Winter Studio Party
Winter Studio Party
WED 27th November, 5-8pm.
Come to the studio to view our new collections and brilliant gift ideas.
Or find your dream pair of party earrings – you never know…
Join us for nibbles and drinks 🥂
Autumn Studio Party
Autumn Studio Party
WED 25TH September, 5-8pm.
The perfect time to talk about commissions and special gifts for later in the year.
Join us for nibbles and drinks 🥂
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We Ship Worldwide!
Absolutely loving the worldwide orders, we’re so completely delighted every time we tick off a new country or State. Colouring them in is a huge boost.
We’ve now ticked off a few States that we’re very proud of – Alaska, Arizona, Texas, Florida – all around the edges, and then this week Utah…finally we’re filling in the middle. We seem to be attracting loads of attention in New Jersey. We also had one to Puerto Rico the other day, and learned that PR is an unincorporated territory of the US, since 1898. Every day is a school day.
Thanks soooooo much for all your orders, wherever you are. We LOVE your support, thanks for being one of the reasons we get out of bed each day!
Please tell us where you are, we love to hear where our jewellery is being seen.
It’s not easy being green
It’s August – that means a new birthstone! This time it’s the turn of peridot – which we’ve found has never been one of our best sellers. We think this is such a shame as we love its gorgeous green colour, however we know that like yellow it can be a difficult colour to wear. Like kermit the frog and Elphaba the witch, it seems it’s not easy being green.
It hasn’t alway been this way. The Egyptians LOVED green gemstones including peridot. Green was often associated with being wealthy – the Arnolfini portrait by Jan Van Eyk (pictured above) is all about this. That dress would not only have been completely lined with artic fox fur (really not ethical by todays standards), but made from highly expensive wool that was dyed a bold green – which was super expensive and laborious to create ( and involved working with lots of aged sheep wee yuck) .
Trends always seem to come around again – we’ve been seeing more of the colours that were considered difficult again – it’s all about dopamine dressing – the practice of wearing colours that make you happy. Green is just perfect for that – it’s found everywhere in the natural world. Being out in nature is proven to boost your mood for hours after you’ve gone back inside. So we think it’s time to add a bit more green into our wardrobes.
Luxe Recycled Plectrum Earrings Collection
Developing the style for our recycled plastic plectrum jewellery has been a culmination of over 30 years of using alternative materials in our work.
Each pair evolves as we collect plastic cards, often waiting several years to find enough to make up the design. A labour of junk collecting love.
We love our luxe plectrum earring collection – exploring our love of modern recycled materials, combined with traditional jewellery making techniques. We think it’s a marriage made in heaven (even if the old guard disagree).
Fluorite is reputed to help clear mental fog and improving balance and co-ordination, both physically and mentally.
Meticulously cut and polished from recycled plastic cards that otherwise would languish in wallets and junk drawers. Many are then embellished with a range of gemstones to add an extra bit of sparkle.
Potato Peel Jewellery
Learn the origin story of our potato peel collection – from a feature in Living Life Magazine from 2012. Which we’re over the moon with – it was fabulous to share our creative process with them. https://athenesholl.com/project/about-our-potato-peel-collection/
These potato peel pie inspired pendants are individually hand made in recycled sterling silver which ensures that no two are alike. Each piece is individually textured and bears the hammer marks from the forging process as a feature of the design.
Originally made for the inaugural Guernsey Literary festival in 2011 – learn more about the festival here. Athene has designed and handmade a small collection of these each year since, making them truly limited and unique. Made with kind permission of the co-author Annie Barrows, who has one of the pieces herself.
We’ve been delighted to be featured in several pieces of press over the years both local and national.