A month back at the shop - A thank you to all

A big thank you to those who have visited our shop 'Harbour Smiths' at the Harbour Market Whitstable over the last few weekends! If you did then you may have met our honoured assistant, hopefully his paws weren't an issue when fastening any bracelets or necklaces!

A few positive alterations in our hut have seen us be much happier with the presentation of our handmade work in the shop. We welcome Whitstable Sea Treasures to our doors, a talented local artist whose beautiful sea glass pictures perfectly complement our range of handmade silver sea glass jewellery. The Whitstable Lifeboats are supported with every picture purchase, as we believe it is greatly important to try to support local organisations that operate using voluntary funds to carry out their life saving work. 

​Since opening our doors, we have had a few very busy weeks in the workshop and harbour, however we are grateful for the lovely response to reopening, particularly with regard to new collections such as our sea glass jewellery. Thank you to all who have placed bespoke orders for rings over the past few weeks – hopefully they shall reside on your hands very soon. 

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Snowdrop Earrings and Guitar Pick

​In our busy weeks we have been approached to make a few fun items of silverware, for example a personalised Silver Guitar Pick for a 21st birthday gift, in addition to a few rings and earrings. Stand by for pictures of our bespoke rings coming your way over the next month after our lovely clients have received them for special occasions.

On reflection, this guitar pick was the first time I had closely studied dad engraving. Even from this singular letter I learnt a great deal in how to transfer the image onto the silver without marking it, and what tools to begin with before using a scorper to deeply engrave the image. He advocates how lucky he was to get the opportunity to learn from a skilful engraver in his youth, who to this day we still use for our engraving of more challenging requests. I am aiming to practice engraving lines, letters and then images onto silver when a window of time opens up at the bench. 

Hopefully I’ll be as controlled with a scorper as dad after lots of studying and practice.

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Miniature Silver Watering Can

​Thinking of pieces that are enjoyable to create; at the end of last year we had the pleasure of making another one of our Miniature Silver Watering Cans for a customer, with a flush set diamond in the watering rose.

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We look forward to basking in more sunsets like this after a day at our hut and to seeing more of you all over the coming summer months on our beautiful working harbour.