So, how do you select a jewellery designer you can work with and who will achieve what you are hoping for?

Jewellery design, like clothing design, is very personal. Like your clothing, the jewellery you wear stamps your personal taste, and in many ways, it’s an extension of you. Individual jewellery design is not for the masses, it’s just for you. So selecting the correct designer is crucial.

Your designer must be talented and knowledgeable in their craft. And don’t forget patience. Patience is key for a stress-free design process. Like a psychiatrist, a good jewellery designer also asks in-depth questions, and then listens like a bartender. What else? Your designer is also like a priest, accessing your deepest thoughts. And an engineer, skilfully building your complex, everlasting item. And don’t forget a computer genius, manipulating jewellery design CAD software in all 3 dimensions.

So find yourself a patient, talented, knowledgeable psychiatrist, bartender, priest, computer genius, and you’ve got yourself a perfect jewellery designer. No problem!

David Penner & Jennifer Gargon