Bespoke Project Example
A few friends clubbed together to commission a meaningful pendant as a special birthday gift for one of their team mates.
Anna loves to wear teal colours and blue, loves Art Deco style and her happy place is rowing on the Tideway. Her training is the stretch of river between Putney and Richmond Lock.
I was not specifically asked to make anything that represented the river, only to think of a pendant idea with a sapphire - her birthstone. Other than that, it was carte blanche. I first started sketching ideas inspired by art deco elements but it wasnt until I considered the river that I felt the piece had soul...
The River is made of Recycled Sterling Silver. Blue moonstones mark Putney
Bridge and Richmond Lock, with bridge shapes featuring as chain attachments.
London Blue Topaz gemstones signify success and opportunity marking small
islands on that stretch of water.
Finally Anna’s boat is symbolised in the marquis sapphire (her birthstone)
that dangles in the place of Mortlake Anglia and Alpha Boathouse.
