My lovely client Natasha found a picture of an amazing antique ring, and got me to make her a similar style using a selection of green gemstones.
The stones are serpentine, prehnite, chrysoprase, peridot and aventurine.
It looks amazing worn on the first finger – the stones wrap around and are all visible to be admired! Thanks, as always, to Natasha for her friendship and artistic vision.
My lovely client Rosie chose this beautiful stone from my gemstone collection.
It’s native silver in cobaltite. I’d never seen it before I came across this cab, but it is so beautiful!
I played around with some ideas, but in the end we decided the simple framed look was the best. It usually is!
My gorgeous client Rosie asked if I could make her a lapis lazuli ring. We discussed her vision, and I came up with a design she liked.
I most often just let the stone do the talking, but the addition of some tiny organic pieces of gold which follow the lines of the gold flecks in the lapis just seemed to fit!
Photography is not my forte, and these pictures don’t really do the ring justice. I’m sure you get the general idea though!
Not many people with children have escaped hearing about Pokemon and Minecraft, and my dear friend Sarah is no exception!
She let me know that Santa wanted to commission me to make her two boys a pendant each.
Love you all, and good on you Santa for supporting indie businesses! xxxx
My lovely Granny was admiring the gorgeous green of malachite; so I took note, and made her a ring for Christmas.
What a beautiful green, and what a beautiful Granny!
I love her with all my heart.
My lovely and ever stylish client Rosie chose these two titanium coated drusy stones to be made into rings to add to her collection of Silver Forge pieces. Fabulous!
PLEASE NOTE: This gemstone is reserved for a lovely client.
The fabulous purple gemstone cabochon shown here is 25mm long. It is available to be handcrafted into a custom made ring or pendant for you.
Charoite is a rare mineral – it has been reported only from the Sakha Republic, Yakutia, Siberia, Russia. It was first discovered in the 1940s, and named for the Chara River.
Charoite is believed to help one overcome obsessions and compulsions. It is thought to provide energy when the body is exhausted; regulate blood pressure and assist with deep sleep and powerful dreams.
The kyanite gemstone cabochon shown here is 29mm long, and is available to be handcrafted into a custom piece for you.
The lovely azurite malachite & chrysocolla gemstone cabochon shown here is 19mm long. It is available to be handcrafted into a custom made ring or pendant for you.
These three stones are closely related. Dark blue azurite and light to dark green malachite are basically copper carbonate, having the same chemical composition except for one oxygen molecule. Azurite, when in the earth, can slowly change to malachite, so it is rare to find azurite without malachite being present. Chrysocolla, a light green/sky blue stone, is a copper silicate and often occurring in the same stone with them. Turquoise, a copper aluminum phosphate, is a cousin to these three and can frequently be found in the same copper deposit locations.
The amazing jasper gemstone cabochons shown here are 22mm long, and are available to be handcrafted into a custom made ring, pendant or earrings for you.
Jasper is believed to encourage personal bravery and help people gain independence. It is thought to help cure gynecological problems and to strengthen the stomach. Some believe it can help bring rain, and it has been used as a protection against evil spirits and snake and spider bites.