Hello! I specialise in delicate and dainty jewellery made from silver and top quality gemstones that I source direct from a family of artisan gemstone cutters in Jaipur, India, before bringing them back to make into jewellery in my studio overlooking Mounts Bay in beautiful Cornwall.
*ALL OF MY JEWELLERY COMES BOXED* so it's ready to give as a present to someone special - and that includes yourself!
*Not everything I make is listed here* If you've seen something at a craft fair and can't find it here, please get in touch with me directly.
Or if you'd like something a bit different, feel free to ask. I have over 2500 different gemstones so there's a lot to play with!
I run my business as environmentally friendly and ethically as I can. I use eco silver, recycled and recyclable packaging and re-use any plastics that come my way and, by going directly to the gemstone cutters, I know who is doing the work and their working conditions.
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Hi! I'm Sarah and I make delicate silver jewellery using precious and semi-precious gemstones. I like small and dainty jewellery, not big and chunky, and that's what I make: Jewellery that can be worn everyday but is also special enough for going out; Jewellery that's handmade with care and with special attention to sourcing the top quality gemstones that are my passion, while staying good value and affordable; Jewellery that doesn't shout but sparkles...
Above all, my jewellery is always made from the best materials I can find, while staying affordable. I find I have an inner extra confidence from wearing the real thing, and I like the idea that the pieces will last and can be passed on to the next generation.
My background is that twenty or so years ago I was working in higher education when I went to the Netherlands for some meetings. I had an afternoon off and tried to do some sightseeing around Leiden - but it was December and the freezing sleet was horizontal so instead I ducked into a random shop and became addicted...
The shop sold beads and the assistant showed me how to begin making jewellery. When I got home I bought more beads and tools, read books, took lots of jewellery making classes, and then silver smithing classes. The gemstones became my passion - I buy mostly from Jaipur in India, which is considered the the gemstone cutting capital of the world, and the cutters I go to specialise in exclusively cutting AAA grade stones. To hold gorgeous peridots, black diamonds, rubies, blue sapphires in my hand - as I am in the photograph - is amazing and in the end, I chucked in the day job and ran away to the sea side to make jewellery full time.
Nowadays I live and make my jewellery in a converted C18th Wesleyan Chapel - Wesley himself preached there in 1766. It's on a little no-through lane that winds down to the sea and most days I walk along the beautiful Cornish coast looking out over the fairytale St Michael's Mount. When I'm not making jewellery at home, I have a stall at the weekly St Ives Craft Market in the Guildhall, and the monthly Truro Cathedral City Market - if you come to Cornwall, come and see me!
PS - My surname dates back 1865 and the arrival in Liverpool of a Basque sailor called Ramon de Larrinaga. It rhymes with Lime and Lager, which isn't very romantic, but is accurate!
Reviewed by Jan
Exquisite!
Reviewed by Susan
Exactly as described to match earrings I already had. Very quick delivery and beautifully packaged
Reviewed by Mrs
The earrings are beautiful and arrived quickly. Just what I wanted
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