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Wanna make a silver ring?!  (Or a gold one?!)  I’m planning workshops for a lil later in the year but until then you can carve wherever you like with one of my snazzy kits.  From wax to silver  Have fun making something special with a personal touch. Spend as long as you like carving a unique, one of a kind ring using jewellers wax and a selection of tools. Post your bespoke wax ring back to me and it’ll be transformed into recycled sterling silver using the process of lost wax casting. Your ring will then be hand finished and...

Maggie makes minimal but fun jewellery using traditional silversmithing techniques and recycled precious metals. Maggie trained at The School of Jewellery in Birmingham and now lives and works in West Wales. Her jewellery is constructed from her home-studio, with some elements outsourced to small workshops in The Jewellery Quarter. Maggie is in the process of making her brand as sustainable as possible. At the bench she uses eco-silver sheet and the casting company she works with also only uses recycled metals. Maggie runs ring making workshops where you can carve your own ring from jewellers wax and have it cast in...

Silver-gilt or gilded/gilt silver, sometimes known in American English by the French term vermeil (pronounced vehr-may; it's French!), is silver which has been gilded with gold. Most large objects made in goldsmithing that appear to be gold are actually silver-gilt; for example most sporting trophies and many crown jewels are silver-gilt objects. Apart from the raw materials being much less expensive to acquire than solid gold of any karat, silver-gilt objects are also noticeably lighter, as well as more durable. For objects that have intricate details, gilding greatly reduces the need for cleaning and polishing, and so reduces the risk of damage. Ungilded...