I collect hands, wooden, ceramic, metal… In the ceaseless search I always imagine their fingers plied with rings and jewels, but when I get them, I leave them bare. Now they display to the world their potential for something.

Harry Nilsson covered this song in 1973. His version is my favourite.

Lullaby in Ragtime

There are many nice bracelets around.

There are lesser bangles of such niceness. Just the word bangle is a fragment of ageism. Kidding.

Of course we are making a bangle.

Many certs or reports are being issued for reasons of certainty/identification, rather than comprehension. A Lotus Report describes the kind of blue your sapphire takes. This precise color grading lets gem traders (insiders) and gem buyers (you, the outsider) communicate a visual language backed by similar expectations and experiences.

Gemstones | Singapore Island Jewellery Store

Tell you a secret. We hated having a signage so much we just settled for ‘Cinematic Bespoke Jewellery’. That didn’t do anything except let us indulge in our own neon-lit fantasies, and for that useful only at night when no one is around! If you’ve every walked around a street or mall emptied of people, and you love it, you will understand our fantasy. And our stubbornness to be out walking that lonely road. Farthest only when cycling.

Gem Gardener

    January 2018 has come on surprisingly, with cool nights and sunless days. Everywhere we read about the funny incidents of Singaporeans in winter, and then I realised we did go online to buy ourselves two sets of superbly waterproof raincoats. We have been alternating two sets for the past five years, since our …

As part of our learning journey, we are beginning to document both product and process, through articles showing our own designs and gems. We don’t care if you are a gem aficionado or a gem noob, let’s party. Click whatever you see.