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Wedding Gifts

Summer is here and so are summer weddings!

Summer is the most popular time to get married, so we understand that finding the perfect wedding gifts are on people minds. It’s also hard to find wedding gifts that isn’t just one off item that gets thrown out eventually, but something that holds sentimental value. Here at Pruden and Smith our expertise are in bespoke and handmade jewellery. We have designed a few pieces of jewellery  and silverware specifically with wedding gifts in mind. Everything is handmade and modifiable creating a perfect unique wedding gifts that will be cherished forever.

Here are a few of our favorites. Don’t hesitate to contact us if you would like tweek these products, or even come up with something completely new!

 

For Them:

Napkin Holders

Silver Napkin Holder

Handmade solid silver napkin holders with a bespoke engraving with hammered or smooth finish.

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Photo Frame

Silver Photo Frame

Handmade Solid Silver Photo Frame for you favorite memory. Available for a bespoke engraving.

 

For Her:

Silver & Gold Nuggets

Silver & Gold Nuggets

These Silver & Gold Nuggets come in many differnt sizes and styles, from necklaces to dangly earrings choose something handmade and perfect.

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Wave Pendant

Wave Pendant

Elegant solid silver wave pendant comes in a few different styles but a perfect life long gift.

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Cuff Bangle

Cuff Bangle

Solid silver cuff bangle available in gold or gold plating and bespoke engraving.

For Him:

Egg Cup

Egg Cup

For the man who loves his soldiers, a solid silver egg cup. Available for engraving.

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Cufflinks

Cufflinks

Solid silver cufflinks available in a variety of styles. Bespoke engraving also available.

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Give us a call anytime between 10am-5pm on 01273 456338 for more information.

 

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Feel Like a Fashionista! Which Colours Suit Your Complexion?

Are you warm-coloured? How about cool or clear? Do you know which colours suit your complexion?

The colours you wear can really impact how you feel. This includes the clothes on your back and the jewellery you compliment them with. Similar to a piece of art, certain colours work well with others, and some don’t. Your body is like the canvas; however, it’s got a certain colour to it. Therefore, you need to consider which colours suit your complexion. Below, we’ve listed the colours that best match particular complexions. Find your colouring below and let us know if you agree!

Warm

Not sure if this is your tone? Roll up a sleeve and look at the veins on your wrist. If they look almost green, you have warm undertones. If they’re more of blue, you’re cool and should keep scrolling down.

For this tone, you should be looking for brown, orange and yellow in your clothing. For jewellery, gold is your metal of choice. Warm greens and reds work, too, so how about some subtle Tourmaline and Ruby earrings?

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How about combining these to make a fashion statement?

 

Cool

Still not sure on what your complexion is? Take a look in the mirror. If your eyes are blue, grey or green, you’re cool-toned. If your eyes are brown or hazel, you’d better scroll back up to the warm section.

For you cool people, your best bet with clothes are the greens, blues and greys. What does this mean for jewellery? Avoid the yellow gold and look for silver or white gold. Try pairing a beautiful Green Emerald ring with an Amethyst necklace and Pearl earrings.

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Unlike people with warm colouring, white gold is the friend of cool-coloured people.

Clear/Neutral

Do you liken yourself more to celebrities like Angelina Jolie and Rachel McAdams? You could very well have a clear or neutral tone. The great news for you is that pretty much any colour works very well for you! It really makes the task of choosing which colour suits your complexion, easy.

It’s best to choose the softer versions of a colour, but you’ll be very happy to know that a bright, eye-catching red lipstick will really suit you and turn heads everywhere you go. For your clothing, throw on some white and black. This will allow the beauty of your accessories to come through. If you want to really stand out, how about a Tanzanite pendant? Or a Ruby ring to compliment your red lips? If you’re feeling a little subtler, you can always go for some Sapphire earrings.

Which colours suit your complexion
If you have clear skin colouring, bright and vibrant colours reign supreme.

Want to know more? Join us for our VIP evening with Colour & Image consultant Kim Handford from Colour Me Beautiful on October 17th. Kim will help you discover how to make sure your jewellery not only shows the world how unique you are, but also compliments your natural colouring beautifully. Understanding which colours suit your complexion means your personality and style can shine, and you can invest in treasured pieces with confidence.

