A few days ago I delivered a new custom piece to a customer. It is a gift from one friend to another and I admit that I like this kind of jobs. Financially doing one off pieces is never that interesting. You spent days on it and if you should charge the hours nobody could really afford it. But what I like about it is two things:

It challenges me! You have to think really well about your design and how you will build it up. Unlike with collection pieces were I could make 3 or 4 proto types before I have the “final version”.

And second of all, it becomes quit often one of the favourite pieces in the jewellery collection of the owner. Which is for a big part jewelry bought by themselves because its beautiful but doesn’t have necessary the emotional value. Especially if it’s bought as surprise by a close friend or family member.

The piece I delivered now is a necklace made with different types of chain. The pendant is a circle with a heart in it that can spin around. On the outside I stamped “this too shall pass”. Remembering the wearer of the good times still to come.

I also did a Colorit job on a golden ring made by my studio colleagues from Jewellers of Norway. I’m getting the hang of this Colorit! Its really nice to work with and the end result is amazing. I’m looking forward to use it more. ;)

If you want a custom piece for yourself or a close friend or family member, remember that it can easily take me 2 to 4 weeks depending on what you want and how busy I am with other orders. So, contact me in time and lets see what we can create!

Werner Hilberink

The last two days I have attended a course from Colorit. Colorit is a process for colouring jewellery and can be used on different precious metals as gold and silver amongst others. I had the equipment already and had done some pieces but the result never really satisfied me. After the two days I must honestly say I learned a lot! Not only the standard stuff but also some smart tips and tricks both from the instructor as well from the other students. Some of them have used the product as long as 15 years. Colorant has a wide variety of standard colours, pearl effects as well as eye fix. All colours can be mixed so the possibilities are enormous.

The picture is made with my mobile during the course so not the best quality. On the right hand my own ring with oxidation. On the left side a logo ring with Colorit. I took a opac blue as basic and took a eye fx on top of that. The eye fx is clear with glitters floating in it.

If you are thinking about a custom piece of jewellery and you would like to use colours, for a logo or club colours as example, then please contact me and we see what we can make. With Colorit it is also possible to repair emaille on your jewellery.

I wish you all a colourful summer!  ;)
Werner