Jewellery Repairs
Even the when take care of the jewellery in the best possible way life happens and we end up with our favourite, most precious pieces broken and unwearable.
I offer the following services
- RING RESIZES
- CHAIN REPAIRS
- PEARL STRINGING
- STONE REPLACEMENTS
- REJOINS
- RESHAPING
- ENGRAVING
- POLISHING and CLEANING
- RHODIUM PLATING
I am based in Camberwell SE5 and East Dulwich SE22 and would be happy to arrange an appointment!
New tanzanite in an antique gold setting.
A customer came to me with an opal cabochon that fell out of this antique ring, hoping it can be set again. Unfortunately, the opal was not the original stone - the central setting was made for a brilliant cut stone with a pavillion. Cabochons have a flat base and need an entirely different setting - the reason the opal kept falling out. My advice was to source another stone and leave the opal for another project. The customer decided to go for an amazing colour clash combination and chose light violet tanzanite.
Before and after - the making of an 18ct white gold replacement tension clasp for a diamond tennis bracelet.
Resizing signet ring - the first step was to remove heat sensitive stone, malachite, then adding extra gold, soldering and final polish. Results can be seen in the last photo (pre-polished state)
Repairing and restringing designer necklace.
Picture of a brooch before cleaning out lead residue, repairing the damaged section and making it ready for remodel.
Stone sourcing for a client - rare and unusual stones like fire opal and kyanite (pictured) are my specialty.
