BOLD SILVER JEWELLERY FOR THE EVERYDAY BRAVE

Handmade sterling silver jewellery from a garden studio in Hildenborough, just outside Tonbridge in Kent.

Big, raw, unapologetic pieces for people who would rather be memorable than matching.

And if you'd rather make your own, I teach that too.

Every piece starts with the metal, not a sketchbook. I cut, heat and hammer sterling silver and let it lead. I call it instinctive smithing. Push too far and the metal melts. Get it right and you end up with something nobody else is wearing.

THE JEWELLERY

Made by hand by me, Alf, a silversmith with 19 years at the bench.

100% recycled sterling silver.

Hallmarked at the London Assay Office, with my ALF maker’s mark.

One of one. When it’s gone, it’s gone.

SEE THE JEWELLERY

Large dangly sterling silver earrings with a large loop on the outside and a smaller hoop hanging inside them, handmade by The Soldersmith, Kent

Sterling silver oxidised ring, formed in a fence pattern so that parts of it are open, handmade by The Soldersmith, Kent

Heavy sterling silver ring, with a long tube clawset diagonally across the front. Each end of the tube has a lapis lazuli set into it, handmade by The Soldersmith, Kent

Large sterling silver stud earrings shaped like oversized shields, handmade by The Soldersmith, Kent

Sterling silver necklace shaped in the form of multiple clam shells, handmade by The Soldersmith, Kent.

SOMETHING MADE JUST FOR YOU

Want a piece that doesn’t exist yet? I make one-of-one commissions: rings, cuffs, pendants, the piece you’ve been describing to people for years. Commissions start from £200, and I’ll tell you honestly what’s possible.

ASK ABOUT A COMMISSION

LEARN SILVERSMITHING IN KENT

I’ve taught around 180 people to saw, file, solder and set stones. Most of them arrived never having held a piercing saw. That’s the usual starting point.

10-WEEK COURSES

A bench of your own, a group of five at most, and ten weeks to get properly good. Weekday mornings, afternoons and Monday evenings, for beginners and improvers.

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WORKSHOPS

Half a day at the bench and a finished piece to take home. Just you, the two of you, or your own group of three to five.

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WHERE TO FIND ME

In person at Chic et tralala in Sevenoaks, and at fairs through the year (see Events). Online, everything appears on Instagram first: @thesoldersmith. Or straight from the source: alf@thesoldersmith.co.uk or 01892 251102.