Glitter and Gem

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Glitter and Gem Handcrafted jewellery design specialising in our own hand cut Gemstones, opals, silver and wirework. We are a Brighton based small jewellery design business.

All of our jewellery is handmade by us, we specialise in our own individually hand cut and hand finished gemstones(particularly opals), metal/silversmithing, goldsmithing, wirework and copper electroforming -carrying out all processes ourselves. We aim to give our customers original, quality and unique handmade products. You can find us on our website http://www.glitterandgem.co.uk. Or on Etsy https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/glitterandgem?ref=ss_profile


We are registered with the London assay office
link to dealers notice https://www.assayofficelondon.co.uk/media/1431/dealers_notice_2015.pdf

Go, go, go! We have been working incredibly hard to make new pieces this week to re stock up on some recent sales, but t...
17/10/2026

Go, go, go! We have been working incredibly hard to make new pieces this week to re stock up on some recent sales, but they never stay around for long at this time of year, so take a look at our website and see what’s new!

These are all now available from our website! Some very beautiful Australian opals here! ♥️
15/10/2026

These are all now available from our website! Some very beautiful Australian opals here! ♥️

14/10/2026

Then we do the whole process again but with fine silver, recycled of course. So people ask isn’t this just plating? And in theory the silver process is, but normal plating is a very thin (microscopic) flash layer applied to the surface. We apply for much longer - several hours compared to minutes, thereby allowing a much thicker coat. We do vary our process, depending on the design - some we leave with just copper, some have a mix of copper & silver and the rest have a heavy coat of silver.

One of our favourites of the year! Pop it in your diary 😉
13/10/2026

One of our favourites of the year! Pop it in your diary 😉

13/10/2026

Next stage … into the tank for the initial copper strike - we use recycled copper and send through a current in the electrolytic solution to start growing a solid metallic shell around the opal, where we have applied the conductive paint layer.

12/10/2026

Then we carefully paint the opal with silver conductive paint and attach bail ring ready for the first process of electroforming. This process allows us to control exactly where we want the copper & silver to form, although it is subject to other factors during the process too (time, temperature etc). But the beauty of this process means we can have no wastage, as it will form a strong bond carefully to where we want it.

12/10/2026

Next step in our Coober Pedy journey following grinding is to polish each piece we have prepared so far with Cerium Oxide ….

11/10/2026

Next stage…. Opal cut and now for grinding on our own built cabbing machine through a process of 7 diamond wheels

Very striking! A titanium ring packed with lots of opal pieces with plenty of neon rainbow tones! Just listed on our web...
11/10/2026

Very striking! A titanium ring packed with lots of opal pieces with plenty of neon rainbow tones! Just listed on our website

11/10/2026

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Southwick

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+447470089299

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