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To everyone reading this…I need your help…

It’s time to renew my B Corp membership and I’m a little unsure of what to do, so I’m asking all of my lovely followers your thoughts…

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This week’s blog features a commissioned ring and a pendant ordered from my online shop, but I’ve grouped them together as they have both feature awkwardly shaped stones.

The “stones” for both were supplied by the client, with the silver coming from my scrap stash. For the ring, the stones are rough cut sapphire and in the pendant, some sentimental sea glass pick up fro...

Usually, when someone comes to me with a commission, they just have the one, or sometimes two pieces in mind, but occasionally I get to make a whole set of jewellery, and this blog is about one of those times…

My client had inherited a large brooch that was covered in diamonds. Now some may think it’s really beautiful and shouldn’t have been messed with, but before star...

They say a bad work ”person” blames their tools, which I do agree with to an extent, but also having the right tool for the job can often make all the difference as to how difficult the task is, and in turn “sometimes” to quality of the outcome.

Earlier today, I ran out of gas mid-melt. I thought I had a spare gas bottle but couldn’t find it, so decided to continue mel...

Happy New year and welcome to my first blog of 2026! I thought I’d make this my first blog of the year one here I tell you all about my most amazing repair job to date…

Back in the summer, I received an email from a local metal detectorist asking if I was able to restore a gold ring that they had found. It tuned out that the ring in question was from Viking times, so mo...