Vic
@wildandsapphire.bsky.social
North Devon Silversmith
... but this is probably going to end up a gardening account
... but this is probably going to end up a gardening account
I rely on food chains, not pesticides in my garden - predators will come where there is food, and its so satisfying to spot them and know nature is doing its thing (ladybird/hoverfly larvae are my favourites - absolute machines)
Anyway this is a really easy thing to give up ... and to support ↓
Anyway this is a really easy thing to give up ... and to support ↓
Butterflies need two things to thrive: good weather and a healthy environment ☀️🌱
Join us in asking UK retailers to remove synthetic pesticides from sale for a wilder, butterfly-filled future for generations to come 👉 https://butterflyemergency.good.do/rescue-mission/
Join us in asking UK retailers to remove synthetic pesticides from sale for a wilder, butterfly-filled future for generations to come 👉 https://butterflyemergency.good.do/rescue-mission/
September 10, 2025 at 9:42 AM
I rely on food chains, not pesticides in my garden - predators will come where there is food, and its so satisfying to spot them and know nature is doing its thing (ladybird/hoverfly larvae are my favourites - absolute machines)
Anyway this is a really easy thing to give up ... and to support ↓
Anyway this is a really easy thing to give up ... and to support ↓
a glimpse of my process and what "artisan" means to me #handmade #silversmith #metalsmith #creative #creativeprocess #imadethiswithmyhands
September 9, 2025 at 2:37 PM
a glimpse of my process and what "artisan" means to me #handmade #silversmith #metalsmith #creative #creativeprocess #imadethiswithmyhands
just bailed on my next 3 craft markets because they also had a maker selling temu/shein charms there - it was labelled an 'artisan market' but...🤔 anyway I'm going to focus on online a bit again now, which requires proof of life via social media (apparently?) so, here I am + some stuff I made lately
September 9, 2025 at 1:54 PM
just bailed on my next 3 craft markets because they also had a maker selling temu/shein charms there - it was labelled an 'artisan market' but...🤔 anyway I'm going to focus on online a bit again now, which requires proof of life via social media (apparently?) so, here I am + some stuff I made lately
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Today is National Biscuit Day, and it’s about time that I populated this account with biscuit (cookie) sets from the past few years. Here are some of my favourites. 🧵
First up, a set inspired by the delicious designs of William Morris and John Henry Dearle.
First up, a set inspired by the delicious designs of William Morris and John Henry Dearle.
May 29, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Today is National Biscuit Day, and it’s about time that I populated this account with biscuit (cookie) sets from the past few years. Here are some of my favourites. 🧵
First up, a set inspired by the delicious designs of William Morris and John Henry Dearle.
First up, a set inspired by the delicious designs of William Morris and John Henry Dearle.
still working on those photo editing skills and especially, trying to get gem colour to reflect reality instead of the inexplicable fever dream version my camera wants to give me 🤷🏻♀️
this is progress though (finally)
#photography #onewomanbandbiz #gemstones #silversmith
this is progress though (finally)
#photography #onewomanbandbiz #gemstones #silversmith
June 1, 2025 at 12:10 PM
still working on those photo editing skills and especially, trying to get gem colour to reflect reality instead of the inexplicable fever dream version my camera wants to give me 🤷🏻♀️
this is progress though (finally)
#photography #onewomanbandbiz #gemstones #silversmith
this is progress though (finally)
#photography #onewomanbandbiz #gemstones #silversmith
I'm trading at a big market in three days... so naturally I'm practicing photo editing instead of making jewellery to sell...
#makeitmakesense
#thosestonesthough #reflectionsareannoying #photography #stonesetting #silversmithing #metalsmithing #landscapes #natureimitatingartimitiatingnature
#makeitmakesense
#thosestonesthough #reflectionsareannoying #photography #stonesetting #silversmithing #metalsmithing #landscapes #natureimitatingartimitiatingnature
May 15, 2025 at 8:47 AM
I'm trading at a big market in three days... so naturally I'm practicing photo editing instead of making jewellery to sell...
#makeitmakesense
#thosestonesthough #reflectionsareannoying #photography #stonesetting #silversmithing #metalsmithing #landscapes #natureimitatingartimitiatingnature
#makeitmakesense
#thosestonesthough #reflectionsareannoying #photography #stonesetting #silversmithing #metalsmithing #landscapes #natureimitatingartimitiatingnature
in non metalsmithing news, I discovered a frog, newt AND a slow worm in my suburban (but trying very hard to be a wild-life friendly) garden this week 🎉
no one in my house is as excited as I am....
no one in my house is as excited as I am....
March 29, 2025 at 9:03 PM
in non metalsmithing news, I discovered a frog, newt AND a slow worm in my suburban (but trying very hard to be a wild-life friendly) garden this week 🎉
no one in my house is as excited as I am....
no one in my house is as excited as I am....
