Category: Commissions

1. Cockapoo Solid Silver Portrait Pendant

   Posted on 12:00pm Saturday 20th Feb 2021

   Here’s a great project that I had the pleasure to work on recently. Last autumn a customer brought her lovely dog Sally into the workshop. Sally is a gorgeous chocolate cockapoo and I spent a happy while giving her a big fuss and a couple of biscuits in the workshop.

   
   

    

   Sally’s owner asked if I could sculpt a pendant for her of Sally’s portrait so I took a few photos and a few days later I had some sketches to send on.

   

   Sally’s owner chose the design she preferred from my sketches and I then started work on the commission. I created the portrait pendant of Sally using a technique which means I can sculpt plenty of texture into the silver pendant – essential for the wondrous curly fur that is so iconic to the cockapoo breed. The final piece was finished, hallmarked and packed up to send in time for Christmas.

    

    

   This was a great commission to work on and I was really pleased with the result, as was Sally’s owner. I was also thrilled to make friends with another wonderful dog – always welcome in the workshop!

2. Bespoke Blue John and Silver Pendant

   Posted on 2:20pm Wednesday 13th Jul 2016

   I was recently asked to create a setting for a client's own piece of Blue John. The piece is a simple setting of silver with a fine silver bezel, designed with displaying the beauty of the stone without distracting from it. The piece of Blue John was very special to the client, so it was an honour and a sheer pleasure to create this piece of jewellery for her.