More like it. The Cloversoul and Hanah Lamb stuff is closer to what I’m looking for. Quirky, simple, original stuff.

The brief: Design something for someone who does not in any way wear much jewellery, but likes a little bit of finely crafted summmat. Not bling-bling flashy tacky stuff, more discreet and understated. Simple gemstones, not exotic precious jewels. I’m thinking about the possibility of a bikey-derived design, but not too obvious.

If I can find the right person on here, this could be a fun STW ‘project’, like helping Jojo find the right wedding outfit, or PeterPoddy’s missuses’ secret bike build.

LOL!

Burberry? The very thought. I much prefer Dolce e Gabana, or Prada.

CFH; is there a sign like that in Wiltshire towns, ‘beware of upper-middle class ponces’? 😉

Can I have yer bikes?

Although if I am a chav then chavitude is a rather good thing.

Well, so you reckon…

Ah, things are looking up! Thanks, folks. I need to be able to see the silversmith’s work, see if they’re ‘right’ for my needs. I think Johnny Rocket might be just a teeny bit pricey for me, though!

This more your thing, Ernie?

Too much faffing about. What I was hoping for, was praps a few websites, that I can have a look at, with examples of people’s stuff, so’s I could get an idea of what they’re capable of/good at.

No website/visual indication of what is possible = no interest to Rudeboy.

Hmm, we’re not doing too well here today. That CCA link ends up in a dead end, and this Roger Stone has no website that I can tell of.

I need someone who does one-off small commissioned pieces. You know; if I give them a design, they can work from that.

I live in hope that STW can provide the answers…

Maybe he lives on this, Ernie:

Hatton Garden are mainly dealers, not makers. Most of the places sell stuff made elsewhere.

Sides, a bit spensive for my pokkits… 😯

Ah, but you cared enough to post an attempt at a witty reply, though, din’t you???

Made you look, made you stare
Made the barber cut yer ‘air
Cut it long, cut it short
Cut it with a knife and fork.

Tanganyika!

This is all good stuff, but; I may need contact details, people! I’m based in That London, and don’t expect to have to travel. Any websites?

Not exactly pleasant I grant you and at the time I was thinking why am I doing this?

Now I know – so I can post on singletrackworld.

LOL!

Why do we do anything?? 😀

Thanks, amosridl, but I’m thinking more along the lines of handmade stuff, you know, what you get at craft markets/little trendy boutiques.

Obviously, darker skin will filter out the sun’s harmful rays more effectively, but darker skinned people can still suffer burns, if out in the hot sun for too long. It just takes a lot more sun, and more than we’d get in the UK.

HAHAROPERYOURESOFUNNY! I hope you wash that carefully, when you finish with it…

Stoner; Mrs Sheldona, you say? Got any more details?

That logo is shit…

Sorry Ernie! I’ll just go and bung me footy tops and tracky bottoms in the wash…

I was getting a bit worried, until Duntmatter, Biners and Ernie turned up, to prove there still is some intelligent life left on STW….

Hmm, it’s hot. I think I’ll wear a vest out today…

Welcome to the middle class hell known as STW!

A good few people on here would like to think that they are Middle Class, and somehow elevated above the lumpenproletariat, yet betray themselves, by failing to elevate their minds out of the mire of fear, greed, selfishness and ignorance that causes social divide.

Divide and Rule. Now available at LiDLs, Tescos, Waitrose and Fortnum and Mason…

Meths.

I just ignore the rudeness.

(Sobs)

And so you should be. Can you imagine, were I to get all crochety and irritable, due to burnage? A hot rain of lava would seem preferable…

Why’s he call himself ‘Stoner’? Did he inhale?

I don’t talk bollocks. My word is gospel. It is ye minions, what spout shite.

No probs. It’s all calmed down now. Just browner.

Jimmy/DrJ; WTF are youse on about? Sun got to youse a bit? Wear a hat when you venture out in the hot sun, to avoid sunstroke. Helps to prevent delirium…

Youse lot don’t half talk some bollocks…

I always think of this when I hear the name Scary Spice

MMM! Yer complete set of bastards yer! Scary Spice, in’t it? Did yer shit yerself? I bet yer did; just a little bit popped out, din’t it?

Mmm! Crab paste!

I blame Thatcher…

Is it in the woods behind Nationwide in Swindon?

Ooh, good point, haddunt thought of that…

Looks like he’s holding her up, ‘cos she’s too pissed to stand up straight. Or her skinny little sparrow’s legs are too weak to hold up her weighty head.

Posh Spice; the Tracy Emin of the music world…

LOL! The pinkiness has subsided, and not really tingly now. I do need to even me tan up, though!

Yeah big dirty cities with hardly any green spaces are lovely when its really hot aren’t they.

Woon’t know. I’m fortunate to live in a city with loads of green spaces; more than any other capital city on Earth. In fact, I’m just off up to Epping Forest, which is not far from me, and very green!

(Is there a smiley for ‘stick that in yer pipe and smoke it’?)

Well, London does enjoy more sun/higher temps/less rain than most of the rest of Britain, that’s fo’ sho’.

Proper lovely hot today.

Ooh, I think it was Glupton of Solace, and I was sorely disappointed, tbh. More like one of those awful Bourne films, than a Bond. Sorry, but Craig just is not Bond. His two films have lacked the charm and humour that Bond is all about. I don’t want ‘dark’ or ‘edgy’, I want Bond.

Well, I must say, that I am inexperienced, when it comes to sunblock and stuff. I’ve only ever got sunburnt a couple of times in my life (once fell asleep in a garden, for several hours; I certainly felt that).

Being half-White, I spose I still run the risk of sunburn, but it’s not something a naturally tanned person really thinks of, tbh. The sheer torture and misery experienced by some of my White mates used to leave me bemused, when I was younger. I could be in the sun for hours, and not feel any affect. Hence my surprise, on the very rare occasion that I turn slightly pink!

Well, I certainly can’t abide people like you, that’s for sure.

Bloody Sarf Londoners!

No, and don’t even try. They won’t affect how you see through them, so don’t worry.

Grumm; PP was expressing his onion, and not stating any kind of fact. And as appreciation for one’s country is purely subjective, and no onion can ever be more righterer than any other, his statement that England is beautifulest is the subjective truth.

England is praps more geographically and environmentally diverse than Scotland, mind. From the majesty of the Lakes and Fells, to the serenity of the Norfolk broads, England has a bloody lot to offer.

I too am proud to be English.

Ponce; he wants to try trackstanding on the Old St roundabout in rush-hour…

but why, to what end?

Cos he can?

Whenever I see people doing stuff like this, I can’t help thinking; ‘you’re a bit of a knob, and if it went wrong, you’d just be a dead knob…’