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    You can buy handmade silver jewellery by Richard Chown from our Etsy Shop in the following categories:

    Some items are in stock so can be shipped within a few days but others are made to order, so shipping may take up to a month.
    All the items can be made in silver, gold, platinum and palladium and any of the items set with a gemstone can be custom made with any stone. Please get in touch to enquire about prices for variations that aren't listed.

    Please check back regularly as we will be adding some customisable engagement, wedding and signet rings.

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    Earrings

    Here are some examples of the bespoke earrings I've made using a range of techniques.

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    Cufflinks

    These are some examples of handmade cufflinks made using a range of techniques.

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    Rocky

    Richard started makings rings like these to explore more ways of getting a natural feel to untraditional wedding rings. It started out as a general crudeness that was slightly more interesting than hammered wedding rings, then developed into trying to recreate the feeling of flint. We try to be specific with each order to get the feel just right.  Next page
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    Hammered

    Richard has many, many hammers and these rings take him back to his blacksmithing days, albeit on a much smaller scale. The texture on mens hammered wedding rings catches the light very nicely, hardens the surface and can hide scratches. This is a good choice for fairly hands-on people who have manual jobs or enjoy outdoorsy hobbies and works well with all the different metal choices including gold, palladium and platinum. Next page
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    Forged

    Richard first made one of these when he had built up a certain amount of 9ct yellow gold scrap and didn’t want to sell it for the pittance he knew he would get for it. He melted it into a blob and hammered it out into a bar, breaking a hammer in the process! (He fixed it and has bought more appropriate hammers since). This was before Richard had a rolling mill, and the end result was unusual but lovely. It’s quite a knack to melt small amounts of gold without the oxidation messing up the purity, but he's pretty good at it now. The art is now getting the right degree of crudeness, as it has become easier with practice for him to make them more uniform than when he was flying by the seat of his pants. Richard can also make these by melting old gold, perhaps from inherited wedding rings. Next page
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    Organic

    The first cast rings Richard made were sculpted in very soft clay-like wax. He had done a lot of clay sculpture and the transformation from soft wax to hard metal enthralled him. Richard uses hard wax now, but getting that ‘thumbed’ feel gives it a very hand-made finish that rebels slightly from the machined rings out there. It also makes it slightly more interesting to play with and makes the light dance over it nicely. This is really good for the subtle but personal rings as each ring has its own undulations. Back to the beginning
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    Simple

    Here is a selection of the more traditional wedding rings we have made. Design is an entirely personal thing and we’re always ready to accommodate the more straightforward requests as well as the more ‘out there’ ones. To many clients, having something personal and understated gives them the sentiment they are looking for in a private way and keeping the overt design features to a minimum is key to this. Next page
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    Practical & Smooth

    Rubover setting is the simplest, most subtle way to set a stone in a ring. It allows Richard to play around with the design in lots of interesting ways and not worry too much about how the stones are going to fit in. As the stone doesn’t protrude from the ring the style lends itself very well to wedding rings. We’ve made quite a few rings with gems set on the inside, often birthstones or a nod to the engagement ring, which works much like an engraving. The two little green diamonds are for ‘two peas in a pod’.

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    Wood

    Wood is quite a bit softer than metal, so in these rings it is both recessed to protect it and carefully laminated it to reinforce and waterproof it. Some of the wood in these rings was from people’s gardens to make them extra special. The wood has to have the right sort of hardness to work.

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    Bracelets

    Here are the photographs and details of some of the unusual silver bracelets I've made using a selection of techniques.

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    Pendants

    These are some examples made using a range of techniques. Pendants can be highly sentimental, worn close to the heart, or worn for elegance or playfulness.  They can be highly ornate as they take much less damage than rings.

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