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Just a simple little 4mm Garnet stone set in this

Just a simple little 4mm Garnet stone set in this rectangular polished pendant, which - instead of a jump ring - has the plate silver folded over to create a loop instead 🥰
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🤩😍 I could not be happier with this open-bac

🤩😍 I could not be happier with this open-backed chevron lace Amethyst pendant that I finished off yesterday evening at @benchspacesilverschool ❤️⚒️🔥
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Making beautiful things that I would 100% buy for myself, is such an amazing feeling! Absolutely buzzing! 🐝
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😍 it really looks like this rose quartz ring wa

😍 it really looks like this rose quartz ring was made specifically for this lovely lady ❤️
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Client pictures make me so so happy!! Sometimes I really can’t believe that people will spend money on things little old me made…
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Thank you for the support, you wonderful humans! It means the world to me!! ❤️❤️❤️
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Just a little behind the scenes of the mumblings I

Just a little behind the scenes of the mumblings I have to myself while making things… you can see the hesitation in my face when I realise the thing I’m soldering is not sat exactly where it needs to be 😂 but that is all part of the hand-made world - things aren’t perfect, but they are made with love and passion for the craft, so who cares if they’re a little off-center!! (Me, I care 😂, but I’m working on being more kind to myself when things aren’t exactly ‘right’!)
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My first multiple stone-set ring 🎉 an 8mm rose

My first multiple stone-set ring 🎉 an 8mm rose quartz and two 6mm garnet cabachon stones set on a 2mm silver wire D-shaped band 🥰
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Now I can get back in my home workshop, I have sta

Now I can get back in my home workshop, I have started a load of projects all at once 😂
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This is the first time I’ve sweat soldered at home - using metal cotter pins to raise up the surface I want to solder onto, then aiming the flame to heat the sheet silver from underneath and placing the bezel that I’ve already added a little solder to, right where I want it. This means I am not going to melt my tiny little bezel cup while trying to heat the much bigger bit of silver I’m soldering it into!
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A little bit of last nights workshop fun - pulling

A little bit of last nights workshop fun - pulling 2mm diameter round silver wire through a draw plate to bring it down to 1.5mm diameter for the next project!
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Don’t mind us chatting away in the background #hastagscience 😂
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So I’m back for my third series of classes with

So I’m back for my third series of classes with @benchspacesilverschool and it feels so good! I’ve been a bit quiet on the silversmithing front recently as I am in the middle of building a kitchen 😂 so it was amazing to be back, working in the new workshop, and my dog Mika joined us this week too 🐶🥰⚒️🔥 #silversmithing #silversmith #benchspace #silverschool #workbench #newbie #newskill #happyplace #brightlingsea #colchestercreatives #artist #creator #creatorsofinstagram #backatit

Another little behind the scenes of making D shape

Another little behind the scenes of making D shaped wire with the new roller in my rolling mill I posted a few days ago! So glad I splashed out and got myself that blue beauty 😍 #jewellery #silversmith #fyp #newbie
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So for my 101st post I get to share: packing my fi

So for my 101st post I get to share: packing my first commissioned piece 😍🎉🥂
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Making a piece to a customers specifications is a little stressful, but I kinda love it 🤷‍♀️
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Excuse my serious face 🙈😂 setting my 8mm #ke

Excuse my serious face 🙈😂 setting my 8mm #kernowcraft Moss Agate cabachon stone in the bezel for one of my latest rings, using my #cooksongold ring clamp to hold it, a metal rod to push out the bezel sides (they tend to get bent in a little during polishing), pusher and agate burnisher to finish it 🥰 #jewellery #silversmith
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Two posts in a day? Hell yeah two posts in a day!

Two posts in a day? Hell yeah two posts in a day! So excited about this set up for photographing my work, I couldn’t help but share another little video of it 😍
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Introducing: Moss Agate 💎🍃 . This beautiful

Introducing: Moss Agate 💎🍃
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This beautiful stone is a semi-precious gemstone, which has minerals of a green color embedded in the stone, forming filaments and other patterns suggestive of moss - hence the name!
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Moss Agate is known for having healing properties, such as boosting the immune system, cleaning the circulatory system and speeding up the healing process in general ❤️
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I can’t wait to get this beauty set into her forever-home jewellery piece 🥰
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Look that this cute recycled silver ring with a li

