Alison Stairmand Jewellery

Thanks for all the love guys. I am doing well and feeling the benefit of this break. If you would like to be able to still buy from me I have a selection of stock at in Bollington which is a beautiful refill shop and seller of gorgeous local works. I will be dropping more stock off next week there so get your bums and heads, ears and eyes there 💚

From a sister to a sister. She wanted to represent her sisters love of the ocean and water. The waves represent the 2 sisters and I really enjoyed making a virgo symbol to add on #♍️

Made from sand, metal and fire

I loved making this wedding ring. I met the couple at a market and finding out they were getting married at the same place as myself and my hubbie got married we had a lovely chat and then Ben decided he wanted to get his wedding band made by me. They wanted a simple band but to have something that linked it to Macclesfield. So as well as making it in Macclesfield we discussed adding trees to represent Macc forest that they love walking in. Thank you Ben and Cathrine for stopping and chatting that day and I wish you all the happiness 💚

Getting ready for the courtyard market this Sunday at the weather is looking ok so far 🤞come and say hello and check out the other wonderful makers and me ✨

Check out the brand new made in Macclesfield website, amazing local makers at your fingertips 🌿

Made in Macclesfield is now live!
www.madeinmacclesfield.com

We’ve both worked really hard to make this happen and we’ve been overwhelmed with the support from our local maker community who want to join us.

The makers of needed a collective platform and hopefully this will grow and grow to a one-stop-shop for those looking to support local makers.

It’s never too late to join us, so if you’re a Macclesfield maker, with an online presence, please fill in the application form on our website. There is no charge to be on the site, we’re doing this at our own costs for the benefit of bringing us all together.

Please share this far and wide and get these very talented, local, makers all the support and new customers that they deserve!

Melissa & Adam.
(Holistic Earth & Adam Francis Illustrator)

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✨9ct yellow gold band for a special golden anniversary present ✨

Citrine is associated with positivity and optimism. Said to be a gift from the sun. This one is a beaut 🌞

New stuff is coming along nicely. True to form I am starting all new designs in the form of earrings first. Well you can’t get the wrong size of ear hole can you?

This Sunday!!!!!! I’ll be selling my Jewelley in the courtyard of round the corner from plums kitchen and the library on treacle Sunday for a mini market with 4 other lovely local makers .macclesfield and the lovely who I am so excited to see as I haven’t hung out with her since we shared a workspace at the silk museum. If you are visiting treacle come and have a walk round the corner and see us 💚

Birthday boy has had his ring now so I can show you. Sometimes you start in one direction and then you end up somewhere else. This design was that. So happy with how it turned out. It was a whopper too at size W 🌿

Glow up
All of my designs are having a glow up right now. I have started to look at things differently, these earrings started as a stamped out disc then cut in half. I always found it too easy and too symmetrical. Anyone who knows me know I like a bit of odd. I now hand draw, then saw out each shape by hand which gives a slight difference to each one which makes me happy thinking no matter how many I make each one will be just a little bit unique (swipe to the end for the initial design)

Big or small today on most things in jewellery are small or teeny tiny small, so big to me can mean important. This beauty was the first engagement ring I made, was such I lovely experience to share ideas with the client and bring them to life. White and yellow gold, pink tourmaline, white sapphire and the most stunning aqua marine ✨

Day 9 is trail and error. I tend to design through making so a lot of my working is trails and learning to trust my process. Some days it works really well others it doesn’t. Today was a error day, I just couldn’t get in a flow and nothing was working in the design. Learning to not stress out too much when things don’t go to plan and knowing when to walk away and take a break are skills I have developed over time

Being a creative maker can be a challenge. Balancing finding time and space to develop your style with making to sell to a afford to buy more materials. Finding my style is a journey and I feel like it is always reaching for where I want to be as a jeweller. I have taken the pressure off to jump to the end and I am enjoying the process of creating my designs, where they were, as they are now and how they will develop ✨

Yummy!!!!! Thanks Naras Kitchen 💚

Well that was fun. Bowie party at today was awesome. My eldest has been a Bowie fan since he could decide his favourite songs so in his words ‘best day ever!’

These lovely gold and silver earrings are ready for someone’s special Christmas present. I really do love that people are going to be opening (and hopefully loving) things I have made on their Christmas Day 🌲

She said yes!!! 💍 I can now reveal my first official engagement ring. Been sitting on this one for a while waiting for the question to be popped. Couldn’t be happier for the lovely couple 💚 the client was involved with every step, he wanted something unique. He wanted a stone to match her eyes so when I found this stunning aquamarine I couldn’t wait to show him. The pear shaped aquamarine sits in a yellow gold setting next to a pink tourmaline and white sapphire on a white gold triple band ✨

NEW ✨new hand sawn shapes coming at you. Taking this one out for a spin at the twiggy market this eve 4pm till 7pm

Tonight’s the night for buying beautiful things for beautiful people for Christmas. I’ll be there selling my jewellery from 4pm till 7pm 🌲

Oooo I love a personal surprise gift. Made this ring using the couples rock they brought home from a holiday. The textures came out really well.

‘the moon is responsible
for pulling tides
out of still water
darling
i am the still water
and you are the moon’
-rupi kaur 🌕🌖🌗🌘🌑🌒🌓🌔 A moonstone necklace made for a Virgo born on a waxing crescent moon.

Here is a pair of 9ct recycled gold wedding bands for a gorgeous couples wedding last weekend. I really do love the warmth of yellow gold ✨

Something about me you might not know. I have studied many things on my path. One of the things I loved when I realised I didn’t have to follow the typical education journey, that really wasn’t working for me, was photography. It was film photography with darkrooms and developing and waiting and fu***ng up a film and it being gone or amazing and all that yumminess. Thanks to that I sometimes find myself being distracted by making a whole picture beautiful (or artsy fartsy as my dad would say) rather than just taking a good product shot ✨

Something a little different 🌊 Was asked to make a charm to represent their family for a 70th birthday present to be added to an charm bracelet. Carved this little wave out of wax then cast in silver 🌊

First garden flowers 🌼

Cute little matching set made today. I usually make the rings on the necklace much bigger but was requested to make a teeny one to make the studs ✨