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Inspiration, goldworking
for engagement rings
After a year at the Cambridgeshire College of Art and Technology, I received my training in the craft of working precious metals at the jewellery and silversmithing departments of Sir John Cass College, London.
I was at the Cass for four years,
including including doing things like engraving, gemmology and various other metalwork related things..
I also used to help sometimes in the foundry when molten bronze was poured for the sculpture department.
Here is a necklace (which depicts stars, planets, dust clouds etc), which I made then. It was inspired by Arthur C Clarke's story "2001" - the smoky quartz rectangular feature in the centre represents TMA1, the alien artefact.
Coloured diamond rings and matching wedding rings
I hope you like the ideas you see on my website, but you can always specify a different colour or size of gemstone, or let me design a variation on the theme..
Please come back from time to time to see what's new :)
Godfrey Gardner
Telephone: 01751 430356 in the UK or (+44) 1751 430356 if calling outside the UK
Diamond rings and matching wedding rings
A trip or two to Venice helped inspire the possible use of coloured beads with pure gold foil embedded in the glass. This is my sketch of a Venetian backwater, followed by a sketch of the stem of a gondola. Jewellery designers in little workshops here were inspirational in their use of different coloured golds in combination.
Stem of gondola
Click here for more information on my inspiration.