Today’s March Meet The Maker prompt is all about detail, which pretty much sums up every piece of jewellery I make! Detail and quality finish are just the most important part of making and also what takes the most time but oh so worth it.

Well… the materials bit is easy, as that’s always my clients old jewellery, but where do I start on the tools?

A goldsmiths tools are like their babies. They’re part of you…an extension of your hands. I might make small things, but achieving that involves a whole host of tools!

Earlier last year I made quite a big decision…to only work with metals that I know have definitely been recycled from old jewellery.

“Recycled” gold and silver that carried that badge has been available to buy from bullion dealers for many years now, and I was buying that metal, just accepting that it was actually 100% recycled.

I’m liking how this year’s March Meet The Maker isn’t on every day. It means I’m not spending every evening worrying that I haven’t written tomorrow morning’s post!

Anyway, prompt number 2 is STYLE, so something I can quite easily waffle on about for a bit!I think my style has evolved over the years, but my textured surfaces and wavy edged pieces of jewellery have become quote recognisable that they’re ‘mine’.

Every March, 1000’s of designers/makers/artists/crafts people etc take part in a social media challenge called March Meet The Maker. It’s been running for many years now and I’ve taken part for probably most of those.

This year, I’m putting it on my blog and the first prompt of 2025 is Brand Re-identity.

Yesterday, I was reminded of a couple of things… 1. Artists can often be terrible business people, and 2. My “job” is so much more than just something I do to earn money….

Hi and I hope you’ve been having a good week. As I start my new round of commissions, this week for me has been mainly about client meetings and drawings. So much so, that I haven’t had much of a chance to think about my blog, or post on social media. I’m determined to keep up my “blog-momentum“ though …

As you probably know by now, I’ve made the decision to only use recycled metals that I know have come from your own old jewellery. But what if you don’t have any old jewellery?

Well, you do still have some options if you’d like me to make a special piece for you…