New British Weather Jewellery

Amidst the ongoing chaos of my workbench, I’ve finally found time to photograph the new designs in my sterling silver Rain or Shine collection,

Behold My Shiny Stars!

I have finally finished and photographed my Stargazing collection of sterling silver chunky star jewellery, inspired by the Christmas limited edition Meteorites by Guerlain.

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New Display

So, selling at events is quite the learning curve! Whilst I was pretty chuffed with my original display, it was quite heavy to transport and time consuming and awkward to set up, so I've made some tweaks

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Bespoke London Rollergirls Logo Necklace

So London Rollergirls has been going for 10 years! I started skating with them near the beginning, and it's amazing how fast the time has gone.

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E17 Designers Spring Market

I’ll be selling my jewellery at the E17 Spring Market this year on 7th May. It’s being held at Mirth, Marvel and Maud which is such a beautiful venue.

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What will it be...?

Started on a new project this week involving some more wax carving. I really love my new wax carving tools!

Custom Work, Jewellery, On the WorkbenchLaurenGraceApril 10, 2016custom, on the workbench, wax carvingComment

Tea and Biscuits

My super-cute little custard cream design has been very popular again this month, together with my other biscuits in the collection.

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Textured Wedding Ring

A recent commission led me to making this gorgeous, shiny hammered wedding band.

Custom Work, Jewellery, Wedding JewelleryLaurenGraceApril 5, 2016custom, hammered, wedding, wedding ringsComment

New Roller Derby Necklaces

Another custom roller derby skate order, with the skater’s number and gemstones in her team colours. Still love doing these!

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Hammers and Textures

And so my tool-buying spree continues. Ooops. Couldn’t resist this lovely Fretz texturing hammer. Hitting things with hammers is fun...

Jewellery, Jewellery Tools, On the WorkbenchLaurenGraceMarch 30, 2016hammered, new tools, on the workbench, rings, wedding ringsComment

Thunderbolts and Lightning!

I have finally finished the lightning bolts that have been skulking grumpily on my workbench for the past two years!

Jewellery, New Stuff, On the WorkbenchLaurenGraceMarch 25, 2016on the workbench, rain or shine, weather jewelleryComment

How to Make a Mini-Lathe

So, that $9 piece of plastic I was so excited about? Totally works. Put my Foredom handpiece into it, clamped it in the Benchmate and tada – mini lathe!

Jewellery, Jewellery Tools, On the WorkbenchLaurenGraceMarch 19, 2016new tools, on the workbench, wax carvingComment

America Makes the Best Jewellery Tools...

I’ve been on a little bit of a tool buying spree recently. Having finally replaced my ancient, rusting dental tools, I bought some more lovely new things!

Jewellery, On the WorkbenchLaurenGraceMarch 17, 2016new tools, on the workbench, wax carvingComment

Playing with Time Lapse Photography

I'd always discounted making videos of my work in progress, as I suspected it was all terribly complicated! However, it turns out you can do timelapse photography videos using just a smartphone

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And We're Back....

...with exciting new tools! After a brief hiatus doing battle with tax returns (creative people are generally bad at maths!) I've been easing myself back into the workshop with some new wax carving tools.

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Custom Roller Derby Skate Numbers

I spent a lot of time with my tiny sawblades in the run up to Christmas this year, making custom roller derby necklaces.

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New Weather Jewellery

I’ve recently returned to my shiny weather to finalise a new silver cloud earring design, and also more designs using my tiny sunshine.

Shiny Custard Creams

My lovely little silver custard cream charms have been very popular in 2015, which made me very happy as they are one of my favourite designs! Rather disappointingly, another jewellery company launched a very similar silver custard cream

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Farewell 2015

Well, that was a busy year! Usually Christmas sneaks up and surprises me, pouncing from out of nowhere with its little tinselly paws, but this year I was ready for it. Or so I thought..

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Shiny Silver Stars

My second obsession, after shiny things of course, is makeup. Since I was a teenager I’ve loved being able to transform my face into something completely different by essentially just doing a bit of colouring in.

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