The emergence of Dragonflies.

Well, spring has just about broken out in the UK. 

With the temperature reaching double figures in some area.

Beautiful Dragonflies will be emerging from their winter slumber. 

Bouncing through the skies and darting through the reeds. 

Beautiful colours floating over the pools of blue water 

and 

occasionally landing right next to you. 

Giving you a glimpse of their beautiful true colours.

Well that's my attempt at describing these amazing creatures.

Here are a few of my designs. I have tried to catch the colours in the dichroic glass with a simple Dragonfly enamel image

But I prefer Alfred, Lord Tennyson words which I have included further on.

The Dragonfly

 Today I saw the dragonfly

Come from the wells where he did lie.

An inner impulse rent the veil

Of his old husk: from head to tail

Came out clear plates of sapphire mail.

He dried his wings: like gauze they grew;

Thro’ crofts and pastures wet with dew

A living flash of light he flew.

Alfred, Lord Tennyson

 If you would like to get one of these, just click on the picture and it will take you to my website. Here, will can find many different designs to suit many tastes.

I hope you have enjoyed this little snippet  of my creative mind.

Feel free in commenting below.

Kind Regards

Steve

New sterling silver and dichroic design pendant.

A new and unique design sterling silver pendant. Hand crafted in our studio in Northallerton.

The dichroic glass for this pendant is made by firing multiple strips of glass in the kiln then shaping by hand and then firing again with a gas torch to smooth the edges.

The silver is then hand made, shaped and soldered to fit the dichroic glass.

You can see this and many more designs on my website at

www.stevesmithjewellery.co.uk

I am always designing new pieces so keep an eye out on here, my website and facebook if you want that something different, you wont find elsewhere!

And DON'T forget, for January 2017 there is a discount code to receive 10% off your order. 

Just add

JAN2017

at the checkout.

Unique Wedding Jewellery

Here is just a few of the new range of wedding jewellery, an ideal gift for the brides maid or mother of the bride or even flower girls.

Something totally unique for that special occassion......

To see where to buy these from, just click the following link

stevesmithjewellery.co.uk

Thanks for stopping by and having a look.

Love heart pendant

Hi. Here is my latest sterling silver surround pendant. The glass used is red iridesent with a clear top glass.
To buy this or see my other designs please visit
www.stevesmithjewellery.com

Beatiful hand crafted designed jewellery

Just a few of my designs using dichroic glass and sterling silver.

To see these and many more please visit 

www.stevesmithjewellery.com

New designs are alway being added to my collection.

A new year starts with fresh ideas and plans.

Happy New year to all.

I hope 2016 is a wonderful year for you.

2015 had it's ups and downs for us like everyone else has but one of my biggest achievements was teaching myself how to silver solder. I love designing and making new pieces of jewellery and when someone is prepared to hand over there hard earned cash, it really makes me blows my mind. Not the till being opened but the fact that someone likes my work enough to buy a piece or two.

Thank you to all my readers and followers on the social media, without you I would not be able to follow my passion.

And if you have not seen some of my latest designs, here are just a few for you.

Once again thank you.

Kindest regards

Steve :-)

The Matrix, dichroic glass pendants.

Hi all.

I have made one of these before and it got snapped up really quick so here are two new designs of "The Matrix" let see what happens!!!!

The matrix film has a massive cult following all over the world and they are in my top ten films I enjoy to watch and they also make me think about the bigger picture.

The first pendants is about 4cm x 2cm (with the bail) and comes complete with a 40cm stainless steel chain.

The second pendant is a bit larger, measuring about 4.5cm x 3cm (including bail) and also come with a 40cm stainless steel chain.

To order either of these or any other pieces listed on here, my facebook page or my website then please feel free in emailing me your request.

Thanks for looking and hope you see something that you like.

Batman pendant, dichroic glass jewellery.

This is my latest commission. A few weeks ago a lovely customer bought from me a dichroic glass pendant. Whilst she was wearing it, she visited her Four year old grandson in hospital. He could not keep his hand off it. To him it was a magical pendant. Well, I pretty much agree with that, dichroic glass pendants do look magical!

When my customer returned home she contacted me through Facebook 

https://www.facebook.com/SteveSmithJewellery?ref=hl

and asked if I could hand engrave the batman image on yellow dichroic glass.

Always being up for a challenge, I said, yes I'll give my best shot.

And here it is, I really hope when the little lad sees it he has the same feelings, magical and special.

I just loved how this turned out.

Somethings I know I can't do because of the nature of glass and the firing process but if you have an idea and would like to have something commissioned please get in touch at

Steve smith jewellery@yahoo. co.uk 

Hope you like the latest design

Steve

The Matrix pendant.

