I would like to wish all my customers a Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year in 2018!
I hope your First-foot brings you luck in the coming New Year.
Sterling silver sea glass necklace
Handcrafted sterling silver sea glass necklace
Another example of original handcrafted silver jewellery from Northumbria Gems is this sea glass bezel pendant.
The pendant was made using a piece of oval, frosted Northumbrian sea glass collected by hand on the lovely north-east coast of England. I forged a thick bezel in sterling silver using traditional silversmith techniques. The bezel was made to fit exactly around the outer of the sea glass to keep its original shape, and a matching bail added. The result is this original Northumbrian seaglass necklace, which is also fully UK hallmarked.
As I use only genuine sea glass in my jewellery every piece of sea glass used will be slightly different, and each new pendant will be unique.
Unique Sea Glass Bezel Necklace from Northumbria Gems.
Collecting sea glass
Collecting sea glass
I spotted this tiny scarlet pimpernel flower at the edge of a path on a warm summer’s day, after collecting sea glass for my handmade jewellery. This was a coastal path at Whitley Bay, on the lovely north-east coast of England. The scarlet pimpernel is one of our native wildflowers, and it appears in England during the summer months, around May to September. Author Baroness D’Orczy named her hero after the flower, as it is so easy to miss.
My silver jewellery designs are inspired by history and nature, Northumberland’s wild uplands and windswept coast by the North Sea.
Hello world! Welcome to Northumbria Gems.
Welcome to Northumbria Gems new and updated website! Northumbria Gems jewellery is made from natural British stone, gemstone, and sea glass which has been collected by hand here in the Northumbria region of England.
The photograph you can see here is Bamburgh Castle, on the lovely coast of Northumberland. The view here is looking up from the sand dunes.
Northumberland is the northernmost county of Northumbria, the north-east region in which I live and make my natural stone, gemstone and sea glass silver jewellery.