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Jim & Laura Stringer
@quirkymetals.bsky.social
We are Jim and Laura Stringer, and we call our business Quirky metals. We have our workshop in Meersbrook, Sheffield, where we have run our business since 2014. We produce quirky metalwork for the home.
www.quirkymetals.com
Its exam result time again, and a handmade bookmark could be a perfect little congrats gift. We make bookmarks here in Sheffield. Available to buy in our website shop www.quirkymetals.com

#reader #books #bookmarks #madeinSheffield #Sheffield #pewter #congratulations #handmadeuk #madeinyorkshire
August 15, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Saturday Workshop today with a family group of 6, which was really lovely. We got to see 6 individual cuffs being made in our afternoon workshop session.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/make-a-cuf...

#workhsop #quirkymetalssheffield #madeinSheffield #sheffieldgifts #sheffield #teambuildingevents
Make a cuff in this workshop experience
Come join us in this hands-on workshop where you'll learn how to make your very own cuff bracelet from scratch!
www.eventbrite.co.uk
August 9, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Our next available workshop session is Tuesday August 12th at 12 noon and its available to book via eventbrite with 4 spaces available.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/jim-quirky...
www.quirkymetals.com

#sheffield #sheffieldmade #sheffieldgifts #quirkymetals
August 3, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Our new range of pewter bookmarks, freshly added to the website! Each bookmark has a quirky style that makes a useful gift for any book lover. Designed and made in our quirky Sheffield workshop.Explore the collection at:
www.quirkymetals.com/bookmarks.
#bookmarks #bookreader #booklover
#book #gift
June 7, 2025 at 4:57 PM
This retro clock has a recessed pewter face with a hammered front. Will also be available with a brass face, too.

#shopindependent #galleries #shopinde #madeinSheffield #pewter #craftshop #crafts #giftshop #handmadeuk #handmadesheffield #quirkymetalssheffield #sheffieldgifts #handmadeuk
March 22, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Our allium cylindrical vase showcases the tooling we had made from Lauras drawing and is a perfect size for displaying blooms or dried stalks..depends on the time of the year..Just one in a series of vases we have made this year.
#shopindependent #galleries #sheffieldgifts #handmade
#sheffieldmaker
March 22, 2025 at 6:24 AM
This little lovely is one of our new designs. A cylindrical Pewter vase, which can have many different designs placed on them.
#vase #artisanmadeuk2025 #shopindependent #galleries #insideartisanmadeuk #shopinde
#madeinSheffield #pewter #craftshop #britishmade #crafts #handmadeuk #sheffieldgifts
March 20, 2025 at 5:55 PM
We call this clock the Bishop's Hat. Its made with a mixture of plain and embossed pewter surfaces. This fella stands 17.5cm high & 15.5 cm wide. This new design will be on show at the Artisan made uk Trade fair held at Skipton auction market this next weekend.
#clocks ##madeinsheffield #handmade
March 18, 2025 at 9:00 PM
We have been working on some new ideas. As well as our small posy vases, we are developing this idea, which could also be a vase or a lamp base.The surface features hammering as a detail. #madeinSheffield #pewter #galleries #craftshop #crafts #giftshop ##handmadeuk #quirkymetalssheffield #vases
March 16, 2025 at 9:23 PM