I had a dream, as the famous man said. But my dream was not quite as profound. 

It happened the other night, where I was making pendants with 

The Matrix on!

I um'd and are'd for a few days and told sue about it. She thought I was totally bonkers! But me being me, I decided to have a go.

Armed with a chunk of green dichroic glass, a dremal and a simple idea, the creating started. 

And this is the outcome!!!

I am so pleased with this. Really hope it sells and there is a demand for more.

To purchase this unique matrix pendant please contact me via email at

Steve smith jewellery @ yahoo.co.UK

The price is £20 plus £2 p&p.

My next commission is for a hand engraved batman symbol...

Watch this space :-) 

My new design for taking the perfect picture !!!

Hello readers!

Here is my next barmy brain wave idea, design and make of trying to get the best picture I can of my Dichroic Glass jewellery.

Simple things laying around the studio were gathered together for this build.

Bits and pieces.

Small piece of 12mm MDF

A piece of foam core board

Some silver foil

Gaffa tape

Two sets of LED Christmas lights (left over from the window display).

Tools

Dremel

Craft knife

Spray glue

The Make!

The housing for the lights to fit in was made with the MDF. Shaped with the dremel and drilled for the LED lights. 

The shiny wall around the lights was made from the foam core board, scored at about every1/4" to make a curve. Spray glue was applied and the silver foil was stuck to the inner walls. This was then gaffa taped around the light housing. 

Well you get the picture anyway.

Two sets of lights = two rows of lights.

This is what it looks like the correct way up.

Lights off.......Lights on!!!!!

With the lights on and camera sat on top.

It needs a bit of tidying up but the lights work really well and here is the proof.

A dichroic pendant in all it's sparkling splendour.

Thanks for reading, leave a  comment if you want and share as well.

Steve :-)

A Cremation Pendant, Edmund Skellings Florida's Poet Laureate. Part 2

OK. Edmund turned up at the studio about 4 weeks ago. 

A small amount of Edmund's cremains were accepted and welcomed into England and our studio from Diane in the USA.

I felt highly honoured to have the poet laureate of Florida sit before me in a small parcel.

I had already spoken to Diane (the customer) and she had decided on the colour, size and basic design. The rest was left up to me.

Streaky green glass was chosen so I got the cutters out and off we went on a bit of a roller coaster ride. 

Trying to get Edmund to behave in the glass was something of a trial. Putting any inclusion in fused glass can be a bit hit and miss but when ever I do a cremation piece it always goes a bit more a rye. And Edmund did not fall short on this, his rye sense of humour kept me on my toes but after the third attempt the initial stage of the pendant was finished.

Just to let readers know what sort of shenanigans Edmund was playing at. I had cabochons crack and break up and one had a bubble the size of a small party balloon.

Anyway, I could go on but the one thing you must remember when you read about the failed attempts is, I love doing this work, in fact it's not work at all.

Diane also wanted a twisted tree of life image fired in to the glass. The correct size image was chosen and placed on the Cabochon. 
I was pretty happy with the pre fired look so the glass cabochon complete with Edmund and the twisted tree of life went back in to the kiln for his final firing.
and now for a couple of pictures:

 I also offer a heart design in the rear of the pendant of cremains. this also caused me no end of trouble (Edmund strikes again). But with a bit of jiggery pokery, the end design looked great.

That's about it really, apart from one more little detail to my service for Diane.

Whilst getting to know Edmund and for that matter Diane, it comes about that a lot of his formal training was Shakespearean and as my family only live about 12 miles away from Stratford on Avon. I offered to scatter his last remains near The Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford on Avon. Diane was delighted with this idea so in the new year I will be taking a slight detour when travelling back home from my family.

I hope you have enjoyed reading this update about the Edmund Skellings Cremation Pendant. Having read about Edmund and watched him on you tube, I could go on about his character and his life time  achievements but far better writer and researchers have done that already. If you need to know more then just google his name.

Thanks again and 

R.I.P. Edmund Skellings 

A Cremation Pendant, Edmund Skellings Florida's Poet Laureate. Part 1

This may sound a bit strange to some but I have recently been asked to design and make another cremation pendant and I am really looking forward to it.

The customer, a good friend for many years of 

Edmund Skellings, Florida's Poet Laureate.

I have not received the cremains as yet but he will be with me soon, I'm sure. 

So this is probably blog post 1 of 2 post I will be doing.  The second post will be a much fuller story of the making and creation of a unique cremation pendant.

Here I have tried to condense his life into a few lines. Because if I list all in detail I might be writing for quite a few weeks.

