Silverscents

Silverscents My name is Kim Gollard and Silverscents is the name of my business; designing, making and selling je A happy accident led me to Porcelain dollmaking. Perfect!

I have been making jewellery, in one form or another, for as long as I can remember. As a child I made and presented my poor mother with jewellery made from bread, papier mache, dried flowers and dead insects in resin! I had always enjoyed “Pottery” at school and continued to work with clays, at evening classes and, after buying my first kiln, at my home studio. I fell in love with Porcelain; the

fineness, delicacy and strength of the material. Somewhere along the line, I took a course in Silversmithing and learned some very useful techniques. I have to admit that I never really enjoy working with Sterling Silver, as I found the process rather ‘dirty’ and also had adverse skin reactions to it. A need to create jewellery for a competition doll, just as Silver clay arrived in the UK, led to my first experiments with it. Although China painting techniques can replicate jewellery very well, it was fun to mould real Silver clay around the finger of a doll and have a solid Silver ring, after a little more time the kiln! It took a while for me to get around to using it for human jewellery! Once I had, I was smitten. Here was a material that I could work as a clay (with which I was familiar) and proceed onto metalsmithing techniques after it’s time, sintering, in the kiln. I also found that I could wear the jewellery, without any of the adverse reactions I’d experienced with Sterling.

20/05/2025
09/04/2025

I'm undecided as to whether I should make more Pearl jewellery.
I have some gorgeous freshwater Pearls, but sales of Pearl jewellery have not been as high as they once were.
What do you think?

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Spring has sprung and Salmagundi is opening up on 28th March, so come and have a browse!😊
13/03/2025

Spring has sprung and Salmagundi is opening up on 28th March, so come and have a browse!😊

05/12/2024

I'm in Salmagundi tomorrow and every Friday until Christmas. There's a lovely choice of Fine Silver Jewellery for those special gifts!

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12/11/2024

Now we're approaching Christmas we are back to opening Fridays, Saturday and Sundays.
We have been trying out Wednesdays but Calstock has been very quiet midweek.
So from this week Kim will be in the gallery on Fridays and I will be open Saturday and Sundays.
We're both busy making in our studios, but if we're available, we are happy to open up if you call the number on the door.

29/05/2024

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I'm coming out of hibernation! I'll be in Salmagundi every Thursday, from 12-5pm, from 7th March. Looking forward to see...
26/02/2024

I'm coming out of hibernation! I'll be in Salmagundi every Thursday, from 12-5pm, from 7th March. Looking forward to seeing you.

01/01/2024

Happy New Year to all lovely past, present and future customers!

A new clutch of 'Ancient Eggs' are here! Easy to wear & go with everything. Beautiful little Seahorse earrings and the e...
22/12/2023

A new clutch of 'Ancient Eggs' are here! Easy to wear & go with everything. Beautiful little Seahorse earrings and the ever popular Ammonite collection is back, together with the 'Spinny' Ring!☺️ I'm in Salmagundi today, from 11.30 until 6.

Cabinets fully stocked with lots of new goodies! Three new Pendant & Earring Sets: Oak Leaves & Acorns, Ammonites and Co...
16/12/2023

Cabinets fully stocked with lots of new goodies! Three new Pendant & Earring Sets: Oak Leaves & Acorns, Ammonites and Cockle Shells. New Earrings include: Mussel Shells, Seahorses, Fossil Eggs and Hammered drops. There are also some Pearls, Borosilicate Glass drops and Genuine Swarovski Crystal Earrings.
Salmagundi Gallery is open today and tomorrow (16th & 17th) from 11.30am until 6pm.

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Calstock
Cornwall, QLD

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