Posts by Lou Pike Pyman
Stunning Sapphire: September’s birthstone
Sapphire is the stunning birthstone for September. Did you know it came in pink? Sapphire is a truly remarkable stone. It is part of the Corundum family (which also includes ruby) and can be found in a true rainbow of colours as the photo below shows, not just the blue that many people are familiar…
Read MoreOur Signature Service – Rose Quartz Ring
As part of the Signature Service at PIKE, we offer a few unique pieces of stunning jewellery that we make and then display at our intimate studio workshop, to show what we can do when our imaginations run wild. This amazing ring is one of them. We love beautiful, unusual coloured stones at PIKE, and…
Read MoreOur Signature Service – Diamond Ring
At PIKE, one of our favourite things to do is re-design jewellery into something new and exciting that you love. It’s part of our Signature Service. One of our recent commissions started with some precious, but worn out diamond rings that either needed some major repairs, or a brand new life. After a discussion with…
Read MoreOur Signature Service – Aquamarine Bracelet
Jewellery is a beautiful and memorable gift to give to celebrate an important birthday. Like a silver bracelet with aquamarines (one lucky birthday girl’s birthstone) to celebrate a 21st birthday. This commission started when our customer visited our studio workshop to get some birthday inspiration and saw the PIKE ‘knuckle’ bracelet, a design that Nicholas…
Read MoreA sneak peek into the workshop – saw piercing
A few months ago, we told you all about saw blades – jewellery tools that are used for a technique called saw piercing (read the article here). This month, we wanted to share one of our latest commissions that Matthew has just finished using saw piercing to achieve the beautiful design that Nicholas drew for…
Read MorePeridot
Peridot is the beautiful, vivid green birthstone for August. The name peridot derives from the Arabic word “faridat’ which means gem. This beautiful stone is one of the few gemstones that comes in only one colour – it’s always green. The intensity of the green of each stone is determined by the amount of iron…
Read MoreThe world’s finest opal
The world’s finest opal, mined in South Australia, will be on display at the South Australian museum from September 25th. Nicholas had the fortunate job of displaying this amazing piece of opal at a function held in Adelaide recently representing the National Council of Jewellery Valuers (SA branch). The opal is absolutely beautiful and its…
Read MoreThe Ruby Slippers
The Ruby Slippers, worn by Dorothy in the 1940 movie The Wizard of Oz. Not made with rubies of course (just beautiful red sequins), but very famous nonetheless! Have you ever wondered what happened to the slippers? Apparently, there were between 5-10 pairs made for the movie, however only four pairs can be accounted for.…
Read MoreSarah McLeod visits PIKE
We were very excited to meet Sarah McLeod when she came to Adelaide at the end of June. Sarah was playing some gigs here and came in to see the progress of a piece we are making for her – Sarah is such an authentic, down-to-earth woman and we loved having her at PIKE.…
Read MoreThe rise in the value of Rubies
Ruby is the official birthstone for July, and it has also been used traditionally to celebrate 40th wedding anniversaries. Ruby belongs to a family of stones called Corundum, which also includes sapphire. Because sapphires can found in a number of beautiful pink-red colours, sometimes it can be hard to tell whether a gemstone is a…
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