Argent Aqua

2010-07-14T23:54:00.000-07:00

Made my 1st Diving Video near Selsey’s life boat station at the weekend.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_rs04SqQ-I

2010-06-14T00:37:00.000-07:00

We are ready for the first African World Cup with these Africa shaped pebble pendants available from the www.argentaqua.com online shop.

2010-04-15T14:19:00.000-07:00

Inspired by the great response we had to the ‘Whale Spirit’ pendants I’ve resumed work on another Australasian design I started a while back. This one is a double-sided heavy silver Hei-Matau pendant. The prototype is in the picture (the stick thing on the bottom of the pendant is a casting feed or sprue; they wont be on the finished silver pendants).
Some of the finished pieces will be available from our online shop in a few weeks time.

2010-04-13T00:42:00.000-07:00

The Argent Aqua team saved a Guillemot.
We found Guilly the guillemot washed up on Littlehampton beach.
She wasn’t ‘oiled’ but she was totally exhausted and would have been at serious risk from predators. After spending the night in our bath and having some sand eels for breakfast she had regained some strength and has now been handed over to our local wildlife rescue centre to fully recuperate before returning to the sea.

2010-04-12T11:24:00.000-07:00

We’ve finished work on the silver pendants loosely based on New Zealand Korus.
We decided to call them ‘Whale Spirit’ pendants and they’re now on sale in the www.argentaqua.com online shop. We’re hoping to sell a few so we’ve deliberately kept the price very low.

2010-04-12T11:19:00.000-07:00

Here’s a picture of Akoya the workshop’s dog eating seaweed in the harbour this morning. I think it looked a lot better than it actually tastes!

2010-04-12T11:14:00.001-07:00

The Ocean Sunfish, Mola mola, or common mola, is the heaviest known bony fish in the world, Individuals weighing up to 2,300 kg (5,100 lb) have been observed. Surprisingly its closest living relative is the modestly sized puffer fish.
Swimming in the open ocean with a Giant Sunfish is considered one of the greatest animal encounters that can be experienced.
This Silver pendant measures 3.3cm from fin tip to fin tip and weighs around 4.4g and has a natural sapphire set in its eye.
The pendants are now available in my online shop www.argentaqua.com

2010-04-12T00:27:00.000-07:00

We’ve just started work on a new Leafy Sea Dragon pendant (or possibly a brooch). Leafy Sea Dragons have to be the most surreal looking creatures; even their initials verify their hallucinatory appearance.

We designed this one to be a big, bold, theatrical piece of jewellery; It might even be decorated it with enamel or coloured stones and hung on a string of pearls. The finished pieces won’t be cheap but if you really want to make an impression with a piece of jewellery they will certainly do the trick. We’ll post some more pictures when it’s a bit nearer completion.