Personalising Your Jewellery
If you have ever tried on a beautiful ring and wished the band were slimmer or imagined a pendant set with a special gem, then you have already started your journey into the world of personalised bespoke jewellery. Commissioning a bespoke piece is slower, more considered, and far more personal - but the process is highly rewarding and the outcome is unique to you. Selecting a beautiful stone, being involved in creating the design and carefully considering the materials - all help to give your design a deeper and more personal meaning.
What guides your choices in fine jewellery are likely to include materials, design, provenance, and daily pleasure. Our primary aim when creating a bespoke piece is to ensure that the details of a design really work for you - from design proportion, to stone choice and profile - we want to create a jewel that's comfortable and resilient. We'll advise you on choosing enduring, investment worthy gemstones, high quality metals and ensuring that your chosen setting will keep your gems firmly in place. We'll also discuss the potential for personalised details in your design - from hidden gemstones to an engraved message. Depending on your design, we can often include a hand engraved date, an initial or a short phrase.
Bespoke Design Process
Discovery and design: You share ideas, lifestyle and any heirloom stones. We develop sketches or digital renders so you can see the future piece with clarity.
Stone sourcing: Will find a curated selection within your brief - each stone chosen for its unique character, colour and 'fire'.
Making and fitting: Your ring is crafted in recycled precious metal, set, and finished to your chosen profile and texture. Hand engraving and hallmarking establish authenticity and provenance.
Delivery and aftercare: We'll advise on final fitting, small tweaks and guidance on safe cleaning.
Repurposing Jewellery
We recently created a design using a loose family diamond with huge sentimental value. Drawing on a mood board, our clients envisioned a clean, modern setting with a quiet nod to Art Deco geometry. We explored proportions, tried on sample bands, and refined the angles until the stone sat low and secure. The reaction was "It looks like it has always belonged to me". That personalisation - fit, comfort and a heritage gemstone - is the foundation of heirloom potential.
If you have unused stones or jewellery that we can utilise in your design, this adds to the memories, sustainability and personal story behind your piece. Resetting transforms a family jewel into a design ready for everyday wear - allowing your story to continue. It's worth being aware that heirloom stones may show tiny chips or wear, so we may propose protective settings and re-polishing, to improve the gemstone and prolong its life.
Re-purposing Process
Assessment and careful cleaning to understand each stone's character
Design development with sketches or digital renders to harmonise old and new
Creation of a new mount in your chosen precious metal, tailored for strength and proportion
Stone setting, finishing, and hallmarking to formalise provenance
Jewellery For Life
Fine jewellery should last for a long time - and as you and your lifestyle change - your jewellery may need to evolve too. With time, small marks will soften the patina of your jewels, but long wear can also make small modifications necessary. As life moves on, resizing or claw re-tipping can help to refresh your jewels and increase longevity. Routine care also protects your jewellery and professional refinishing, re polishing, or general maintenance can restore lustre and help your piece to continue to look its best for decades.
For a more radical update, you may decide that you want a complete style refresh. We can advise on retaining your original stones and metal in a carefully managed remake - allowing for a more modern, personalised design with improved features, durability, and finish.
Whether you are creating an entirely new jewel, or re-purposing unworn pieces - personalised bespoke jewellery will become part of your daily ritual - familiar, loved, and resolutely yours. A well-considered bespoke design is tailored to your lifestyle and tastes - encouraging daily wear and a long life for your design. We’ll work hard to ensure that your jewel really fits your unique story – making it feel like it’s always belonged to you.
Get in touch to start your bespoke story and let us know if you are interested in reusing heirloom stones to retain a family story.
