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Jeweler • Metalsmith
Slowly crafted jewellery inspired by our adventures.
Made with handmade tools in our travelling workshop 🚐
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The moth
'Some people are more moth than butterfly, unveiling their painted wings in the moonlight. Where only someone who isn't afraid to enter the darkness is worth to adore them' Amanda Celek
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A little insight into the full process from conception to completion.
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The moth has been a design I've wanted to make since watching a Sphinx Moth pollinate a dragonfruit flower whilst travelling in Todos Santos, Mexico. One of the unsung hero's of the pollinating world which is why he seems fitting to join the 'Let the Lawn Grow' collection.
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#letthelawngrow #greenlionsawframe #handmadejewellery #jewelrygram #handmadejewelry #silversmith #oneofakindjewelry #bohostyle #hippiestyle #bohojewelry #metalsmithing #handmadegifts #mountains #nature #artisan #necklaceoftheday #pendant #ethicalinfluencer #forsale #turquoiseoverdiamonds #projectourplanet #howitsmade by @path_to_poseidon

Three whole weeks this beauty took me after a dragonfly danced in my face. I'd been putting it off for months because I knew the challenge was going to be hard, especially because I didn't own a drill and was in a small town in a desert in Mexico.

I made a drill from a screwdriver, it snapped multiple times, I put charcoal around it to try and increase the carbon content, got it glowing to white hot and then quenched the old screw driver.

This is why it's so expensive, but I'm not displeased with that, being my masterpiece to date. by @path_to_poseidon

Next up, This is the second otter, but the first in brass. Been stuck on this one for a few days, mainly because the head was too big and proportions were a little wrong, now after procrastinating for a wee while, I'm ready to get the final few pieces ready for the @aberystwytharts the art centre in Aberystwyth. by @path_to_poseidon

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Very happy with this new design, the original design did have the bottom flippers in but after the head turned out a little larger than I intended it just seemed that it would be out of proportion, probably would have looked wheird ("why you saying that"?) by @path_to_poseidon

Its the first I've made in a while, very happy with the results and trying a new way to do the chain, this one is the first I've done with a lobster claw clasp, lots of swearing and almost giving up, because I "didn't have the right tools", only to remind myself that the best piece I've ever made was done by making a screw driver into a half millimetre drill and drilling 200+ holes by hand taking three weeks, so no excuses now I have 20x that amount of tools that I did on a bike in Mexico! X by @path_to_poseidon

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Showing off the new pendants at a Christmas faire, also some of the old ones too. Next to Jennys cards and baubles. by @path_to_poseidon

Our first Christmas faire of the year! Lots of exciting things coming, a new collection and website! by @path_to_poseidon

This one I made a couple of years ago now, it's a toad pendant that ended up being brought by a very good friend of mine! The metal is brass and the chain also brass. by @path_to_poseidon

Next up on the line up for the Christmas run, the seahorse! 2nd most successful predator in the world, do you know who's first?

This pendant is made from reclaimed brass and the stone is red quartz.

Red quartz is considered a stone of vitality, creativity, grounding, and motivation, often stimulating the root chakra. by @path_to_poseidon

This tiny little gecko pendant makes me very happy, it's made from reclaimed brass, just slightly larger than thumb nail, so absolutely tiny. by @path_to_poseidon