Jewellery Blog

25 Years of Designing & Making Jewellery

It feels a tad indulgent to be writing up a 'history of me', but after 25 years of designing and making jewellery, I think a rundown of how we got here isn't a bad idea. It was way back in 1993 tha...

Watch our silver chain necklace being made

Our elegantly simple sterling silver chain necklace has been one of our most popular jewellery designs for years. Have you ever wondered how jewellery chains are made? We're here to show you. It's ...

New jewellery range progress

Exciting news: our new jewellery range is starting to emerge from the design process, resulting in actual pieces of jewellery! There's still lots to do: making and refining more designs; making dec...

Making handmade silver earrings

Over the last couple of days I've been making a big batch of post earrings, along with a number of other pieces. At this time of year I start making bigger batches of designs in preparation for the...

Rings and things

Thought I'd share a bit more of some new jewellery designs I've been working on over the last few days. To the left are a stack of stacking rings, all handmade in sterling silver or gold filled and...

New jewellery range nearly done

We've got a couple of pieces to finish making and then there's a whole lot of photography and writing work to be done … and then finally the new jewellery range will be launched. Here are some fin...

A break from chaos

I've been working very hard and have had all sorts of important deadlines whizzing around over the last few weeks. As a result the studio ended up in chaos. Almost every available surface had a big...

Very intricate sawing for jewellery

... That's what I've been doing an awful lot of in the last few days. And here is the outcome of some of that work - an arabesque pendant in sterling silver with glass beads. If you've ever tried s...

Another sneak peek: etched silver

Today I etched three new pattern designs into sheets of sterling silver: a labour-intensive process, so it's always great to see the outcome of all that work. I photographed the new sterling silve...

Making a Victorian-style pendant & earrings

Recently a loyal customer asked if we would make a pair of earrings and matching pendant in an older design which is no longer in production in the jewellery shop. The pieces were to be given as a ...

Sneak peek of a new range of jewellery

I've been working hard on designing a new range of handmade jewellery over the last several weeks. I've made a start on prototyping and testing some of the designs, so above is a very initial snea...

Another peek at my new jewellery range

Last week I completed a big batch of etching for my new range of handmade jewellery, which is planned to be launched in early April. Above are some of the sawn out pieces - none of these are compl...