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Oh Someday Jewellery has been handmade by Kate Holden in Brighton

29/10/2026

With bonfire night coming up and being Sussex born ‘n’ bred I’ve been inspired to create a new mini collection based on Sussex folklore!

The Long Man of Wilmington, the mysterious guardian of the South Downs and the tallest man in England. No one really knows why he’s there, or how long he’s been there, but what we do know is that he’s a much loved figure - as only repeatedly scraping away the turf throughout the centuries he’s been on that hill could have kept him there.

A silver Pig stamped with the unofficial Sussex motto ‘We wunt be druv’. The phrase means ‘we won’t be driven’ along the lines of we can’t be forced to do anything we don’t want to do. The saying dates back at least to an 1875 dictionary of the Sussex dialect, where foresters and peasants enjoyed more freedom from feudal lords and took part in the Peasants’ Revolts of 1381 and 1450. The Sussex Pig became a physical mascot of this stubborn, independent character.

‘Butter My Wig’ is an old Sussex expression used as an exclamation of surprise or disbelief, used similarly to ‘well, I never!’. I’ve lived in Sussex my whole life and have never heard anyone say this, but doesn’t mean we can’t bring it back?

All of these pieces can be found on my website 🐖

I took a bit of time away from making jewellery this year as I wasn’t feeling as passionate about it as I used to, so I thought it was better to take a step back rather than force it. I’ve been itching to make stuff recently though so I think taking a break has really helped and I’m happy to be back hammering stuff🔨

27/10/2026

So excited to be involved in the upcoming exhibition by called Oh My Dog. I made a necklace inspired by the story of Saint Guinefort, the illegal dog saint. Made from recycled sterling silver with a brass halo, the necklace is exclusive to Hello Dodo while the exhibition is on - from the 6th of November to the 12th of December - so head to Worthing if you’d like one!
The story goes that Guinefort was the loyal greyhound of a knight in Lyon. One day the knight went hunting, leaving Guinefort to watch over his baby. When he arrived home the nursery was in chaos, the child was nowhere to be seen and the dog had blood round his mouth. In a blind rage the knight killed Guinefort believing that he’d harmed his offspring. Soon after the babies cries could be heard and they were discovered under their crib next to the body of a dead viper. The knight realised that Guinefort had protected the child and killed the snake.
Out of regret and shame the knight buried the dog in a well and planted trees around it to create a shrine to Guinefort. After hearing about the dogs bravery and untimely death local people would come the well and honour Guinefort as a martyr and some believed that leaving offerings at the shrine could cure sickness.
The Catholic Church (obviously) wasn’t down with this and prohibited the worship of the dog causing his followers to go underground, the cult of this dog saint persisted for several centuries, even up to the 1970’s.

If you’ve been following me for a while you may remember I made a necklace a few years ago inspired by this tale from an old Irish coin and I’ve been meaning to remake it from a more wearable material for ages - so thanks to Hello Dodo for inspiring me to finally do that! 🐕

06/09/2026

I said earlier in the year I was going to take photos of my orders with the fruit and veg I was growing in my garden - so here’s a selection from when I remembered to do that…
Thought it was appropriate to post now as it feels like summer’s on the way out (third image is a big rhubarb leaf) 🍅 🥕🫜

08/07/2026

When it’s too hot to care what your hair looks like…

One of my hand forged brass hair pins headed out recently, they can be personalised with anything you like!

25/06/2026

Here’s a memoriam bangle that I recently made. The coins are from the year of birth of the customers parents and it’s stamped on the inside with names and dates.
I love working with old coins and it was a nice challenge getting these ones looking shiny and new again!

22/06/2026

Regarde le ciel - look at the sky ☀️
This, appropriately, headed out today (except there aren’t any clouds right now, but still a beautiful sky!).
I haven’t made one of these in aaages! It’s so lovely when a piece you created over a decade ago still speaks to someone ☁️

21/06/2026

On my way home from my last day at Selfridges! I really enjoyed my time there and would love to do more stuff like this, so get in contact if you’d like me to!
It was really interesting spending a few days in a huge department store, I got to do lots of great people watching and it was fascinating seeing how different characters interact with the fragrances.
I’m not a particularly experienced seamstress so it was good to practice and refine those skills. I inherited my Nan’s sewing box and I took the pin and needle holder that she had in there up with me.
It’s proper hot in London today so I treated myself to a Mr Whippy on the walk to the station.

13/05/2026

Tutto passa - everything passes

A personalised version of one of my open rings made from recycled sterling silver

11/05/2026

Probably should get back to posting jewellery photos on here! 😆
Here’s some orders heading out today. Loved making the engagement ring, I can make them with any wording (or proposal) you like!
The radish doesn’t really have anything to do with anything, I just wanted to take a photo of it as it’s the first one I’ve grown this year. Also they’re just such an amazing colour!
Might do a weird crossover of my interests and start taking photos of my jewellery on my home grown vegetables 🤔
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15/04/2026

I’ve just been informed by 6 Music it’s World Art Day 🎨 You may remember I did a post in January saying my goal for this year is to do more creative things for fun, so I thought I’d do a little update!
In January I did a 4 week throwing course with - I really loved this! It’s such a great space and I really enjoyed learning how to use a pottery wheel! I tried to make a pen holder I could hang my pliers off of but it ended up being waaay too small so now it’s a lighter and sunglasses holder.
In February I did a monoprinting workshop with - this was also really fun and I love the concept of doing little workshops, being arty in a pub with your friends! Definitely want to do more things like this.
In March I decided to teach myself lino cutting and printing. I already had a lino kit from years ago (that I never used) and I bought a cheap set of erasers to practice on. In hindsight I think it would probably have been better to start out practising on something a bit bigger than a tiny rubber but this was a really inexpensive way to give it a go where it didn’t really matter if you f**k it up!
Haven’t done a lot in April as I’ve had that horrible flu bug that’s going round but I have been planting some seeds for my mini vegetable garden. Is growing seeds creative? Maybe 🌱
Need to think of more things to try for the rest of the year…

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