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Anna @annamcloughlin.co.uk · 20/06/2026

Haven’t shared any music stuff on here for a while. Last night I was playing violin at a ceilidh in Bradford on Avon, today I’m at Llandogo village fete….. #rocknrollstar #ontheroad

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Anna @annamcloughlin.co.uk · 15/06/2026

The brief for this recent commission: “…I have a selection of old family gold rings with several diamonds… I would love you to come up with something very ‘organic, wide and rustic that I can wear all the time. Not fine or conventionally pretty but standing out quietly…”

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Anna @annamcloughlin.co.uk · 09/06/2026

Does anyone really want to watch a 90 second video about making earring pins?

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Anna @annamcloughlin.co.uk · 06/06/2026

If you’re in Cheltenham today, please come and see me playing fiddle (probably in the rain ☔️) for Kittiwake Border Morris! 🎶🎻

Kittiwake Border Morris dancing at Oxford Folk Festival

Map showing where to find Kittiwake Border Morris in Cheltenham on Saturday 6th June 2026.

Anna playing violin for Kittiwake Border Morris at Chippenham Folk Festival.

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Anna @annamcloughlin.co.uk · 05/06/2026

A story about four little stone settings… (part 2 to follow)

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Anna @annamcloughlin.co.uk · 04/06/2026

Change in the only constant… Remember my new completely hand drawn (anti AI) logo that I showed you a few weeks ago? Well I finally found some time to do a bit of a website update and it’s now on there…yay!!

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Anna @annamcloughlin.co.uk · 23/02/2025

Can you put sage cuttings in a vase on your kitchen table?

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Anna @annamcloughlin.co.uk · 23/02/2025

First signs of spring 2025! I planted these snowdrops and hellebores 2/3 years ago (can’t remember exactly) and they’re finally starting to flower. They’re so beautiful! 😄 🌱 🌺

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Anna @annamcloughlin.co.uk · 10/02/2025

Are you on Substack? I am, but I only have 1 follower 😔 (It would be lovely to have some more). open.substack.com/pub/annamclo...

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Anna @annamcloughlin.co.uk · 09/02/2025

Batch cooking dinner so I don’t have to arsed with cooking for the rest of the week!

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Anna @annamcloughlin.co.uk · 05/02/2025

Morning! What’s for breakfast?

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Anna @annamcloughlin.co.uk · 04/02/2025

Mornin! I just posted a new blog/substack…https://www.annafinejewellery.co.uk/blog/what-if-meta-disappeared

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Anna @annamcloughlin.co.uk · 31/01/2025

Last nights Widders practice.

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Anna @annamcloughlin.co.uk · 31/01/2025

I did a Substack! (Or you can read it on my blog) open.substack.com/pub/annamclo...

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Anna @annamcloughlin.co.uk · 29/01/2025

COMMISSIONS… 🖊️ I’ll be sending out an email to my mailing list subscribers and opening up the list next Friday (7th Feb), so if you’re not on there and are thinking about getting your jewellery remodelled, now is the time to get your email on that list. www.annafinejewellery.co.uk/mailinglist

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Anna @annamcloughlin.co.uk · 24/01/2025

Morning! Back to jewellery posts… Gold plating some of my sample rings ready to take to The Eclectic Wedding Extravaganza in Birmingham tomorrow. 💍🌈🐑

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Anna @annamcloughlin.co.uk · 23/01/2025

Sharing this because I need to get over the imposter syndrome. I always think it must sound terrible when I sing or play my fiddle, especially at an open mic where the audience were just ignoring us, but actually having seen this, it’s not terrible, it’s almost verging on ok! 🎻🥁🎶🪕

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Anna @annamcloughlin.co.uk · 20/01/2025

Having some of today “off work” as I worked yesterday. Making a violin blanket for my second hand Bam case as it didn’t come with one. It’s an old travel towel doubled up with some sari fabric on the side that goes against my fiddle. 🎻

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Anna @annamcloughlin.co.uk · 13/01/2025

I’ve just become the proud owner of this thing of beauty!!! #timphillipsviolin #5strings

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Anna @annamcloughlin.co.uk · 11/01/2025

Braved the cold in about 100 layers of clothing to play violin at Newport Mari Lwyd with Widders Border Morris!

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Anna @annamcloughlin.co.uk · 08/01/2025

River Ring… 💍 A bespoke “River Ring” that I finished just before Christmas. 💎 It’s recycled and remodelled silver and 9ct yellow gold, based on a section of the river Wye, with the sapphire set in a special place.

