Nicholas’ Blog

Hello there, it’s been quite a while since I have written to you all – in fact it was a year ago. I can’t believe that my last blog and our last newsletter was shared in November 2021. It reflects that 2022 has been very busy and a bit of a blur, and with Christmas…

In so many ways 2021 has been a year like no other and one we won’t forget easily. I’m sure this heightened awareness of so many concerns is reinforced by some of the amazing documentaries we’ve been offered on screen and podcast over the past year. Maybe it’s no surprise then that my inspiration behind…

Hello! The beginning of 2021 at PIKE Jewellers has been very busy, in particular in designing and manufacturing solitaire diamond rings and matching wedding rings, and I would like to share some with you. The Solitaire Diamond Engagement Ring – clients never tire of them, always stunning and timeless. We are always very honoured to…

Hi everyone This is my last blog for 2020, and I am still amazed at the vast changes we have all experienced this year. This has been a year like no other! A long history of owning our own business and what it has experienced over the past forty-eight years, I live in hope and…

Hello, I hope you are well and are coping through these most testing times. Very fortunately, jewellery making at PIKE’s has been very busy with many commissions involving setting customer’s existing gems, in particular coloured stones including October’s gemstone, opal. Whether you like them or not opal is an amazing gemstone, totally reliant on light…

Hello there During the last few months of very worrying events, a lot of people have been at home and the conversations we’ve had with customers often relate to finding the time to renovate or tidy up their homes and in turn discover jewellery they had not looked at for a while. From what has…

This blog post was written in collaboration with Nicholas and the clients. The commission began with Pike Jewellers being recommended to our clients through a friend and diamond setter Stephen Webb. I first met with the husband and what was a lovely coincidence was that I had made jewellery for his wife’s mother and sister.…

Hello to you all. This month we are celebrating many things – the commencement of our sixth year at Highgate, completion of two very complex and lengthy commissions that were initiated earlier in the year and over the past five years at Highgate, the processing of over three thousand client requests. Wow! It is also…

The beginning of another collection for PIKE The weather may be dreary and cold but I find it an energizing time for designing. Sitting in a warm room with a glass of wine, Helen nearby, our dogs Coco and Mimi relaxing on their warm beds and me with pen in hand, it’s something I love…