jewellery styling

jewellery styling is wardrobing for your jewellery. you should periodically go through your jewellery box and see whether you still feel the same love for the contents as you did when they were first acquired. natasha can assist. together we can separate;
- those pieces you love and cherish and wear all the time and wouldn't be without, from those pieces that you only like and don't wear often, from
- those pieces that you have never worn nor will ever wear (you may have inherited or been given these jewels and they have strong sentimental value)
- or we can simply coordinate your jewellery.

jewellery renovation

covet jewels can renovate (reuse) those pieces that are seldom or never worn to create new pieces that retain the significance of the original piece. an important point to to remember is that gemstones don't date (they have taken thousands, millions and sometimes billions of years to be created and discovered) however designs do. so let covet jewels use the gems, recycle the metal and design a gorgeous jewel or jewels.

three handmade bangles in 18ct yellow gold and set with diamonds made from bequeathed gold and diamonds. these bangles have strong emotional value for 2 reasons; 2 record childrens' birthdates and the third is engraved with a marriage date. They also evoke memories of the previous owners of the 'ingredients'.

aventurine quartz that was previously a pendant. after gaining inspiration from angelina jolie's magnificent emeralds at the 2009 academy awards, it was inexpensively transformed into a ring by simply adding a ring shank.

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one of the diamonds pictured came from inherited jewellery, paired with a diamond of similar colour, size and clarity and made into diamond drop earrings using the small diamond half hoops recycled from another piece of jewellery.

handmade baguette diamonds studs in 18ct white gold with a half bezel setting. the diamonds were originally channet set in a ring the client no longer wore. they were re-designed as earrings and the remaining gold ring was recycled.

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the engagement ring on the left has been renovated to produce the combined engagement-wedding ring on the right.
using the original diamonds and gold from the engagement ring with the addition of namibian demantoid garnets, small lovely quality diamonds, covet jewels' design expertise and beautiful workmanship by covet jewels' goldsmith a new spectacular ring was made.

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this diamond ring and diamond stud earrings were made from the one inherited diamond ring.
the 2.85ct diamond is set in 18ct rose gold.
the 2.50 ct earrings are set in a 4 claw 18ct yellow gold setting.
the beauty of the old cut diamonds are complemented with a more contemporary setting which means the ring is no longer sitting in a safe, it is now worn as earrings and a ring, which suit the style of the owner.

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