Fingerprint Jewellery

Fingerprint Jewellery is becoming more and more popular across the country with parents and grandparents wanting individual jewellery made and stamped with their child's fingerprints. This is a service widely available through various national websites, however there are no companies in the King's Lynn area who are able to offer this service meaning that parents wanting a piece of fingerprint jewellery made will have to request a kit be sent to them so they can make the moulds themselves ready for the stamps to be made. Arranging for jewellery to be made in this way can take the personal touch out what should be a very special and individual gift, it also allows minimum input into the jewellery design.


One of the workshops I have done in Art Clay Silver involved making silicone moulds of objects - and also of fingerprints so as to be able to make fingerprint jewellery - since I first mentioned to someone that this was something I could do I have had a lot of interest from people with young children, and also from people who are looking for a present for someone who is about to have a baby.

I'm heavily advertising the service in this area - sending out posters to nursery schools and trying to make sure that everyone with young children gets to hear about what a brilliant idea it is to have your children's fingerprints kept forever in fine silver.

Art Clay Silver

A few years back I went to a workshop to learn how to use Art Clay Silver - metal clay was something that had really interested me since I saw the PMC stand at the Knitting and Stitching Fair at Alexandra Palace. I wish I could say that I looked into the 2 types of metal clay and decided that Art Clay Silver was a more suitable product for me...but in actual fact the decision was made simply on the location of the workshop!

Charm Bracelets

I have very limited space to work in - all my tools & findings & materials live in half a cupboard in one room, everything has to be so neatly packed away that it takes ages to get everything out & set up before I can even start making something - which is really frustrating if I'm feeling creative & want to get on with things..... So my favorite jewellery to make is my charm bracelets - they require very little "kit" & all I need to is an idea for a colour theme & I'm off! I can make a bracelet in a relatively small space & can do a bit & go back to it to finish later if I don't have hours of free time to play with.The only trouble with my charm bracelets is that I love them so much & sometimes I can hardly bear to part with them - It's a good job they're so popular or I'd end up keeping them all for myself!!!

The Beginning.....

I have been making jewellery for years....the only problem has been finding a way to show it to people. I didn't realise until after I had left school & got myself a job that this is what I wanted to do so I never went to university or college & studied art or jewelllery design. If only I had known I could be a qualified silver smith or famous jewellery designer, as it is I work for an insurance broker and I make jewellery in my spare time. I fit in jewellery workshops whenever I can and try to learn as many different techniques as I can.
Now that I have a blog the plan is to make beautiful jewellery and then tell people about it - no more hiding it in a cupboard until the next craft fair comes around, or until we decide to open the house to people so they can browse & buy... now people can see what I make all year round & find out what my latest projects are!