We have a limited number of places available, so please book a place now to avoid disappointment. If there are no spaces available, please add yourself to the waiting list and you will be the first to hear about our next event.

 

Which colours suit your complexion

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Jewellery Competition Brighton

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We are pleased to announce we are holding another competition on Pinterest for you to win a £200 voucher!

You can enter the Jewellery Competition Brighton by:

  1. Going to our Pinterest or Instagram page
  2. Pinning your top 5 favourite products
  3. Showing us the outfit you would like to pair with it by uploading a picture of your outfit and tagging us @prudenandsmith.

Here are some examples of the beautiful jewellery you could purchase with your prize!

Silver Nugget Bracelet with Nugget heart

Large Lapis Lazuli Pendant

Silver Crystal Star Pendant

Rough Diamond Earstuds

Lapis Lazuli Silver Cufflinks Rectangular

Lapis Lazuli Cufflinks

Men’s Silver Cuff

 

Thank you for your continued support and we’re glad we are able to give something back to our loyal customers.

 

 

Your valued support had us come first in the Muddy Stilettos Best Jewellery Store Sussex Awards

Muddy Stilettos Award Winner Best Jewellery Store Sussex

Have you seen our previous jewellery competitions Brighton? Let us know what you would like to see as the prize for future competitions and we will do our best to make those prizes available.

Did you pop into our workshop last month when the Brighton Festival Art Trail was on? We were welcoming our customers to take a look at where the jewellery magic happens. You were able to come down and see where we get creative and plan our designs, as well as heating the metals, hammering it into shape and setting the final product.

We love hearing from you about what jewellery you are loving at the moment! Leave a comment below with the jewellery you would like.

You can find out more information about how we create our jewellery in this short video filmed for the local Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft about Anton Pruden’s legacy:

Do you have a design in mind you would like us to create? Maybe you are planning to propose soon, or have a special birthday to buy for? Pop into our jewellery shop and workshop in Ditchling and peruse our designs, or explain to us what sort of design you have in mind and we can create it for you.

We also redesign old jewellery you may have but no longer use. Find out more here.

 

 

 

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Brighton Festival Ditchling Open Houses

Brighton Festival Ditchling Open Houses: Over four weekends in May, artists open their doors to offer work from over 1,200 artists, exhibiting in more than 180 venues across the city of Brighton, Hove and beyond.

The Open Houses are grouped in local trails, each with their own unique character, from the fishermen’s houses of Hanover, Regency houses of Brunswick, to the urban warehouse spaces of the North Laine and cottages of the South Downs village of Ditchling.

Visiting Open Houses offers the chance to meet the artists and to buy work directly from them. The hugely diverse range of artwork on show includes original paintings, prints, graffiti arts, ceramics and textiles, as well as photography, sculpture, crafts, jewellery and many other media.

The Artists Open Houses is an inclusive open-to-all event, welcoming participation from all areas of the community, including community groups, marginalised, school and college student artists.

Artists Open Houses in Ditchling

Ditchling Village is in the South Downs National Park.  Art in Ditchling is a group of local artists who participate in Brighton Artists Open Houses during The Brighton Festival.  The Art in Ditchling Trail showcases a range of high quality art, design and craft in houses, studios and workshops.  Make a day of it to meet the artists and makers, explore the historic village as well as Ditchling Museum of Art+Craft.  As a distraction from the Trail there are a number of pubs and cafes offering delicious refreshments.

A number of venues will be open on both Bank Holidays in May.  Please check the individual houses pages for details.

Ditchling has a rich artistic heritage shown in Ditchlings award winning Museum of Art asnd Craft which includes Eric Gill, Sir Frank Brangwyn and The Guild of St Joseph and St Dominic; family members continue these traditions in some venues today.

