Archive for the ‘Wedding Rings’ Category

It’s mid - summer and the earth’s not the only thing to oscillate !!

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

Last week I had a Mrs. Doubtfire ( name changed ) come into the studio enquiring about having her diamond set wedding ring re-modeled. It transpired that the jeweller she usually used had had two attempts at creating the ring, but on both occassions the quality and design fell short of her expectations. When asked why she didn’t go back to the jeweller she said although she had used the jeweller for years she had lost confidence as she never knew the quality of  work see was going to get. It seemed to oscillate from good to mediocre to bad.

I have heard similar stories on a number of occassions.

Usually the reason for this is that the workshop being used has a number of jewellers with differing standards and it will be just luck if your job is done by a decent craftsman.

As all my bespoke jewellery is hand crafted by me personally, and my standards are very high, you can be confident  that all my hand made commissions are of a consistantly high standard.

Regards

Alan

Wedding rings - Do you need to match with your partner ?

Tuesday, June 16th, 2009

I am often asked by couples whether their wedding rings should match or not. The answer is, there is no hard and fast rule and is down to personal preference. Broadly speaking there are three options open to couples; perfectly matched wedding rings, being individual and choosing a style you like or that suits you best, or the styles chosen by Claire and George a couple who picked up their wedding rings yesterday.

The ladies’ wedding ring is a broadish platinum band with a row of channel set diamonds off-set along one edge so they are fully visible when the wedding ring is worn along with her platinum 3 stone sapphire and diamond engagement ring I hand crafted for her 18 months ago. As the centre round sapphire in the three stone engagement ring is larger, and protrudes, a slightly broader wedding ring had to be used so as to allow the line of channel set diamonds to be fully visible.

The gent’s wedding ring was a broad flat platinum band with an 18ct. yellow gold wire applied across the top of the wedding ring, off-set along one edge, which ties it in style to the lady’s diamond set wedding ring and compliments it perfectly.

Sometimes it just needs something subtle in the design to link them together.

Alan