I’m a professional artist represented by Burford Art Gallery and a fourth-generation copper maker. Each pendant begins with genuine copper, transformed through flame and verdigris into colours and markings that can never be recreated.
When a piece reaches its moment of perfection, I seal it with a protective anti-tarnish coating and enclose it beneath glass in a hypoallergenic stainless-steel setting. This double-sealing process protects the copper from the air that causes tarnishing.
A distinctive copper anniversary gift, a special birthday present or simply an original artwork chosen for yourself.
Individually created | never reproduced |
you will own the only one in the world.
11 OF 12 NECKLACES REMAIN
A COPPEROLOGIST’S FIELD NOTE
Creating non-tarnishing copper pendants.
I love copper jewellery.
But it always disappointed me.
A piece would look beautiful when I bought it, but within days or weeks it was tarnished, dirty and unwearable.
They all ended up tossed in the back of a drawer.
My copper jewellery graveyard.
I searched for copper jewellery that won’t tarnish. I couldn't find anything with lasting protection from air and skin oils.
Some jewellers protect copper with coatings, a bit like clear nail varnish. But coatings wear away.
Then you’re back to the start.
Tarnished. Dirty. Back of drawer.
Well, that’s not good enough.
I experimented with flame, verdigris and secret alchemical reactions and produced stunning blues, greens, reds and golds. That was the fun part. But, alas, they tarnished in time.
The challenge was making that extraordinary moment stay pristine.
But how do you stop time?
Instead of trying to change copper's character, the answer was to isolate the finished artwork from the air and chemicals that cause copper to tarnish. I sealed it chemically and then sealed it again by placing it between a glass dome and stainless steel. And... Eureka!
A moment of perfection
trapped in time!
Oxfordshire Art Weeks 2026.
I finally put my copper pendants in front of actual humans for feedback.
They bought them.
They wore them.
They loved them!
They came back and told me how many compliments they’d received. Some bought more than one!
And, one year on since my first experimental pendants were created, they still look just as exquisite as the day they were made!
Non-tarnish copper pendants had become a reality!
ACCESSION NO. TC–001
Individually unique copper art pendant necklace.
Genuine copper, glass dome and hypoallergenic stainless steel base. Stainless steel chain included.
Preserved between glass and stainless steel to protect the copper from tarnishing. None of my pendants have tarnished after a year of constant wear.
Created in Britain by a fourth-generation copper artist.
A remarkable gift for a seventh wedding anniversary present. Find out why →
No risk. Complimentary tracked, signed and insured UK delivery is included.
Price includes tracked, signed and insured UK delivery.
“The jewel-like colours and the fact that no two are the same made them irresistible.”
“Several friends have commented on it—even my teenagers noticed. Winner!”
“It feels as though I’m carrying a gem of calm around my neck.”
Three generations of my family worked in Swansea’s copper furnaces, when the city was known as Copperopolis, the copper capital of the world.
As the fourth generation, I continue that family connection by transforming genuine copper into unique copper art pendant necklaces that don't tarnish.