"Joni"
recently made at the bench 🔨 featuring a huuuuge chunk of Burro Creek Agate from Arizona set in recycled silver
#imadeyourjewellery #wheredoyourgemstonescomefrom
recently made at the bench 🔨 featuring a huuuuge chunk of Burro Creek Agate from Arizona set in recycled silver
#imadeyourjewellery #wheredoyourgemstonescomefrom
March 29, 2025 at 8:59 PM
"Joni"
recently made at the bench 🔨 featuring a huuuuge chunk of Burro Creek Agate from Arizona set in recycled silver
#imadeyourjewellery #wheredoyourgemstonescomefrom
recently made at the bench 🔨 featuring a huuuuge chunk of Burro Creek Agate from Arizona set in recycled silver
#imadeyourjewellery #wheredoyourgemstonescomefrom
Any #sweetpeas growers out there? What’s your favourite set up for small garden? Torn between an arch (but that means no roses on it) obelisk (is this more efficient use of space?) or wigwam (because budget friendly but … local cats. If you know, you know) tips / photos appreciated ❤️
#gardening
#gardening
March 7, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Any #sweetpeas growers out there? What’s your favourite set up for small garden? Torn between an arch (but that means no roses on it) obelisk (is this more efficient use of space?) or wigwam (because budget friendly but … local cats. If you know, you know) tips / photos appreciated ❤️
#gardening
#gardening
when the #roses on that arch bloomed.....
#ukgardening #gardening
in case anyone is curious, this is James Galway from David Austin - five years after planting, grown in the ground in a damp but very sunny & sheltered south facing bed
Taken at 8.45pm (!) on 24th may which is not that far away ❤︎
#ukgardening #gardening
in case anyone is curious, this is James Galway from David Austin - five years after planting, grown in the ground in a damp but very sunny & sheltered south facing bed
Taken at 8.45pm (!) on 24th may which is not that far away ❤︎
March 6, 2025 at 5:28 PM
when the #roses on that arch bloomed.....
#ukgardening #gardening
in case anyone is curious, this is James Galway from David Austin - five years after planting, grown in the ground in a damp but very sunny & sheltered south facing bed
Taken at 8.45pm (!) on 24th may which is not that far away ❤︎
#ukgardening #gardening
in case anyone is curious, this is James Galway from David Austin - five years after planting, grown in the ground in a damp but very sunny & sheltered south facing bed
Taken at 8.45pm (!) on 24th may which is not that far away ❤︎
throwback to past gardens...not sure why, but the spark left me a bit the last couple years, but I've got that fizzy "springtime is nearly here and I just want to be outside and plant all the flower seeds" feeling again, so high hopes for 2025 🌷 now to find all the #gardening accounts on bluesky...
March 6, 2025 at 5:03 PM
throwback to past gardens...not sure why, but the spark left me a bit the last couple years, but I've got that fizzy "springtime is nearly here and I just want to be outside and plant all the flower seeds" feeling again, so high hopes for 2025 🌷 now to find all the #gardening accounts on bluesky...
Past work: Engraved Rhodonite Ring
Nickname: Heathcliff
Photo taken before I finished so there is still silver dust all over it (I was zooming & checking the setting)
But this is about the stone - seeing a moody moorland & a pink sky in it, it's the one that made me fall in love with rhodonite 🖤
Nickname: Heathcliff
Photo taken before I finished so there is still silver dust all over it (I was zooming & checking the setting)
But this is about the stone - seeing a moody moorland & a pink sky in it, it's the one that made me fall in love with rhodonite 🖤
March 6, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Past work: Engraved Rhodonite Ring
Nickname: Heathcliff
Photo taken before I finished so there is still silver dust all over it (I was zooming & checking the setting)
But this is about the stone - seeing a moody moorland & a pink sky in it, it's the one that made me fall in love with rhodonite 🖤
Nickname: Heathcliff
Photo taken before I finished so there is still silver dust all over it (I was zooming & checking the setting)
But this is about the stone - seeing a moody moorland & a pink sky in it, it's the one that made me fall in love with rhodonite 🖤
the "more mental peace" theory was also correct - I guess it's much easier on the brain to just not be somewhere you don't actually want to be, rather than stay because you think you're supposed to.
My #smallcreativebusiness, my decision ❤︎
My #smallcreativebusiness, my decision ❤︎
my instagram officially deleted as of today 👋
since I closed I: rebranded, moved studio, opened folksy shop, added a ton to my website, reopened etsy shop, set up email newsletter, cleared my 4.5k inbox and a 8ft bramble hedge from garden...
I think the admin productivity theory was maybe right...
since I closed I: rebranded, moved studio, opened folksy shop, added a ton to my website, reopened etsy shop, set up email newsletter, cleared my 4.5k inbox and a 8ft bramble hedge from garden...
I think the admin productivity theory was maybe right...
March 3, 2025 at 3:50 PM
the "more mental peace" theory was also correct - I guess it's much easier on the brain to just not be somewhere you don't actually want to be, rather than stay because you think you're supposed to.
My #smallcreativebusiness, my decision ❤︎
My #smallcreativebusiness, my decision ❤︎
my instagram officially deleted as of today 👋
since I closed I: rebranded, moved studio, opened folksy shop, added a ton to my website, reopened etsy shop, set up email newsletter, cleared my 4.5k inbox and a 8ft bramble hedge from garden...
