Customisable jewellery

1. A customisable item of jewellery comprising:

a grid with a plurality of openings defining a plurality of distinct closely contiguous adornment locations;

an attachment means suitable for releasably retaining a pin of an adornment in each selected one of said plurality of openings;

whereby once a plurality of adornments are attached to said attachment means, a cluster of releasable adornments is formed;

wherein said attachment means comprises a layer of resilient material which is provided beneath said grid and which spans a plurality of said openings; and

whereby said layer of resilient material is positioned to receive a pin of an adornment, the pin being retained by frictional contact between the pin and the resilient material when the pin is inserted into the resilient material; and

an upstanding peripheral wall that substantially surrounds the grid where the plurality of adornment locations are provided.

2. An item according to claim 1 , wherein said wall comprises a recessed channel located on the inside surface of said wall for receiving said grid.

3. An item according to claim 2 , wherein said wall comprises one or more flanges for carrying said grid.

4. An item according to claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of adornments which incorporate a head, and a pin projecting from said head for releasable attachment to said attachment means.

5. An item according to claim 4 , wherein said pin comprises a barb.

6. An item according to claim 1 , wherein the resilient material comprises a viscoelastic material.

7. An item according to claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of grids which are located at different heights relative to the lower most extremity of the item.

8. An item according to claim 1 , wherein said grid is domed.