Cloth and Clay

10/08/2025

I've also been working on pieces inspired more directly by textiles but I need your help with these two.

Should I leave them as they are or use colour in the middle of the 'beads' I really can't decide. Please help in the comments! 🙏

08/08/2025

I'm going through an Art Nouveau/Art Deco phase at the moment, and the shape of these earrings reflects that. They are set with turquoise, garnet or lapis lazuli. They're priced in the £60 - £70 pound range, depending on the stones. Message me for more info or if you'd like to buy one.

15/07/2025

The eastern redbud tree is on my mind, Facebook. I have one of these in my garden and it's really lovely.

The spring is heralded by tiny bright pink blossoms which start from the bark rather than having stalks themselves. They are soon followed by the leaves, which are a luscious dark red and start out small enough to make jewellery from. Within a couple of weeks they have grown too big and I've missed my chance. The leaves get bigger and bigger and in autumn they turn amber before falling off.

The leaves are very delicate, one could even say flimsy. It makes painting them with the silverclay paste rather difficult and it has to be done as quickly as the drying process will allow, however you can't speed up the drying because the leaves themselves will dry out and then there's nothing there to support the clay.

This spring I captured five little leaves in time and can now present them to you as two pairs of earrings and a pendant. The medium earrings are available from me at my studio, just message. The small earrings and the pendant are available from Made In Stroud shop.

10/03/2025

New daisy stud earrings, always popular.

Also new pendant earrings, slightly different from usual. These have a group of tiny silver beads suspended below and the main earring surface is lightly brushed.

All fine silver, with sterling silver findings.

As usual, do message me for prices and buying.

27/02/2025

Do you have a Pisces in your life? Or maybe just a thing about fish (I seem to!)

New and available from me, fish pendant, approx 48mm long with a gold coloured cubic zirconia eye. It's on an 18" sterling silver trace chain. £72 including Evri postage.

And, as promised, I have made some more tiny hearts. Just 16mm long and £35 including Evri postage.

Message me if you'd like to purchase.

14/02/2025

I've recently updated my website www.clothandclay.co.uk Do take a look!

Jane Vernon - Potter, Textile Artist & Jewellery Maker.

11/02/2025

08/02/2025

And here we have four of the new pieces fresh from finishing and delivered to Made In Stroud shop yesterday.

I'm stupidly pleased with the super-cute heart-shaped earrings. Do message me if you'd like some as I will soon be making more.

05/02/2025

Teeny tiny kiln packed! It's only lightly packed but unlike a ceramics kiln it doesn't make much difference to the results if you don't pack it as full as you can.
The second photo shows the smoke as the binder in the silver clay burns away.

04/02/2025

If you like traditionally red, heart shaped Valentine's gifts, these two pieces are currently in Made In Stroud shop and soon to be on their website too.

The larger pendant has a garnet cabochon and is hung on ribbon rather than chain. The small pendant has an inked cut-out heart.

For the less traditional, there is of course lots of other beautiful hand-made fine silver jewellery on sale.

15/09/2023