I think the admin productivity theory was maybe right...
since I closed I: rebranded, moved studio, opened folksy shop, added a ton to my website, reopened etsy shop, set up email newsletter, cleared my 4.5k inbox and a 8ft bramble hedge from garden...
I think the admin productivity theory was maybe right...
March 3, 2025 at 3:45 PM
my instagram officially deleted as of today 👋
since I closed I: rebranded, moved studio, opened folksy shop, added a ton to my website, reopened etsy shop, set up email newsletter, cleared my 4.5k inbox and a 8ft bramble hedge from garden...
I think the admin productivity theory was maybe right...
since I closed I: rebranded, moved studio, opened folksy shop, added a ton to my website, reopened etsy shop, set up email newsletter, cleared my 4.5k inbox and a 8ft bramble hedge from garden...
I think the admin productivity theory was maybe right...
its a February sunshine, coffee drinking, photo-editing, sorting stock & repackaging stud earrings with my new logo kind of a day....
there will also be chocolate mini-rolls....
#whereiwork #silversmith #metalsmith #jewellerymaker #onewomanband #driedflowers
there will also be chocolate mini-rolls....
#whereiwork #silversmith #metalsmith #jewellerymaker #onewomanband #driedflowers
March 3, 2025 at 10:26 AM
its a February sunshine, coffee drinking, photo-editing, sorting stock & repackaging stud earrings with my new logo kind of a day....
there will also be chocolate mini-rolls....
#whereiwork #silversmith #metalsmith #jewellerymaker #onewomanband #driedflowers
there will also be chocolate mini-rolls....
#whereiwork #silversmith #metalsmith #jewellerymaker #onewomanband #driedflowers
5% silversmith, 90% web developer at this point... do I actually need a website?!
... the last 5% is reserved for rolling onto Bluesky & freaking out at the state of the world ... but also finding moments of light here, whether political or not (I need both). Thank you Bluesky people for that ❤︎
... the last 5% is reserved for rolling onto Bluesky & freaking out at the state of the world ... but also finding moments of light here, whether political or not (I need both). Thank you Bluesky people for that ❤︎
March 1, 2025 at 8:08 PM
5% silversmith, 90% web developer at this point... do I actually need a website?!
... the last 5% is reserved for rolling onto Bluesky & freaking out at the state of the world ... but also finding moments of light here, whether political or not (I need both). Thank you Bluesky people for that ❤︎
... the last 5% is reserved for rolling onto Bluesky & freaking out at the state of the world ... but also finding moments of light here, whether political or not (I need both). Thank you Bluesky people for that ❤︎
Tiny feathers handcarved from scrap... or, how I measure my progress as a self-taught smith
pic 1 - November '23 (2 years, 10 months of silversmithing)
pic 2 - October '22 (1 year, 9 months ")
pic 3 - June '22 (1 year, 5 months ")
#feathers #handmade #handcarved #craft #artisan #keeponkeepingon
pic 1 - November '23 (2 years, 10 months of silversmithing)
pic 2 - October '22 (1 year, 9 months ")
pic 3 - June '22 (1 year, 5 months ")
#feathers #handmade #handcarved #craft #artisan #keeponkeepingon
February 9, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Tiny feathers handcarved from scrap... or, how I measure my progress as a self-taught smith
pic 1 - November '23 (2 years, 10 months of silversmithing)
pic 2 - October '22 (1 year, 9 months ")
pic 3 - June '22 (1 year, 5 months ")
#feathers #handmade #handcarved #craft #artisan #keeponkeepingon
pic 1 - November '23 (2 years, 10 months of silversmithing)
pic 2 - October '22 (1 year, 9 months ")
pic 3 - June '22 (1 year, 5 months ")
#feathers #handmade #handcarved #craft #artisan #keeponkeepingon
Past work: mini elemental pendants
Made from square recycled sterling wire + hand engraved
Fun to see a theme through but... too strict with those angles (and too repetitive) to make regularly
Nov 2022 - 1 year, 10 months of silversmithing
#craft #handmade #indiebusiness #femalefoundedbusiness
Made from square recycled sterling wire + hand engraved
Fun to see a theme through but... too strict with those angles (and too repetitive) to make regularly
Nov 2022 - 1 year, 10 months of silversmithing
#craft #handmade #indiebusiness #femalefoundedbusiness
February 9, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Past work: mini elemental pendants
Made from square recycled sterling wire + hand engraved
Fun to see a theme through but... too strict with those angles (and too repetitive) to make regularly
Nov 2022 - 1 year, 10 months of silversmithing
#craft #handmade #indiebusiness #femalefoundedbusiness
Made from square recycled sterling wire + hand engraved
Fun to see a theme through but... too strict with those angles (and too repetitive) to make regularly
Nov 2022 - 1 year, 10 months of silversmithing
#craft #handmade #indiebusiness #femalefoundedbusiness
January 28, 2025 at 5:17 PM