The bespoke process at Lores is a truly collaborative experience. This page will tell you everything you need to know about bespoke with Lores, including a step-by-step breakdown of the process, wedding and engagement rings, the use of family or sentimental gold, FAQs, and a gallery of bespoke pieces made by Lores which you can use for inspiration.
Bespoke Jewellery
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The Bespoke Process: A Step-By-Step Guide
1. ENQUIRY
We receive your enquiry through the website.
2.CONSULTATION
You book a design appointment with Lorna to talk through the specific details of your dream jewellery. The choices you make will shape the designs to come.
3.QUOTE
Once we know exactly what you’re after, we’re able to price it up for you.
4.DEPOSIT
We require a 50% up-front deposit on all bespoke jewellery before we can begin making your piece.
5.DESIGN
Depending on your budget and desires, we offer images of previous work, design sketches, and CAD renders, allowing you to envisage how your jewellery will look.
6.MAKE
Your jewellery is now on our workbench going through the stages of carving, cleaning, buffing, stonesetting, and hallmarking.
7.FINISH
Your piece is thoroughly checked as part of quality control before being photographed.
8.YOURS
We organise collection or delivery of your precious jewellery. If you have a moment while admiring your new jewels, reviews mean the world to a small business like ours.
Bespoke Engagement + Wedding Rings
We know at Lores that it’s more important than ever to have an engagement ring that’s unique to you. In a world of ever-changing trends, fast fashion and mass produced jewels - we stay in calm waters by making classic and timeless rings you’ll be proud to wear for a lifetime.
We know that a ring is more romantic when it’s designed from scratch, with input from you and/or your partner. It’s even more romantic when it didn’t cause the environment or the people involved in mining the materials for it any harm, that’s why all of our jewellery is responsibly made with ethically mined gemstones and recycled precious metal. Let’s not make one of life’s most special moments, one to worry about.
Sentimental Redesign
Wherever possible, we like to talk to customers about the idea of using their own jewellery to make new pieces. It may be the case that you have old, unworn, handed-down, or unwanted jewellery. Sentimental jewellery, such as pieces left in a will or from a previous marriage can be made wearable again, and those special items can be given a new life. Recycling gemstones into existing or new designs is a sentimental and sustainable way to have a revitalised piece of jewellery, while taking care of the planet.
If you want to get started transforming your jewels or metals, don't hesitate to get in touch below.
FAQS
Standard Bespoke
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We have our bespoke timelines for a reason, it’s so we can make sure your perfect piece is ready on time. However, in special circumstances, we have been known to make miracles happen and create jewellery exceptionally fast.
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Not at all, some of our favourite projects have been a joint effort between our head designer and our fantastic clients. We are always happy to talk through any ideas or worries you may have before-hand.
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We would like to do nothing more than chat about gemstone options with you, enquire with our team today and we can pick the perfect jewel together.
Wedding + Engagement
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Yes! We can create wedding rings that fit around any engagement ring you already have (or we’ve made - yay) perfectly.
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We can create engagement and wedding rings from:
silver
platinum
palladium
9k, 14k, 18k, 22k and 24k gold
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At Lores we pride ourselves on creating beautiful and accessible jewellery. We can work to almost any budget within reason, just get in touch with the team and we will make it happen for you.
Sentimental Redesign
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Yes! Recycling is at the core of Lores and we love using customer’s gemstones, however just like any gemstone purchased for you, there is usually a risk of breakage during the stone-setting process. When Lores has bought the gemstone for you (and it is of a clarity we are comfortable with) we will cover this replacement cost, but if it is your own stone, you would have to cover this cost. If you have questions about a particular gemstone you own, please get in touch and we can discuss options.
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It is possible to make new jewellery out of multiple different pieces of your own gold. However, it is important to note that the hallmark (mark on metal which signifies metal purity) will represent that of the lowest karat of gold in the mixture.
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When it comes to using your own gemstones, then it certainly can save you money.
Using existing precious metals to make a new piece is typically something which is done for sentimental reasons, rather than financial. ‘Own can’ casting (the process of using your own precious metals rather than using recycled metal purchased by Lores) is time and labour intensive, meaning generally any money saved by providing your own metal will go towards covering the cost of weighing and testing the quality of your own metal. This is necessary so the new piece of jewellery can be correctly hallmarked. While individual instances may very depending on quantity of metal, it is generally true that the cost of using your own metals or purchasing recycled metals will be approximately equal.
Previous Work
Want to know more about the process of creating modern heirlooms?
At Lores we believe that we should carry on the tradition of creating timeless jewellery that is built to last, but also created for the wearer. Need to know a little more about the full bespoke process before diving into a consultation?
