Customs We Love: A Sapphire Heart With A Secret

Customs We Love: A Sapphire Heart With A Secret

Customs We Love: A Sapphire Heart With A Secret

Five months in the making, hand-sculpted in wax and cast in white gold.

At the centre is a 0.78ct icy blue sapphire heart, set alongside tonal blue diamond stars scattered along the band like a celestial sky; a nod to my client’s late grandmother’s eye colour.

She described her grandmother as her twin flame, a connection we symbolised with a secret engraving at the back of the band: a candle with two flames, lives slowly burning toward one another, meeting in the afterlife.

This ring is inspired by Victorian mourning jewellery, a tradition of creating wearable memorials to honour loved ones. This is a contemporary interpretation, balancing sentiment with symbolism.

Thank you to my client for her patience and for trusting me with such a personal piece; it remains one of my favourite mourning designs to date.

Emily Proudfoot Jewellery - Custom Sapphire heart ring in solid 9k white gold with blue diamonds, holding the clients grandmothers hair remains. Mourning, keepsake, grief fine jewellery.


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