Soldering-on : Contemporary handmade jewelry

I've been wanting to make some kitsch jewellery with a sense of humour and have been playing around with throwing different materials together.This ring is made in aluminium and silver with a large synthetic ruby.It was also a bit of an experiment in setting and turned out to be impossible to set...

Said goodbye to this ring today which was picked up from the workshop by it's new owner.This is a good example of why I need to do more "real world" selling: because it really needs to be handled (played with).It was snapped up at my first show I've done in Germany.

I'm no longer alone in the workshop (at least sometimes not).This is Udo, hopefully spelt right, who has joined me as a sub-tenant.The main reason Udo's arrived is the finacial crash caused by doing too much "unpaid" work, but it'll also be nice to have some "life" in the workshop and should be...

I was delighted to receive a copy of Metalsmith magazine in the post.The magazine itself looks very readable: I'll be devoting some time to it when I have a quiet moment.What delighted me about it's arrival wasn't the magazine: but rather what it signifies for me personally.It was sent to me buy...

In all the rush I forgot to post to let people know that the point has been passed where I can have orders made and delivered before Christmas '08.I am spending Christmas with the family, which is always a real treat: time to put up my feet, enjoy the warmth and digest the large quantities of food...

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I had a rather odd weekend in hospital...

Well it has been ages since I last wrote anything here....I have been doing NOTHING else apart from working on "the HCJ Project".I have even (shamefully) left a couple of customers waiting longer than normal for me to pull my finger out and do some "real work"...

These wedding rings are in a "light yellow" 585 gold alloy, satin finished with first names and the wedding date hand engraved.They are nice and heavy, the gents ring (the lower) is 5.5mm wide and weighs just over 11 grammes, the ladies is shallower but wider, at 6mm, and weighs 9 grammes.A...

Well not rolling exactly, but rather moving.After, coming up for, five years in the same workshop in this country ("this" being Germany) I am upping sticks and making the epic journey (two streets) to a new workshop...

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } This is the first ring I made from the fine silver bar which is pictured in the last post.This is only available on the new...

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } I have had some fine silver lying around for ages and today finally got round to picking it up and starting the process of...