iapetus was founded in 2005 as a haven for all things handmade. We started out as a little gallery in Great Malvern and grew to two large stores and a fancy website stocking amazing work from over 150 British and International artists.  

After nearly 20 years, at the beginning of 2024 we made the difficult decision to close our doors to start new journeys. However, life has a way of throwing curveballs which means our decision has had to change. Read on to find out more...

Carol James, the talented maker behind Silverfish Designs jewellery, very sadly lost her battle with cancer earlier this year. Carol left the business to Anna, her sister and iapetus founder.

We lost Carol unexpectedly in the midst of closing iapetus gallery. Our plans were to close the business entirely, including iapetus.co.uk, so we could focus on our future endeavours. However, the thoughtful gift of Silverfish Designs has meant we had to reevaluate how we move forward with both businesses.

Carol predominately sold her diverse collection of jewellery at local markets and events, something we don’t have the time to do ourselves. Carol also sold a little of her work at silverfishdesigns.co.uk. However the website only displayed a limited selection of the collections and has a small customer list.

So, after much soul searching and planning we decided the most sensible way to continue bringing Carol’s work to the world was to host Silverfish Designs here at iapetus.co.uk.

Carol’s wonderful work has always been a big part of our jewellery collection. Her work stood proudly and deservedly alongside our other talented jewellers’ work. Continuing to sell Silverfish Designs jewellery at iapetus.co.uk fits perfectly with our near two decades ethos of promoting the very best of British handmade crafts.

We hope this redesigned iapetus.co.uk truly shines a light on Carol’s amazing work and brings it both to the people who loved her and her jewellery, and to a whole new audience.