Introduction

Yellow Sapphires and Diamonds in 18K white gold.

Before delving into the individual components it is important to give you an overview of the Alchemy Collection.

Although the pieces are quite simple in presentation they are in fact extremely complicated to produce. The clean lines you see in the photographs belies the skills of the master craftspeople who hand make each and every component. The stud earrings for example contain fourteen separate parts with each earring consisting of two hand formed bezels, four handmade bars on the back side which are used to counterbalance the weight of the smaller bezel set gem, so it can sit where you want it and not have it droop to the bottom, and lastly the handmade post. The gemstones must be set prior to assembly which means if the craftsperson is not vigilante they could actually shatter the stones from heat during the soldering process.

This is only one example of the complexity of the manufacturing process!! I will share more of them in the future as part of the “Materials” essays.

Yellow Sapphires and Diamonds in 18K white gold.