a visit from ruth (native ivy)

At the start of april this year I had a visit from the lovely Ruth from Native Ivy to take some pictures.

In February 2020 I moved to work from home. It was a move that was meant to be temporary ( planned even before covid hit) but it’s now 2026 and i’m still working from home out a spare bedroom. In these years I didn’t take any photo’s of my working space as I didn’t feel it projected what I wanted to. Something I have always struggled to share is the inbetween and unfinished. I prefer to always post something finished or share something when I’m totally sure on a plan.

Anyway in October 2025 I decided to embrace the ‘temporary’ and do something I had always mulled over which was running classes for people.

Here’s some images of a refresh of the space and some pictures to share what it looks like for me working day to day.

bench set up for 6 people to work at.

my own bench set up

polishing a ring

for more of ruth’s work check out nativeivy.blog

hammering some silver wire for a bangle

in some bespoke client consultations i’ll white tack stones to the metal to give an idea of the arrangement and scale. it’s simple but effective.

sawing a sprue off a gold cast ring.

thanks ruth for visiting and getting some shots of the making in action.