Pruden and Smith are participating in the Brighton Festival Ditchling Open Houses as part of the Art in Ditchling Trail. Thery are designers and craftsmen in precious metals whose passion for contemporary design shows in everything they do. Their gallery and new display area within, their adjoining workshops, on Ditchling Crossroads showcases their work in gold, platinum, and silver incorporating diamonds and unusual gemstones from all over the world. This year look out for new designs featuring 2000 year old Roman glass from Afghanistan.  They offer a complete design-to-make service for any item in precious metal from engagement rings to chalices. They can also incorporate or redesign your existing jewellery in a process they call ‘A Precious Legacy’.

Brighton Festival Ditchling Open Houses

DesignerRebecca Smith takes inspiration and materials from your existing jewellery collection to generate designs for new pieces. It ensures that your jewellery is out of your jewellery box and worn whilst maintaining the sentimental connection to past pieces. Many of the designs on display are to generate ideas for this process.

During the festival take a tour of their workshops of 30 years, then follow with a look at their history by visiting Ditchling Museum of Art and Craft, which features the work and tools of Anton Pruden’s grandfather, Dunstan, silversmith on The Guild of St Joseph and St. Dominic.

Visit Art in Ditchlings Trail During the Brighton Festival Ditchling Open Houses

Call in at Pruden and Smith to pick up your copy of the brochure for all events.

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Christmas Decorations

Our Christmas decorations this year were made by Rebecca Smith in a workshop facilitated by Mark Anthony Haden Ford and Rebecca Ford of Two Circles Design. We also have some strings of silver bells by Anton Pruden adorning the gallery. Come and join us for mulled wine and a mince pie at Ditchling late night Christmas Shopping on Friday the 9th of December 6pm – 8pm and see our handmade chrstmas decorations for 2016 .

Christmas Decorations 2016 at Pruden and Smith

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About Two Circles Design:

Exhibiting since 1990, Mark Ford graduated from his sculpture degree at Sunderland in 1996. As a Land Artist he is inspired and informed by the natural world. Growing up immersed in the Sussex Downland, he has developed a strong interest in the archaeology, geography and mystery of the area, also drawing on rural and ancient traditions of willow working, which, in a pre-plastic world was seen as an essential product.

Rebecca Ford, an English and creative writing degree graduate and trained secondary school teacher began working with Mark and in 2004 they formed Two Circles Design. A creative duo making work to commission ranging from distinctive garden design projects, festivals, sculptural installations in galleries and outdoor classrooms for Schools. Their work is flexible and from locally sourced materials. The pieces can be allowed to take root and form permanent living environments,

‘As Land artists making small and large scale structures, we feel that creating ephemeral woven forms is a process of discovery. When we manipulate our own experiences of the universe the potential of using plant forms are metamorphosed by the human hand into a new life form.

It is this transformation that makes the work so powerfully alluring. The unusual forms surprise and challenge, yet the origin of the work is always present, the fact that the materials are plant based, pulses through every form.

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Having restored local ‘over-stood’ willow stools back into rotation for harvesting themselves, through to the physical demands of manipulating the material, Mark and Rebecca Ford’s work reflects a renewed interest in returning to a slower pace of life, to the art of making something that takes time and effort to produce. The Sculptures final forms take time to evolve, the nature of the material dictating in part, the direction and shape. As the willow criss-crosses and interweaves, it creates fluid lines, drawings on a grand scale, a flowing story that stimulates and exhilarates the senses.

Based in Slindon, within the South Downs National Park, they live in a National Trust cottage with their daughter Florence and a mischievous Jack Russell dog called Fedge. The garden and house are used to experiment and explore new techniques and ideas. Among the gorgeous sculptures, arbours and seats that scatter across their garden, they are experimenting with freeweaving and ‘bendernomics’, an ancient architectural technique adapted to create extensions to country cottages and wedding reception venues. When covered, the structures mould around the woven walls and emanates a pod-like glow when lit up at night, Snug and cosy, yet still rooted in the outdoors, it connects the inside to the out seamlessly.

A fun day learning the techniques in the “woven explorations” workshop run by Two Circles Design.

Christmas Shop DecorationsChristmas Lights Pruden and SmithChristmas DecorationsGreen Willow RingTwo Cirles Design, Mark Anthony Haden Ford

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