Resin vs glass memorial jewellery

I have recently noticed various sellers of glass memorial jewellery quote on their websites that resin jewellery is far inferior to glass. Whether the sellers are trying to protect their brand or simply do not have any experience or understanding of working with resin jewellery, so I thought I should clear up any false claims that have been made by some of these sellers.

I have had experience of using both resin and glass in my memorial jewellery over the last 17 years in fact some of my earliest resin jewellery, made 17 years ago for my wife, still looks like new today.

Can resin jewellery break if dropped?

Resin memorial jewellery is generally durable and is fairly shatter resistant compared to glass jewellery. I would be reluctant to put sentimental items such as ashes or hair from a loved one inside glass memorial jewellery.

Broken glass memorial pendant

Alfie the parrot keepsakes

This is one of the first pet keepsakes completed this year so I though I should share it!

I was contacted recently by Zac who wanted a set of keepsake keyrings making in memory of their family parrot Alfie. This is the message that I received:

“I am looking for some items to be made for a recent pet we lost (Alfie the parrot). I've seen your Facebook page and your items look really good. 

I have a couple of grey feathers, some of his peanut shells and some of his rope swing he used to sit on. I was wondering if it would be possible to make up to three items with them things listed above.”

Later that week I received a package containing the items and prepared a design for the keyrings.

Parrot feather keepsake design

Flower petal fragments in jewellery

I am often asked whether I can work with fragments of flower petals and preserve these broken fragments within resin jewellery. I can of course work with broken pieces of flowers and petals, and have done on many occasions, resulting in beautiful pieces of jewellery.

Jewellery from real flower petal fragments

Rainbow hair keepsake locket pendant

This was the last pendant that I made last year, and I thought I should show it off and wish everyone a Happy New Year!

Rainbow hair keepsake locket pendant

Champagne or wine bottle cork paperweight

I was contacted recently by a gentleman who had a champagne cork form a special celebration (along with a silver 2025 sixpence coin). He wanted both the cork and sixpence coin setting inside a resin cube paperweight and this was his initial design:

Champagne cork paperweight design

Bespoke retirement paperweight with name tag buttons

I have previously made many bespoke paperweights and other items of jewellery for companies to give as retirement gifts to their employees. These have often contained components that the company manufactures, company logos and company badges.

Custom made bespoke retirement gifts

Bespoke memorial jewellery for two pets

Recently Jill asked me if I could make her both a custom designed set of earrings and necklace pendant, incorporating the fur and ashes of her two dogs Bessie and Ebony that had sadly passed away.

Jill wanted a single drop pendant to contain the fur of her two dogs, contained inside separate chambers, and similarly she wanted the ashes from her two dogs contained inside separate chambers within drop earrings.

This is the design I made for her for the memorial pendant:

Memorial pendant for two pets fur