Jewellery By Michael King

In 1982, I started my own jewellery business in a barn at my home at Curthwaite in northern Cumbria. In 2001 I opened new premises at nearby West Woodside, on the A595 eight miles SW of Carlisle, providing space for a large new gallery showing a wide range of gold and silver pieces. During the last 20 years I have completed many important commissions. Among them have been a series of ornate weapons recalling the wonderful workmanship of the early Britons for the film 'The Lost Kingdom', commissioned for the Rheged Centre near Penrith, Cumbria. More recently, I was commissioned to copy the beautiful cross of St Cuthbert, kept in the treasury of Durham Cathedral, for a film about the life of the saint. Past commissions include a facsimile copy of an ancient crucifix for Queen Elizabeth II, a ceremonial cross for Carlisle Cathedral and a cross and ring for the Bishops of Penrith and of Jarrow.