Sam's wedding gift
Michelle contacted Petra’s as she wanted to know if we could make an item using customers gold.
Jo one of the designers arranged a zoom call to discuss using customers gold and talk about design options as Michelle wanted to give a gift to her Son for him to have have on his wedding day.
To Jo’s suprise Michelle was actually in California in the States. After the zoom call Jo came up with a few ideas and sent them to Michelle to view.
She thought a pendant would be the best option and she wanted to also add ashes from Sam’s late grandad.
Michelle then needed to get the heirloom pieces, to us so she called upon the her family. Her daughter flew back to the UK with the items and her soon. to be daughter-in-law came in.
We FaceTimed with Michelle and discussed the final design. Which was to use the yellow gold from family rings, to have hallmarked and then engraving with the wedding date. Ashes to be added.
Once everything was agreed it was time to take the items to the workshop and to make the pendant .
After the goldsmith Behzad had melted the gold, added the ashes and formed and shaped the pendant, it was sent for hallmarking, we end engraved with roman numerals with Sam’s wedding date, then the pendant was finished with palling and rhodium plate to make the pendant a white colour.
Then we waited for Michelle to fly in to collect the pendant before giving to Sam.
“Many years ago, Petra Jewellery reset my engagement and eternity rings on white gold bands. They did a wonderful job. More recently, I requested a remodel of some items to create a piece for my son. I contacted wonderful Jo at Petra, and we had a Zoom call to talk about the project. She was such an amazing help and guided me to bring the project alive. My parents had recently passed away, and I had the idea of making a piece from some of my Dad’s rings that would have some of my mum and dad’s ashes added during the making. Jo’s communication throughout the entire process was excellent. Once the piece was ready, I had an appointment with Abi. She was so friendly and lovely. The piece was so beautiful and brought tears to my eyes. It was a pendant, engraved with my son and daughter-in-law’s wedding date in Roman numerals on the front. I would highly recommend Petra for a remodel of a piece. My son loves this priceless piece, and it will be something he wears every day. Thank you to the Petra team. I will be back for more services in the future. ”
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