Dragon Pendant
This was a great commission. We were contacted by Conor whose Mom, Coral writes wonderful novels. The first in the series is Stronger Within > Conor supplied the dragon drawing that appears on the cover of Book 1 of the series, and was designed originally by...
Laser engraved jewellery
Laser engraved jewellery If you're wanting an image or text on your pendant, ring or bracelet, there are a few ways to do this: Stamping Engraving by hand Laser engraving We tend to engrave by hand or using laser for our commissioned pieces. Stamping Stamping can...
Moon Stars and Ohm
We get a huge variety of requests but not all of them make it through to the bench. We were asked by a potential client down south to produce a quote and drawing for a Moon Stars and Ohm symbol. This the first iteration: This pendant was to be laser engraved on a...
Company Pendant
This was an interesting pendant design in that my client wanted the company logo engraved onto a silver disc. StormFishMarine are specialists in scuba-diving training and have a jolly Roger style of emblem. Artwork supplied The logo supplied was a pixel-based image...
3 Elephants Pendant
Brief Create an elephant pendant in sterling silver with three elephants - one adult and two juniors. We started off with some ideas on style and then worked on how the three might interact to form a solid enough piece for the pendant.The final piece The result was...
Women’s Institute Brooch
The Brief This was a fun commission to do. The request was for a WI Brooch and as my client is an artist, the drawing supplied was great! The artwork The rough drawing supplied was a little tricky in that it worked so well and translating it into a vector...
School leaving do gifts
The Brief This commission was for some fun leaving gifts for fellow staff members at a local school.I added a little texture the back to give them some character too.
Q&A: Can you add an opal?
Question: Can you remove my current diamond cluster and replace it with a round opal? My engagement ring has a cluster of diamonds set in a dome shape. They have lost their sparkle and I was wondering if it would be possible to have an opal set in its...
Commemorative Jewellery
Commemorate the life of family or pets with jewellery I prefer to think of these commissions as celebratory jewellery pieces. Some of my customers refer to them as rememberance jewellery. In the case of pets, these have been made using teeth or hair or just a...
When the bottom falls out
When the bottom falls out During some late night casting I pushed the limit on one of my crucibles. I was casting two gold earrings which were proving a little troublesome and thought I could get just one more pour, but in silver, out of the graphite crucible....