Paul Eaton is possibly the world’s best miniature sculptor of dogs and wildlife as a master gold/silversmith.   With Paul Eaton's jewelry, we offer the flexibility to customize your piece with any animal, using a variety of metals such as Sterling Silver, 9ct, and 18ct, or even a combination of metals and stones. This allows you to create a truly unique and personalized bespoke pendant that reflects your style and preferences. Early in life Paul Eaton showed a proclivity for miniature dog sculptures. When Eaton moved to the countryside in the Surrey Hills as a child, his love of wildlife began. His father was killed in an accident and his mother had to send him away to school so that she could work. At school, his biology teacher was so inspired by Paul’s enthusiasm, he set up a Natural History Society where Paul continued his wildlife studies. His love of wildlife slowly turned into a love of art and fashion as Paul also began making jewelry to sell to school friends to feed the owl that he kept at school. Art and technical drawing were his two favorite subjects. Paul left school at age 16 and went to work for a design engineer who taught him to work with non-ferrous metals such as bronze and stainless steel. While experimenting with these, a school friend’s fashion designer sister saw and commissioned work later sold at Liberty of London.  She introduced him to a jeweler in Guildford, Surrey, where he developed his skills in working with precious metals.  Many jewelry designers came to the workshop as part of a DeBeers promotion and Paul observed their techniques.  He began making jewelry to sell at his own market stalls, which lead to his first workshop/shop just outside Cranleigh. At this stage of his life that he had an accident and broke his jaw.  He was hospitalized for 10 days. Out of boredom he found a small segment of wax and carved his first animal, an otter.  This was cast into bronze by an engineering company who commissioned four other animals.  The techniques he learned from fine jewelry making enabled him to finish his sculpture with intricate detail and he is now a renowned jeweler and sculptor VPRMS, MAA, HS, MASF, MPSGS: Vice President Royal Miniature Society, Miniature Artists of America, Hilliard Society of Miniaturists, Miniature Art Society of Florida, Miniature Painters Sculptors and Gravers of Washington DC Click to view examples of past commissions below. To browse available inventory, click "View All Artworks" in the top right-hand corner of this page.