Signature Service
Inspired by flora
Nature has been a source of inspiration for artists including painters, sculptors and jewellers for hundreds of years. Flowers, in particular, have been a strong theme for jewellery. Here are some of the more recent floral-inspired jewellery pieces made by well-known international jewellery houses: Nicholas has always been inspired by leaves,…
Read MoreFour 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…
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 MoreA family stone
How many people can say they wear a gemstone that was hand cut by a family member? This month we’re showing you how Nicholas and Matthew designed and hand made a beautiful pendant that features a Smokey Quartz that was hand cut by a treasured member of our customer’s family. The brief was to design…
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…
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