Look that this cute recycled silver ring with a little 3mm garnet I made recently 😍 can’t wait for my next @kernowcraft order to arrive!
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Cabachon refers to the shape of the stone - meaning it has a completely flat side which is perfect for setting in bezel cups (the bezel is the metal surrounding the stone) #fyp #ring #jewellery #silver #jeweller #creative #newbie #newtothis #newtotiktok #learning #exploring #lookwhatimade #creative #creativesofinstagram #makersofinstagram #colchestercreatives #imadethis #benchspace #garnet

From the scraps… to the final piece… . Using

From the scraps… to the final piece…
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Using up the cuts offs of silver from other pieces uses so much creativity. The saying ‘one man’s trash is another man’s treasure’ seems fitting here… and every single piece of metal can be treasure if you look at it in the right way 😍🤩
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Remember - it’s all a learning journey… 😂💍🔥⚒️
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Sold! My first home-workshop stone-set ring went o

Sold! My first home-workshop stone-set ring went off to its new home this afternoon!
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I just can’t quite believe people want to buy the things I make - that they want to spend money and wear the jewellery I’m creating… dream come true doesn’t even come close to how absolutely buzzing I am about this 😭🎉❤️
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Can’t wait to get back in the workshop after a s

Can’t wait to get back in the workshop after a super crazy busy week 👌⚒️🔥💍
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When you get to wear your own hand-made jewellery

When you get to wear your own hand-made jewellery 😍❤️
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I think anyone who creates knows the feeling of wearing or using your product out in public, and feeling proud of your achievement!
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Photos borrowed from my tutor Karen of our last im

Photos borrowed from my tutor Karen of our last improvers course session last night! It’s been an amazing 6 month journey with these wonderful humans - I can’t wait to see what’s next for us all! ✨🔥⚒️❤️🥂
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Original post below 👇🏻

‘’Posted @withregram • @benchspacesilverschool It was the last week on our improvers course last night and of course we overran trying to finish off all those fab pieces of jewellery …
Well done ladies 👏 it’s been a real pleasure to watch you all grow in confidence and skills.

If you fancy learning how to make your own jewellery, join our next 8 week beginners course in April.

✅ There are currently 2 spaces on Thursday evenings (6.30-9pm)

✅ 6 spaces on Friday mornings (10am-12.30pm)

✅ commencing 21st/22nd April

✅ book via website: https://bench-space.com’’

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Measuring, mathematics and many, many, MANY attemp

Measuring, mathematics and many, many, MANY attempts to solder this ridiculously thin and bendy bezel wire for this dreamy #mossagatecabochon … but it’s done! So, now I can start the difficult part… 😬

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A shiny little rock pool pendant. Inspired by all

A shiny little rock pool pendant. Inspired by all the hours spent exploring the Cornish coast and gifted to my favourite Cornish lady, my lovely mum 👩‍👧

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8 weeks back at the bench and I have a little coll

8 weeks back at the bench and I have a little collection of shiny things to be so very proud of! 🙌🏅
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❤️ . . . . . . #jewellerymaker #jewellerymaki

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Disc cutters are useful. Beautifully uniform resul

Disc cutters are useful. Beautifully uniform results and whacking stuff with a mallet is great therapy 😉

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Hot hot hot 💕 . . . . . #jewellerymaker #jewel

Hot hot hot 💕

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Copper washer soldering practice, playing with tex

Copper washer soldering practice, playing with texturing hammers and the beginnings of a sweet little silver ring…

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Recycling scrap silver into beautiful, tiny, reall

Recycling scrap silver into beautiful, tiny, really hot balls ✨😁

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Create a pair of earrings using cold connections… the “cheese” earrings begin to take shape… hammered brass, silver disc, jump ring x 2…

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Jump ring forming, silver wire pulled down to 0.9m

Jump ring forming, silver wire pulled down to 0.9mm, @greenlionsawframe and a lot of swear words 🤬

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Hammer envy… . . . . . . #jewellerymaker #jewel

Hammer envy…

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My spiral piercing saw wizardry earned me the Tiny

My spiral piercing saw wizardry earned me the Tiny Triumph Trophy tonight!

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Spinner ring finished! 💍 . . . #spinnerring #mo

Spinner ring finished! 💍
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Stone setting experiment, minuscule faceted moonst

Stone setting experiment, minuscule faceted moonstone 🌙 embellishment to add to the spinner ring…

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Shiny ✨ . . . . . #jewellerymaker #jewelleryma

Shiny ✨

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Forming, soldering, filing, polishing… . . . .

Forming, soldering, filing, polishing…

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They see me rolling… texturing sheet metal with

They see me rolling… texturing sheet metal with a rolling mill and the tiniest, most fiddly hydrangea petal skeletons
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The adventures begin . . . . . #jewellerymaker #j

The adventures begin
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