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Anna @annamcloughlin.co.uk · 10/12/2024

How come big companies can just do this?!? I couldn’t contact my past clients and say oh, sorry I didn’t charge you enough so I’m helping myself to a few more pounds from your bank account!!

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Anna @annamcloughlin.co.uk · 10/12/2024

Just finished… Ordered from my online shop (with a difference!). Client dropped off her little stash of old jewellery, I removed all the stones, melted down the gold and “re-made” it into a piece that she can enjoy wearing again. #bcorpgoldsmith #ethicaljewellery

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Anna @annamcloughlin.co.uk · 09/12/2024

Love my Bridge Lyra violin 🖤

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Anna @annamcloughlin.co.uk · 01/12/2024

A little snippet of yesterday’s Morris fun in Caldicot…

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Anna @annamcloughlin.co.uk · 28/11/2024

Stone reset! Still need to sort the back out, but progress is happening!

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Anna @annamcloughlin.co.uk · 28/11/2024

Been working on this today. It came to me in three pieces as it had been cut off (very roughly!) in hospital. I’d lasered all the bits back together so today I was tackling the setting…

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Anna @annamcloughlin.co.uk · 23/11/2024

Never had a “proper” one of these as a child but just got given one for my 48th birthday! ❤️ 😁

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Anna @annamcloughlin.co.uk · 21/11/2024

I’ve been having a conversation in my head about those “meta” sites and have decided to do more on my own blog. So starting with a few words of wisdom and the first piece to leave my off grid eco studio, here’s the link…https://www.annafinejewellery.co.uk/blog/socials-or-blogging

Chunky ring made from recycled silver and gold. Diamonds and an emerald set in an irregular pattern.

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Anna @annamcloughlin.co.uk · 20/11/2024

This mornings greyhound picture…

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Anna @annamcloughlin.co.uk · 20/11/2024

Not buying new “work in progress”… filing the edges of a hand forged pendant that used to be a no longer worn silver chain.

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Anna @annamcloughlin.co.uk · 19/11/2024

Many greyhound pawrents own one of these giant caterpillars. They just love them! 🐛

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Anna @annamcloughlin.co.uk · 19/11/2024

Engagement & wedding rings, all “remade” from clients old jewellery. Ready and waiting to be collected later this morning (snow permitting).

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Anna @annamcloughlin.co.uk · 18/11/2024

How do food pics do on here? This is tonight’s dinner…tofu madras 🍛

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Anna @annamcloughlin.co.uk · 18/11/2024

Today I’ve mostly been doing boring admin, although there was some commission drawing in there and about 90 mins actually at my bench making. Then I rearranged a tune for the next jam session with my Widders bandmates…oh and here’s another greyhound pic.

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Anna @annamcloughlin.co.uk · 16/11/2024

Does anyone else have a greyhound daemon?

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Anna @annamcloughlin.co.uk · 16/11/2024

I was looking for something else but just found this video from 2019 - little old me jamming with some Lakemans at Beautiful Days festival!

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Anna @annamcloughlin.co.uk · 15/11/2024

This took me a while yesterday, but all the diamonds are now carefully removed and I can continue remodelling this white gold ring.

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Anna @annamcloughlin.co.uk · 03/10/2024

♻️ I thought I’d filmed the melt for this remodelled wedding ring, but what I actually did was press stop, and once I’ve melted something down, it’s a bit difficult to go back and do it again!! 🔥 So you’ll have to imagine the melting down part for this, and just trust me that it did happen.

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Anna @annamcloughlin.co.uk · 27/09/2024

Woohoo..video!!! Finished this today. It’s all made from my clients old jewellery and there’s also a matching pendant, but that’s not quite finished yet.

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Anna @annamcloughlin.co.uk · 04/09/2024

Setting a clients diamonds into my “pebble” settings always makes me a bit like I’m a dentist, but filling the hole with sparkles ✨ 😂

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Anna @annamcloughlin.co.uk · 03/09/2024

Remodelling a piece of jewellery by hand is a slow process that takes many hours of work, but it’s so worth it! The whole of the making process happens in my off grid eco studio, that’s completely powered by the sun.

A gold bangle being polished and textured at a wooden jewellers bench.

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Anna @annamcloughlin.co.uk · 23/10/2023

Good morning to my 3 followers! Here’s a few pics of what I spend my days doing…

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