Helen Burgess Jewellery

“Beautiful handmade precious metals, gemstone, personalised, gold fill and oxidized silver jewellery”

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Closing for my Christmas break 4pm 17th December. Last date for taking commissions and hallmarked pieces 3rd December. Once the order book is full, made to order items might not be available to purchase again until the new year. To avoid disappointment, please do order ASAP for Christmas presents.

All of the jewellery pieces in this Folksy shop are handmade by myself in a lovely, shed studio in my back garden.

The handmade jewellery I make is inspired by nature, the coastline of my home Island of Mersea, meaningful words and the joy of simplicity.

Handmade in recycled sterling silver, recycled gold, sterling silver, copper, 14ct gold filled, and occasionally brass. Semi-precious stones, precious stones and beads are also featured in my work.

Thank you very much for your support.

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  • Statement Double Oval Dangle Drop Earrings, Recycled Sterling Silver

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    £51.00

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  • Sterling Silver Circle Pendant with Tree in Meadow Field Scene

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    £32.00

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  • Leaves in a Meadow Pendant Necklace, Sterling Silver Nature Jewellery

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    £31.00

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  • Small Crescent Moon Necklace, Recycled Sterling Silver, Half Moon Pendant

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    £20.00

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  • Tiny Star Pendant Necklace, Handmade Sterling Silver Jewellery

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    £20.00

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  • Tiny Heart Stud Earrings, Handmade Recycled Sterling Silver

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    £12.00

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  • Sterling Silver Heart Stud Earrings, Pebble Textured Small Studs

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    £19.00

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  • Beach Hut Stud Earrings - Recycled Sterling Silver - Tiny Studs

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    £20.00

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  • Crescent Moon Stud Earrings - Recycled Sterling Silver Studs

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    £20.00

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  • White Pearl and Hammered Recycled Sterling Silver Oval Dangle Drop Earrings

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    £41.00

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  • Tanzanite Gemstone Bangle, Recycled Sterling Silver and 9ct Gold Bracelet

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    £48.00

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  • Turquoise Sterling Silver Earrings, Hammered Bar, Dangle Drop Earrings

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    £35.00

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  • Pebble Beach Scene Statement Stud Earrings - Recycled Sterling Silver

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    £70.00

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  • Tiny Pebble Drop Earrings, Recycled Sterling Silver Small Earrings

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    £21.00

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  • 9ct Gold Hammered Circle Studs, Yellow Gold Ring Stud Earrings

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    £109.00

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  • Seashore Stud Earrings, Sterling Silver Pebble Beach Scene Tiny Studs

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    £19.00

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  • Seashore Pebble Beach Necklace, Handmade Recycled Sterling Silver

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    £42.00

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  • Silver Pebble Pendant, Small Recycled Sterling Silver Necklace

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    £20.00

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  • Pebble Drop Earrings, Recycled Sterling Silver Threader Earrings

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    £41.00

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  • Water Lily Pad Necklace - Sterling Silver Tiny Pendant

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    £20.00

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  • Water Lily Pad Stud Earrings - Recycled Sterling Silver Nature Inspired

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    £20.00

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  • Silver Oval Earrings - Hammered Recycled Sterling Silver Chain Link

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    £36.00

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  • Hexagon Studs, Textured, Recycled Sterling Silver Earrings

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    £20.00

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  • Bird Stud Earrings - small silver studs - gifts for nature lovers

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    £33.00 £26.40 (20% off)

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  • Little Patterned Bird and White Pearl Earrings - handmade drop earrings

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    £36.00 £28.80 (20% off)

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  • Tiny Full Moon Necklace, 1cm Circle Pendant, Recycled Sterling Silver

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    £20.00

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  • Pebble Beach Necklace, Silver Sea Shore Pendant, Coastal Jewellery

    Pebble Beach Necklace, Silv...

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    £25.00

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  • Tiny Silver Star Stud Earrings, Recycled Sterling Silver Square Studs

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    £16.00

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  • Wave Necklace, Sterling Silver, Ripple Textured Jewellery, Sea Inspired

    Wave Necklace, Sterling Sil...

