Techniques we use for repairs and creation
I had the privilege of creating these three new rings using cherished family gold from our client. It adds a touch of heritage and sentimental value to each piece. It's a beautiful way to carry forward the legacy and create something meaningful for the future. Our...
These two rings we made to celebrate the family of our clients. We upcycled their gold material (added new gold to their gold material) to produce the rings and then reset the diamonds from their old family jewellery. This gives the new piece a personal provenance of...
Our client had a ring they inherited with some marquis shaped blue sapphires and small melee diamonds. We upcycled her yellow gold material in the new ring and reset her gemstones to make this more modern low profile design. It's a 6mm wide half-round which is a bit...
Gemstones can be cut into a number of shaped. Round brilliants are being the most common in the modern age, cabochon (a rounded dome) being the oldest style of polishing/cutting a gem. A lapidarist is one who cuts rough gems. Setting them into a jewellery is what a...
Forged rings like these are handmade and not cast from wax models. They are not produced en-masse by stamping machines either. These ones were made using fire and tools of steel, leather and wood. Some of the metal was from our clients own family gold material. They...
Our client, in this case, is an experienced metal detectorist. He found a 22k gold signet ring. He also found (near Sarnia ON) a solid gold 5 Franc Coin from 1859. An amazing find. This coin had traveled around the world! What was desired was a setting for the coin on...
Our curbside location is at 140 Fullarton st. The photo shows the entrance at the South East end of the Talbot Centre. Appointments are necessary and we require your name, telephone number and email. For repairs an email of your item on top of a quarter on a flat...
Our client had a diamond she wanted us to use to set in a new ring. The new ring was going to be a copy of her single stone wedding ring (also pictured) here and would fit perfectly as a set. Jason hand carved a new model and it was cast in matching yellow gold. The...
Our client wanted to make something for her daughters with the gold and diamonds from her first wedding ring. We added 50% new gold to the client ring and made a long bar of 2.5mm x 1.6mm in yellow gold. That wire was used to hand make 3 rings 2.5mm wide. Jason set...
A client wrote me and asked where I source my metals from. Here is my reply 'Thank you for writing to me. I have always sourced my new precious metals from local metal refiners & recyclers. Interestingly, 1/3 of my clients bring me their own gold to reuse in a new...
Pictured is a pair of 15 year old Love Bird Tree Triskele Rings, both in sterling silver. It is an honour to make jewellery and wedding bands which have so much sentimental value. The thinner model has raised 14K yellow borders. Sterling Silver is the same hardness as...
Our clients asked us to make rings using gold from gifted wedding rings in their family. The designs they chose are a hammered finish and the other with a slave ring design (pointed down). Made of solid yellow gold they are finished at just under 3mm wide each.