Dorset Art Weeks

Open Studio May 25 & 26 and June 2, 6, 7, 8 & 9 The bi-annual Dorset Arts Week is upon us and I’m busy this week getting ready to invite visitors into my studio. Dorset Art Weeks is a fabulous festival of the arts across the whole of Dorset that spans 2 weeks starting […]

A year of creation – 52 rings from forgotten gems

Gemstones, with their inherent beauty and allure, often find themselves collected in abundance by jewellery enthusiasts and many of my jeweller friends will be laughing at their own hoards as they read these words. However, as collections grow some gemstones may sit idle, waiting for their moment to shine and this is certainly true of […]

Unveiling my new range of silver jewellery making classes

Unveiling Our New Range of Silver Jewellery Classes: Master the Art of Elegance Welcome to silver jewellery making classes at Clare Hawley. Whether you’re interested in crafting delicate rings, detailed earrings, or statement necklaces, our silver jewellery classes offer something for everyone. Unleash your creativity, learn new skills, and create timeless pieces to keep or […]

Project two and three – Basket settings

Unlike the first assignment of keum boo, the next two projects had no creative element to them and a strict brief of what was wanted including stone sizes. Both projects were interconnected, to make basket settings from scratch for a variety of stone shapes. In project two 4 settings were asked for, a round setting, […]

Out and About this Christmas

Christmas events in Dorset and Somerset In the run up to the festive period we have a few extra shows added to our calendar. We had a hard choice choosing which shows to do. We (Stu and I) had to choose between doing as many shows as we can in the run up to Christmas […]

New Beginnings

In case you haven’t seen it elsewhere, here’s a little update on a journey I have begun this Autumn. Many things have happened over the last few years for us all. For me I have had my miracle baby girl at 43, a move from my beloved Scotland to the South West of England and […]

Shows for 2023

Bridport Market The start of my retail market and shows for the year starts this Saturday and a lot of preparation work has taken place to get ready. Stu has built me a beautiful new display out of hard wood and it’s going to look stunning. I have had a busy winter designing and making […]

Walk in the Woods

This new collection started back when I heavily pregnant with our daughter Lily and I was asked to design a piece based on The Forest. At the time we were living in a very remote part of the Scottish Highlands and it was the middle of winter where the day did not break until 9am […]

Re-working old treasures

One of the jewellery design services I love to do is re-work vintage jewellery and family heirlooms into new pieces to be worn and cherished. It is not unusual for us to have a treasured piece of jewellery that has been in the family for a long time or belonged to someone we loved who […]

Recycled Silver

Recycled silver! Did you know that the jewellery made here at Clare Hawley Jewellery is in most cases 90% or above recycle silver! I remember many years ago eagerly tuning into a new TV programme about gold mining in Alaska looking to improve my knowledge about the industry I’m in. As fascinating as the programme […]