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    £23.00

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  • Tiny Sterling Silver Stud Earrings, Semi Circle Studs, Minimalist Jewellery

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    £16.00

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  • Shooting Star Necklace, Sterling Silver Rectangular Pendant

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    £23.00

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  • Mismatched Moon Sleeper Hoop Earrings, Recycled Sterling Silver

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    £27.00

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  • Sterling Silver Moon Studs, Mismatched Stud Earrings, Asymmetric earrings

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    £20.00

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  • Silver Birch Bar Stud Earrings, inspired by nature

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    £23.00

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  • Silver Birch Bar Pendant Necklace, Handmade Recycled Sterling Silver

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    £28.00

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  • Silver Bar Earrings, Line Textured Studs, Sterling Silver Vertical Bars

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    £23.00

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  • Silver Bar Necklace, Vertical Bar Pendant, Line Textured Silver Necklaces

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    £25.00

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  • Bar Pendant Necklace, Line Textured, Recycled Sterling Silver Jewellery

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    £28.00

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  • Curved Silver Bar Necklace, Textured Silver, Silver Jewellery

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    £30.00

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  • Silver Open Oval Pendant Necklace, Textured Sterling Silver Necklaces

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    £27.00

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  • Sterling Silver Ring with 9ct Yellow Gold Heart - Recycled Silver, Recycled Gold

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    £37.00

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  • Sterling Silver Personalised Message Ring - Love You Always - Handmade

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    £31.00

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  • Gold Heart Studs, Hammered Sterling Silver Stud Earrings

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    £30.00

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  • Crescent Moon Pendant Necklace, Recycled Silver Jewellery

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    £24.00

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  • Full Moon Necklace, Sterling Silver Full Moon Circle Pendant Necklace

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    £25.00

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  • Pebble Necklace, Recycled Sterling Silver Seashore Inspired Pendant

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    £33.00

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  • Teardrop Threader Earrings, Recycled Sterling Silver Pebble Jewellery

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    £41.00

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  • Hammered Circle Necklace, Sterling Silver Disc Pendant, Rope Chain

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    £21.00

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  • Long Drop Ring Threader Earrings, Hammered Sterling Silver Circle Earrings

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    £29.00

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  • Ring Stud Earrings, Hammered Sterling Silver Studs

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    £22.00

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  • Cherry Quartz Hammered Silver Circle Drop Earrings

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    £27.00

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  • Tiny Rectangular Hammered Recycled Sterling Silver Stud Earrings

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    £18.00

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  • Hammered Sterling Silver Circle Studs with 9ct Gold hearts

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    £31.00

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  • Tanzanite and Gold Heart, Silver Ring

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    £46.00

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  • Sterling Silver Bar Bracelet with 9ct Yellow Gold Heart and Custom Message

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    £40.00

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  • Sterling Silver Cuff Bracelet With 9ct Yellow Gold Heart

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    £48.00

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  • Silver Initial Ring, Personalised Skinny Dainty Rings

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    £27.00

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  • Silver Leaf Earrings, Recycled Sterling Silver, Nature Inspired Earrings

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    £36.00

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  • Silver Leaf Pendant Necklace, Nature Inspired Jewellery

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    £36.00

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  • Garnet Ring with Hammered Recycled Sterling Silver Band

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    £36.00

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About Helen Burgess Jewellery

Helen Burgess Jewellery

I make handmade jewellery in a small rustic shed on an island along the Essex coast. Inspired by my love of nature, minimalism and words

I have always had a love of jewellery and sparkly things ever since I was a child. Whenever I stayed at my mum's parents I would almost immediately go through my Nanna's boxes of jewellery from the 50's, 60's and 70s. Throughout my childhood and young adulthood I had been making beaded jewellery as a hobby.

Along the same time I had a keen interest in all aspects of art and design, which led me to take up art and design at college and then a three dimensional multi disciplinary design degree course at Buckinghamshire Chilterns university college.

After leaving university I decided to take up silver smithing, and my Dad had offered me the back garden shed as a studio. After a year or so of teaching myself the basics of working with silver I started to sell my jewellery to local shops and galleries. A year later I started to sell on Folksy.

My style of jewellery is largely influenced by nature, art, colour and words. I have a deep fondness for birds and plants. My parents used to run a PYO and plant nursery, so I had been surrounded by different forms of nature. My first shed studio is home to many spiders, blue tits at one side of the shed walls, and above the door one of my robins who I would occasionally find looking for insects inside the shed. The new shed studio is much more warmer, still home to blue tits and robins.

My handmade jewellery comes from a range of inspirations, minimalist art, simplicity, plants, birds, shorelines and found objects. As I live on an island the beach and sea are increasingly becoming inspirations in the jewellery that I make.

I mostly work with sterling silver, fine silver and recycled silver as well as gold, brass and copper. Semi-precious stones, gemstones and found objects are also used in my work.

Thank you for reading my story

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