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Here is one of our most recent designs and this has been engraved onto a metallic plate by our big fancy engraving machine. If we are planning to design a new piece, this gives us a great way of seeing how it would look before we actually go about...

There was great excitement in the workshop yesterday when our new Tain Silver aprons arrived. Silversmithing is a mucky business and our plain blue aprons were starting to look a little worse for wear. Here you can see our new black aprons with our...

We came across this lovely image on the facebook page of www.landscapes365.com and we thought that you might appreciate it. The stone stands out against the starry sky behind it and it just makes you want to visit that site.  It looks like this...

(Image from the Daily Mail) Did any of you see this image in the press last week? Here we have two heron fighting over a fish in the South of France. This image made me smile as when I think of Heron, this is certainly not the image that comes to...

We are very lucky to live so close to the Hilton of Cadboll Stone which is an excellent example of a Class II Pictish Stone.  As the name suggests the stone can be found at Hilton of Cadboll which is on the Tarbat Peninsula in Easter Ross in the...

If you are considering visiting the Scottish Highlands then you should make sure you visit the Royal Burgh of Tain. This town is situated approximately 35 miles North of Inverness and we are lucky enough to have a great choice of craft businesses...

Designs on the Hilton Of Cadboll Stone have been great inspiration for Tain Silver over the years.  This article was featured in the Scotsman today: Stone detectives discover one of Scotland’s earliest ­surviving depictions of Jesus in Hilton of...