About
At Shades of Silver Design my passion is to create inspiring beautiful pieces of sterling silver jewellery. Whether you're looking for a special gift for someone, or a treat for yourself I hope that you will find something you love!
My love for sterling silver began at college where I first encountered the art of precious metalwork. I was captivated by the traditional methods involved and eager to develop my skills. I now design and make individual sterling silver jewellery from my Morecambe Bay home on the North Lancashire coast with it's stunning backdrop of the beautiful English Lake District.
My pieces are created using sustainable, recycled sterling silver bullion sourced from UK suppliers who are members of the Responsible Jewellery Council.
I incorporate a range of techniques in my collections including embossing, heat soldering, sterling silver wire-work, saw-piercing, and texture. I'm always absorbed in my silver work, exploring new processes and designs to add to my gallery. I hope my jewellery inspires you with the perfect gift solution for those hard to buy for people!
Cheryl
My love for sterling silver began at college where I first encountered the art of precious metalwork. I was captivated by the traditional methods involved and eager to develop my skills. I now design and make individual sterling silver jewellery from my Morecambe Bay home on the North Lancashire coast with it's stunning backdrop of the beautiful English Lake District.
My pieces are created using sustainable, recycled sterling silver bullion sourced from UK suppliers who are members of the Responsible Jewellery Council.
I incorporate a range of techniques in my collections including embossing, heat soldering, sterling silver wire-work, saw-piercing, and texture. I'm always absorbed in my silver work, exploring new processes and designs to add to my gallery. I hope my jewellery inspires you with the perfect gift solution for those hard to buy for people!
Cheryl
All items include a pretty pillow style gift box. (Style may vary)
Inspiration
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I draw inspiration from the everyday world in particular the abundance of shapes and weathered textures found within the surrounding countryside and coastline.
Our family business Robinson's Florists. (established over 70 years!) has stunning floral displays that also provide a bounty of wonderful forms for me to translate into silver. My aim is to create something timeless and wearable that captures the full brilliance and reflections of the silver. Serendipity often helps to evolve a design in such a way that it becomes a rare and individual piece of jewellery. Perfect if you are looking for something with unique appeal rather than mass produced. |
Euphobia's delicate structure.
Bracelet links echo plant structure.
Since childhood I have been surrounded by garden flowers and plants, the intricate structure of which is often interpreted within my sterling silver designs.
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Glistening dew on Lady's Mantle
Capturing nature's surface effect in silver
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The Handmade Process
 Saw-pierced butterfly pendant
All my pieces are individually made using traditional tools. I enjoy creating small batch collection pieces as well as one of a kind. Once the hard silver is annealed it becomes soft and malleable allowing it to be worked in many ways. Traditional methods include forging, saw-piercing, embossing, soldering and wire-work. I often apply texture to add depth and strength along with unique surface effects that bring subtle differences to every piece. I construct my designs based on initial drawings and I work with non precious material before progressing to the sterling silver. Great focus is invested into the final stages to produce the highest standard for every piece. Shades of Silver Design
When sterling silver is heated with a flame the colour changes. The beautiful shades can range from petrol blue to cherry red, salmon pink to gunmetal as the silver temperature increases and drops. The silver becomes darkened. To remove this oxidisation the cooled silver is then submerged in a warm 'safety pickle' solution which causes a reaction that transforms the silver to white. The precious metal is then polished to restore the beautiful silvery shine! Alternatively an interesting patina effect can be created when 'liver of sulphur' is introduced. The precious silver reacts to produce a rainbow of different shades of colour including green, purple, gold. |
Embossed Heart pendant
Wirework
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Various Local Craft Fair and Gallery Events
My Silver display at the lovely Pier Gallery, Arnside.
Proud to be part of the Silverdale and Arnside Arts and Crafts Trail!
Proud to be part of the Silverdale and Arnside Arts and Crafts Trail!
My silver jewellery stall was part of the Storey's Handmade and Vintage Xmas Fair Lancaster.
The Storey building is a beautiful setting for the event being one of the most historic Victorian buildings in the city of Lancaster.
The Fair featured an amazing array of quality hand crafted work by talented artists.
The Storey building is a beautiful setting for the event being one of the most historic Victorian buildings in the city of Lancaster.
The Fair featured an amazing array of quality hand crafted work by talented artists.
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Shades of Silver Stall at Morecambe's fabulous Vintage by the Sea set within the iconic Midland Hotel. |
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Busy at the workbench!
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Small Print
POLICIES
Jewellery Care and Safety
The jewellery items for sale in my shop are intended to be worn as a fashion accessory for decorative use only. Please wear your jewellery safely and remove before sleeping/sports.
Items may contain small parts so store out of reach of children and babies.
The handmade sterling silver designs in my website galleries may appear larger or smaller than the real thing.
If you wish to order it is important to check the item's description details and approximate dimensions are suited to your requirements, ensuring the jewellery will meet your expectation. All my pieces comply with UK Assay Office Hallmarking regulations, and weigh below 7.78 grams. view Hallmarking notice here.:
https://www.assayofficelondon.co.uk/media/2635/e3087_london-dealer-notice-updates-sep-19-single-sided.pdf
Any jewellery purchases made via my shop are conditional of having understood and agreed to my policies.
To see my full policies please refer to my Etsy Shop Policies page shadesofsilverdesign.etsy.com
All transactions are subject to UK law
Privacy Policy for shadesofsilverdesign on Etsy shadesofsilverdesign.etsy.com
I Cheryl Morgan am the data-controller of your personal information as it relates to my shop.
When you place an order from me through my Etsy shop, I will receive your name, delivery address and email from Etsy. I will only use these details to process and deliver your order, or deal with any queries you have related to that order. If you send me a message using the contact button on Etsy, I will receive your username.
The only circumstances in which I will share your data are in processing your order or complying with the law. I will never use or pass on your information to third parties for marketing purposes or any other purpose, other than the circumstances listed below, or add you to any mailing list without your explicit consent. The circumstances in which I may share your data are:
• With Etsy to comply with my obligations.
• With delivery companies (e.g. Royal Mail) to fulfil your order.
• To comply with legal or tax obligations.
I only retain your details for as long as necessary in order to process the transaction and I securely store any data collected during that period. I retain personal data related to orders or customer queries for six years. After this time I will delete your data from my records.
You have the right to know what personal data I hold about you, and to ask for that data to be changed or deleted. You also have the right to contact the ICO if you believe there is a problem with the way I handle your data.
