Orchid Designs - Unique hand made jewellery
 
News:
 
February/March 2010:
We supplied our first three orders (with more to follow) to the Ashmolean Museum of the University of Oxford.  We have designed an exclusive range of jewellery inspired by items in the Ashmolean collections from Ancient Egypt. 
 
April/May 2010:
Our jewellery will be exhibited at Cornerstone Art Gallery in Didcot, South Oxfordshire.
 
April 2010:
Were you or someone you know affected by the volcanic ash cloud?
To celebrate the return to 'normality' we have launched a range of LAVA-STONE jewellery
- combining coffee coloured lava-stone with smokey quartz crystals in necklaces, bracelets, earrings and pendants.
 
June 2010:
Orders for new ranges of jewellery for the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford. The recently redeveloped museum was founded in 1683; it is Britain's oldest museum.
 
July 2010:
Exciting new ranges of jewellery introduced using agates, multi-coloured jade and pearls,
plus fabulous Greek ceramic beads with metallic coatings and special hand-blown furnace glass tubes from the USA. (See New Products page and contact us for prices/availability.)
We will be running jewellery workshops for adults and children over the holidays. (For details please contact us.)
 
September 2010:
A new range of jewellery was delivered to the Ashmolean, inspired by their exhibition - Italy and the PreRaphaelites.
 
October 2010:
A new range of jewellery for men has been introduced including necklaces of silver with semi-precious stones, to date including the following: Agate/Onyx, Coral,  Haemetite,  Lapis Lazuli,  Sodalite, Blue and Brown Goldstone, Tiger's Eve and Turquoise. We also offer bespoke options.
 
November 2010:
Our first delivery was made to Blenheim Palace - two bespoke ranges of jewellery - The Palace Collection and The Ladies of Blenheim - for sale in their gift shops. 
We also  exhibited at the Handmade and Gorgeous Fair at Oxford Town Hall,