as he worked his way up the ranks of the accessory world.

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After a brief stint in Ballina, he moved to Brisbane, launching a period of his life where he admits to have helped craft some unique and noteworthy pieces.

"I worked on the Melbourne Cup, Sheffield Shields and the V8 trophies," Mr Woodward-Borland said.

"And then there was also million dollar necklace and a ring with a 10 carat diamond which was worth three quarters of a million dollars."

"I've worked on a lot of really cool stuff."

The jeweler made and repaired everything from $10 chains to $100,000 rings, but with a young family to raise, he made the call to bring his new business back to where it all began.

"Now that I've got a young family I figured it was time to get out of the city and come home," he said. "Griffith was a great place to grow up."

King's Pocket has only been open in Griffith for three weeks, but Mr Woodward-Borland is already providing Griffith residents with unique and meaningful pieces of jewelry.

"We've really got anything you could want - whether it's $25 or $25,000" Mr Woodward-Borland said.

"We've got a friendly community-based team and if we're doing repairs on something it stays on site the whole time, so you can literally watch me working on it."

As well as selling jewelry "unavailable anywhere other than Sydney or Melbourne", Mr Woodward-Borland said he is also keen to help bring his experience back into his hometown and potentially inspire future master craftsman.

"Part of the community thing is being able to share that knowledge and the experience," he said.

"When we get things going that is definitely something I'm going to be looking at."

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