Recycled gold cufflinks with diamonds

Before I go any further I must admit to loving these cufflinks! They are so simple and clean and right up my street so thank you Cecily for commissioning me to make them.

The thinking behind this set of cufflinks is that the owner had been borrowing his dad's cufflinks and that perhaps it was time he had a good set of his own. Meanwhile his recent promotion in work was the perfect excuse to treat him to something extra special.

Recycled yellow gold cufflinks with channel set diamond detail

First of all an old gold bracelet and a fine pair of cufflinks were melted in the crucible to create a large flat ingot of gold. This was then passed through the mills until it was large enough to mark out two cufflink sized rectangles. These were pierced and cleaned back before soldering the U-arms in place. Lastly each cufflink was channel set with three small diamonds which came out of another necklace (more of which to come) before a final polish and a directional matt finish.

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Bespoke and remodelled gold and diamond jewellery

It has been such a hectic month with collections reaching fever pitch in the last few days! I'm off  to Croatia for a little holiday this morning, but fear not, my good buddy Carol will be manning the store while I'm gone and I've created a little collage of the gorgeous jobs I've been working on just to whet your appetite for when I return!

Engagement rings, pendant, torc, bangle and cufflinks made from new and recycled materials

Bespoke silver cufflinks

I'm very fortunate to have such loyal customers and I like take care of them in return. These cufflinks were part of a wider wedding and engagement ring project and involved making 4 sets of personalised cufflinks which were engraved with the initials of the groom, his groom's men and future father-in-law.

Handmade rectangular monogrammed cufflinks

To start with I ordered a large length of 4mm silver sheet with the intention of rolling it down  to 3mm and in doing so spreading the metal and removing the guillotine squeeze marks at the edges. With this perfectly flat material I then reestablished two flat sides at 90 degrees to each other and marked out my cufflink pairs. At this stage I sent them to assay along with the cufflink swivels so as to avoid the stamp warping the finished cufflinks. I then cut them into individual cufflinks and cleaned them back. Rectangles like squares are a very unforgiving of inaccuracy so it was vital that each side be perfectly flat and at 90 degrees to the next. With the rectangles prepped U shaped cufflink arms were soldered onto the back of each before pre-polishing them and riveting the swivel in place. A final polish and the cufflinks were sent for engraving where the initials were set alternately on the bottom left and right corners and inscribed in a box.

You can check out me ready to wear cufflinks here or if you'd like to discuss a custom project please don't hesitate to drop me a line.