by ric | Jun 28, 2016 | Jewellery Tips
Can you tell the difference? One of the main issues in the jewellery trade, when you are an individual jeweller who hand makes your pieces, is competing with the mass produced jewellery market and bigger brands. I often get asked to make pieces which customers have...
by ric | Dec 16, 2015 | Bespoke Jewellery, Commissions, Dundee, Gold Jewellery
What does jewellery mean to you? Why do people wear jewellery? These are questions that I constantly think about. Whenever I do a bespoke commission for a client I always ask them who is the piece for? What do they look like and what is their style of jewellery? Is...
by ric | Mar 20, 2013 | Commissions
I love it when a client asks me to make something totally unique and bespoke for them. I recently got commissioned to make a one off statement pendant for a clients sister’s special birthday. Her sister loves to wear really unusual statement pieces to big does...
by ric | May 13, 2011 | Commissions, New Designs
A client contacted me who had some old gold rings that she never wore and she also had a troy ounce gold ingot that was kept in her jewellery box. She wanted two rings made from the gold that fitted with her current engagement ring, one as a wedding band and one as an...