Edmund Skellings

born March 12th 1932 in Ludlow, Massachusetts.

http://research.fit.edu/edmundskellings/

Listen to the voice and watch the graphics, rather beautiful I think.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-cUIsF98Uk

Edmund recorded his first book in 1962 (the year I was born) called Duels and Duets and by the late 60's he had come up with his own way of poetry. 

An Electronic Poet.

By the late 70's he had bought his first computer and and had patents for many computer programs.

Computers became a very large part of his life, this ran side by side with his poetry. Spoken word supporting electronic word and Visa verse.

In 1980, he was given a lifetime  Honor of  

Poet Laureate for Florida against a competition of 400 other poets.

I think at this point I am just going to list his major achievements. As any life story, no matter how condensed is very complicated with lots of date and happenings.

Poetry.

1962 The Comma Cat

1962 Duels and Duets

1963 The marriage Fire

1965 Heart Attacks

1977 Face Value

1978 Showing my Age

1987 Living Proof

1998 Collection Poems

Recordings.

1961 Duels and Duets

1963 The Marriage Fire

1973 Ultra-Red

1977 Nearly the Millennium

1997 Selected Poems

2002 Words Songs

I would love to expand on all these recordings and poems, write more about his life but this is just a short post to give you an idea of what Edmund accomplished in his life.

Look out for part two of this story of Edmund's Cremation Pendant.

RIP Edmund Skellings August 19th 2012

Thanks you reading

Steve

Music themed fashion pendant jewellery

Here is one of the latest musically themed pendant I have designed and made.

It measures about 1"1/2" x 3/4" (plus the silver plated bail).

Made from dichroic glass, fired in the kiln and hand finished.

Yours for only £15 plus £2 p&p

To order please contact me via email at

stevesmithjewellery@yahoo.co.uk

Like and see other designs on Facebook:

www.facebook.com/SteveSmithJewellery

or see my website at:

www.stevesmithjewellery.co.uk

New Butterfly design Pendant

A new pendant design straight from the studio.

A gorgeous dichroic glass pendant with beautiful butterfly image fired into the glass.

Yours for only £15 plus £2 p&p

To order please contact me via email at

stevesmithjewellery@yahoo.co.uk

Thanks for stopping by and having a look

Steve

The mysterious Cat Pendant. Fashion jewellery.

Just a short post this time. Here is the latest in the Catitude range of pendants.

This fashion pendant measures approximately 1"1/2" plus the bail.

£15 plus £2 p&p UK delivery.

Can be postage worldwide, please ask.

To order, contact me via email at 

stevesmithjewellery@yahoo.co.uk

To see more designs have a look at my website:

stevesmithjewellery.co.uk

or like my Facebook page at:

facebook.com/stevesmithjewellery

Thanks for stopping by

Steve :o)

Unique Fashion Christmas Tree Pendant.

OK! I know if feels like ages away but people have asked for Festive seasonal jewellery. Never doing Festive jewellery before, I thought. I'll give it a go then. 

What is one of the most iconic images? 

The first thing I thought of was, yes you guessed it, 

a Christmas Tree.

And there you go. A couple of Christmas Tree fashion Pendants. To order these at £15 each plus £2 p&p please contact me via email at:

stevesmithjewellery@yahoo.co.uk

See other designs at:

www.stevesmithjewellery.co.uk

or

www.facebook.com/stevesmithjewellery

A gorgeously sparkling dichric glass pendant. Only £10 plus £2 postage and packing. Pl ase contact me vie email at Stevesmithjeweller@yahoo.co.UK

That Music be the Food of Life,

Here is my very first Music themed pendant. It measure about 1" 1/2" by 3/4" and is set on a silver plated bail.

The glass is a multi-layered dichroic glass that is double fired for affect

To order this pendant please contact me via email at:

stevesmithjewellery@yahoo.co.uk

To see other designs, take a look at my website at:

stevesmithjewellery.co.uk

and

facebook.com/SteveSmithJewellery

Thanks for looking

Steve

Dragon Eye Pendant

Hi.

I do quite a few cats eye and dragon eye pendants and bracelets and here is just one of them. This pendant was made using a circle cutter for the dichroic glass and for the top glass. Then my trusty Dremel came out and I ground the eye slit. Even though I say so myself. I think it look really affective.

To order this pendant, please contact me via email at

stevesmithjewellery@yahoo.co.uk

If you would like to see other designs then take a look at my website at

stevesmithjewellery.co.uk

and if you want to keep up with some of the goings on at the studio and very new designs then visit my Facebook page at

www.facebook.com/SteveSmithJewellery

I am always making and coming up with new designs so don't miss out on that unique gift, whether it's for yourself, a friend or a loved one..

Thanks for stopping by

Steve :o)