Inspire Tides

Inspire Tides Award winning handmade jewellery made in Cornwall from sea glass, pottery and recycled beach plastic. https://inspiretides.etsy.com/ Recycle in style!

Beautiful hand-crafted jewellery made from sea glass, recycled sea plastics, shells and ceramics I find on local Cornish beaches. Recycling, reusing, creating, inspiring and fully appreciating my local Cornish surroundings! Together we can keep plastics out of our oceans!

31/08/2026

Art work commissioned by The Wytchwood Snug. It was a privilege working with you guys!
Lots more coming too - all things mystical, folklaw, and Cornish.
I can't wait ✨️



Positively Penzance
Love Penzance
Cornwall Living

I am thrilled to announce that Inspire Tides is collaborating with The Wytchwood Snug in Penzance.This amazing new spiri...
30/08/2026

I am thrilled to announce that Inspire Tides is collaborating with The Wytchwood Snug in Penzance.
This amazing new spiritual shop and cafè opened its doors today after weeks of hard work and preparation, and trust me, it was worth the wait! Inside you will find a plethora of witchy goodies, clothes and delicious snacks, drinks and cakes. You will also find a range of Inspire Tides jewellery and artwork 😊
I was honoured to be asked to paint the walls and counters with magical images. You can buy some of my art too which will soon be available in print and card form.
Pop along soon to support this fantastic new enterprise - you won't be dissapointed ✨️🔮🍃🌿🥰



Positively Penzance
Love Penzance
Sustainable Penzance

12/08/2026

Solar Eclipse 2026, Marazion Beach.

No special glasses could be found for love nor money in these parts, so we downloaded an app instead. The results are quite atmospheric.
In reality, it didn't get as dark as this, but the light was like neither dawn nor dusk. It had a unique quality all of its own. It went quite chilly too.

There was something quite nice about sharing this experience on this beautiful beach with all the other families.

☀️🌔🌚

29/07/2026

It's that time of year again when the Cornish moors are carpeted with purple heather and banks of firey, orange crocosmia.

Everywhere is so dry though, as the recent heatwave and lack of rain has taken its toll.

Please take extra care this summer with ci******es and disposable bbqs as the countryside is like tinder and wild fires can start so easily.



08/07/2026

Had an intense week, sorting, pairing, drilling, cleaning, and assembling.
Working with seaglass, sea plastic, sea pottery, wooden and glass beads to create a new range for Wychwood , soon to be opening in Penzance.
Watch this space to find out more.

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15/06/2026

Spiral seaglass jewellery.
Earrings and pendants, full range in the Etsy shop:

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Cornish seaglass - so beautiful 😍

12/06/2026

A misty walk to Mên-an-Tol (Cornish for 'stone of the hole') this morning.

The mizzle hung heavy in the air, concealing the usual panorama of valleys and hills.

Somewhere in the distance, a lonely cuckoo called, but no reply from a mate. Other than that, there was no other sound. No other people.

Droplets of diamonds clung to the web of a possible funnel weaver spider, causing dinner time delays no doubt, and the cerise spires of Foxgloves swayed gently in the morning breeze.

I stopped for a while at this ancient site and spoke a hushed prayer to the ancestors, asking for their guidance and to watch over my family. I gave my thanks and left.

Have you ever been to Mên-an-Tol?

No one truly knows what this mysterious monument is or what it was for.

It is said to date back roughly 3500 years, from the Bronze Age and consists of a distinctive, circular stone with a central hole flanked by two upright pillars. It is steeped in folklore, including legends of curing backaches and infertility.

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Exploring Cornwall
Walking Cornwall
Cornwall Living

11/06/2026

POV:

Combining two of your favourite things - sunsets and sea pottery earrings. They make me happy😊

These beautiful things are connected in some way. They're both enjoyed by the sea. It's curious to think that whoever dropped the ceramics into the waves witnessed sunsets just like these, too.

Little pieces of Cornish treasure that have their own stories but ones we will never know. Were these pieces once plates, cups, bowls? Were they from a picnic, dropped overboard from a passing boat, or disposed of from a house clearance, thrown into the depths hoping to be discarded forever?

Intriguing, isn't it.

For now, we can only share their onward journey and enjoy them as beautiful pieces of jewellery.

The sunsets are at Galver and St Ives. A nice contrast of romantic, soft haze and bold, burning orange.

Link to my Etsy shop
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Connecting Cornwall
Makers Cornwall

07/06/2026

Saving the ocean one earring at a time!

A sad sight. Thousands of pieces of plastic, littering the tide line. The sea has tried to rid itself of the pollution, but come high tide, it will have no choice but to take it back again.

I go out when I can to collect as much as I can and then take it back home to clean it and make it into jewellery.

If we all picked up a few pieces on our beach walks, we may remove that one piece that was destined to choke a bird, fish, or animal. You never know 🤷‍♀️

Inspire Tides Eco Beach range are pieces of unique jewellery that carry a big message;

Keep our sea plastic free!!!

At least these pieces can never harm the sea again. We've got a long way to go though...

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♻️RECYCLE IN STYLE ♻️

Together, we can keep plastics out of our waters!!

05/06/2026

I haven't talked about the beauty of brown seaglass for a very long time. I think this amber treasure gets very overlooked in the world of seaglass hunting and jewellery making.

🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎

Brown sea glass, along with white and green are the most common colours you find on British shores.

Traditionally, brown glass is mainly used for beer bottles, and as national statistics show that beer remains a favorite drink in Britain and that the average Brit drinks about 124 pints of beer per year, it's no surprise that there's quite a lot of it about. Cheers! 🍻

When you first stumble across brown sea glass it can look dull and unappealing, but give it a quick rinse in the sea and the warm glow will pop out.

I've very much embraced this brown beauty in my jewellery collection. I always give it a rub with baby oil and that brings out its chestnut lustre.

Brown seaglass looks stunning on its own but add a blue or teal glass and the contrasting colours bring a whole new dynamic.

Hopefully you can see what I mean in this first set.

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