Frequently Asked Questions
What metals do you use to make your jewellery?
I mainly work with 925 Sterling Silver and Fine Silver.
I also use 9ct gold on those extra special pieces to give an element of luxury.
For detailed, textured pieces I use Precious Metal Clay in Silver, which produces 99.9% pure (fine) silver jewellery.
What other materials do you use?
In addition to metals I use a variety of other components and beads including natural gemstones, cultured pearls, crystals and manufactured stones such as Cubic Zirconia.
What is sea glass and where does it come from?
All of the sea glass I use is genuine all mostly pieces I have collected myself on the beaches close to my home on the Dorset coast.
Sea glass is weathered, ocean-tumbled glass found on beaches and coastlines. Originally discarded as rubbish, such as old glass bottles, jars, art glass, and even shipwrecks. These fragments are slowly shaped and smoothed by the ocean's waves, sand, and saltwater over 20 to 100 years.
This natural process gives each shard its unique round edges and a weathered appearance that makes it so distinctive.
The colour, condition and overall quality of each piece determine its rarity and therefore its value; these details will be clearly described in the sale listing and, where appropriate, reflected in the price.
I photograph colours as accurately as possible. Each piece of glass is cleaned, inspected and put aside for incorporating into my jewellery. Not all pieces are “jewellery quality”, but I still feel the need to collect that too. It’s an obsession!
What semi-precious stones do you use?
I work with many semi-precious stones and love how unique and individual each stone can be. Just like the seaglass really. My favourite semi-precious gemstones are Labradorites. The variety of colours is astonishing. Just look at the Blue Labradorite ring here…
Stone quality and value vary a lot, and this affects the price of the jewellery.
