Hand-Crafted Contemporary Art Jewellery
Bespoke Jewellery
“David’s jewellery is great art and like great sex it should not be just comfortable!” - Lola K
NEW COMMISSIONS
I would be delighted to create for you a wonderful piece of jewellery. I usually work in Sterling Silver, 18ct Gold or Mokume Gane as the base meterials, but I also use Aurora Opal that comes in a myriad of colours (here’s a link to see how glorious this is) and other materials such as Whitby Jet and Pearl.
As well as the materials above, any of those can be set with gemstones from Agates to Zircons with so many other alternatives in between – the choice is almost endless, the result will be totally unique.
HOW DO i commission a piece of jewellery?
Bespoke,commissioned, jewellery begins with a chat followed by me creating some initial sketches derived from that discussion.
I’ll send these sketches to you and from your feedback they will then be amended and reworked as needed over a few weeks. Once we’ve settled on the design, materials and geme (or not) from those sketches I’ll create a final coloured drawing that we call a Render. This render will be a scale drawing of the final design and will be the closest to the finished, physical article that I can produce, so you’ll be able to see what you are commissioning.
Bespoke pieces can take approximately 10-12 weeks to create; it all depends on what other commissions are being worked on when we first chat.
This time frame includes the design process, stone sourcing, making the piece of jewellery and getting it hallmarked (that can currenlty has a two to three week turn around) then finally the work is delivered to you. From this beginning, with a few emails, phone calls or meetings I should have enough information to create some sketches to create something unique for you or your loved one.
So, when you are contemplating commissioning a piece of jewellery, please aim to give me as much detail as possible in the beginning, as this helps the design process move along swiftly. Please also note the possible lead time when thinking about commissioning gifts for those special events such a birthdays.