Posts by Lou Pike Pyman
Four stone beauty
How did Nicholas and Matthew turn the four diamonds from these old rings and earrings into this beautiful ring? Follow their process here: Matthew starts every piece by melting gold, and rolling it out: The four bezel settings for the diamonds are all made individually. The process starts by bending the gold by hand, soldering…
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From studs to stunning drops
From simple diamond studs to a pair of stunning drop earrings: These beautiful earrings were created by Matthew using over 20 individual processes of hand making. Here, we share some photos from the provenance report that we create for every single piece of jewellery we make at PIKE, to show how involved, unique and fascinating…
Read MoreAquamarines, aquamarines, aquamarines
It’s the month of March, which means it’s beautiful Aquamarine time. Aquamarine has always been one of our favourite gemstones to work with, and is also one of most requested stones from our customers. This month, we’re sharing some of our aquamarine designs with you – enjoy! If you would like to know more…
Read MoreMaria Felix and Cartier
There have been some famous collaborations between creative artists and famous jewellery houses over the years, and one that has resulted in some very unique jewellery is that between Mexican actress Maria Felix and Cartier. Read more about the relationship here. The actress came to Cartier with the idea of creating wearable reptiles and Jeanne…
Read MoreA three stone diamond ring with a difference
This month, we’re sharing a very different diamond ring. It features three larger round diamonds, as well as some tapered baguette diamonds, which can be challenging to design with. Here, we show you all of the steps of Matthew’s hand making process: If you have one piece of jewellery you aren’t wearing, or even a…
Read MoreNew beginnings
Welcome to our first remodelling story of 2017. This commission started when our customer came to Nicholas with some rings that she wasn’t wearing anymore: And the brief was that she wanted a beautiful ring that would be easy to wear and that she could wear every day. So Nicholas designed a wide, two-tone…
Read MorePersonalising the 2016 PIKE Christmas Collection
Nicholas has had lots of enquiries about the 2016 PIKE Christmas Collection and how it can be personalised, so we’re sharing some of his suggestions of how it can be done – if you see anything you would love to have, call Nicholas on 8338 3109 and he will gladly design something especially for you!…
Read MoreHow did Nicholas design and make the 2016 Christmas Collection?
This year, he tried something a bit different. He was interested in getting some input from some of a range of PIKE customers, and invited them to a series of design workshops: What came out of these workshops were some strong themes; Nicholas explains more in the video below: After finalising the three pendant designs…
Read MoreSapphire and diamonds
This month we are sharing how we made a ring that started with an original sapphire and diamond three stone that Nicholas made many years ago (below): Our customer was ready for a change and also had some diamonds left over when she had a pendant made (click here to see the pendant), so Nicholas…
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