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Remodelling while retaining original beauty
For many years I have been asked to pull apart beautiful and intrinsic pieces of old jewellery that are beautifully made and wonderfully realised due to their gemstone content and craftsmanship. I have often encouraged customers not to destroy them, but to let the beauty of the original design be kept and used in such…
Read MoreSneak peek into the workshop: a bar-set ring
This month’s sneak peek into the PIKE workshop features a striking bar-set ring that we have used in our latest ad in the Eastern Courier Messenger and Adelaide Matters – have you seen it? This ring was commissioned by our client for his wife’s special ‘0’ birthday. He totally trusted Nicholas with the design and…
Read MoreStunning Sapphire: September’s birthstone
Sapphire is the stunning birthstone for September. Did you know it came in pink? Sapphire is a truly remarkable stone. It is part of the Corundum family (which also includes ruby) and can be found in a true rainbow of colours as the photo below shows, not just the blue that many people are familiar…
Read MoreOur Signature Service – Rose Quartz Ring
As part of the Signature Service at PIKE, we offer a few unique pieces of stunning jewellery that we make and then display at our intimate studio workshop, to show what we can do when our imaginations run wild. This amazing ring is one of them. We love beautiful, unusual coloured stones at PIKE, and…
Read MoreOur Signature Service – Diamond Ring
At PIKE, one of our favourite things to do is re-design jewellery into something new and exciting that you love. It’s part of our Signature Service. One of our recent commissions started with some precious, but worn out diamond rings that either needed some major repairs, or a brand new life. After a discussion with…
Read MoreOur Signature Service – Aquamarine Bracelet
Jewellery is a beautiful and memorable gift to give to celebrate an important birthday. Like a silver bracelet with aquamarines (one lucky birthday girl’s birthstone) to celebrate a 21st birthday. This commission started when our customer visited our studio workshop to get some birthday inspiration and saw the PIKE ‘knuckle’ bracelet, a design that Nicholas…
Read MorePlatinum
We received a request this month asking about platinum is, so we’re taking this opportunity to explain about this fascinating metal. Platinum is the densest and heaviest of all white metals used in jewellery manufacture. It is the scarcest metal mined in the world, is difficult to extract, and there are only two locations that…
Read MoreHave you ever wondered what rhodium plating actually is?
Have you ever wondered what we do to magically make your dull white gold look brand new? White gold is an alloy of yellow gold (it’s made up of a mixture of yellow gold, plus other white metals which can include platinum, palladium, nickel and silver) and so it is naturally a soft grey colour…
Read MoreJewellery at the 2015 Oscars
As fashion lovers, we are always excited to see the beautiful gowns on the red carpet at the Oscars. And even more interested to see the incredible and often jaw-dropping jewellery! Earrings were most popular this year – our favourites included the beautiful Chopard diamond earrings that Julianne Moore and Marion Cotillard wore. So elegant…
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