Emerald ring restore

This ring came to us completely worn out and missing the centre Emerald

We first sourced an Emerald for the customer to view and approve

 and advise on the work we feel necessary to make the ring safe

 to wear without further loss, in this case new claws as the originals 

have worn very thin.

 Work starts to prepare the settings by removing the old claws 

 New metal is prepared to size and the claws are soldered on

The ring with all the new metal soldered on

The new claws are roughly shaped, the stone seatings prepared

and the Emerald is then set.

The ring with all the metal filed to final shape and ready to be polished

The customer decided that they wanted to highlight the stones
 with white settings so after final polishing the settings are rhodium plated

The finished ring

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 A selection of pieces recently made up in our workshop 

22ct gold flower ring

22ct Gold Flower Ring

One of our recent projects involved us melting down our customers old gold 

& hand making a new flower ring

Gold being melted down

Cooling after pouring into an ingot mold

Gold bar being rolled into workable material

Ring taking shape

Next it is soldered together

Flower shapes marked onto ring

Work starts to fashion outer profile

Ring being filed to shape

Piercing out the inside gapping with a saw

The flower pattern emerges

Centre highlights being punched in

Close up of the centre of the flower

After final clean up and polishing, the finished ring

Handmade 18ct yellow gold gem set bangle

A short video of the process of hand making a 18ct yellow gold bangle and setting the gemstones which include Diamond, emerald, opal & turqoise.

Something for Christmas

Something for the tree? Handmade Silver Christmas decorations 

Handmade 18ct Peridot Pendant

Video of Bill hand making a 18ct yellow gold Peridot pendant. Using all the traditional ways to make a perfect piece for this beautiful stone.
To find out how we can make the perfect piece for you please visit

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Apologies that there is no setting & polishing at the end but we had problems with the recording process. We have certainly learnt a lot from this project and the next one will certainly improve.

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