Do you have jewellery gathering dust in your drawer?

I’m a Goldsmith and bench jeweller and I specialise in repurposing jewellery. I can take your existing, sentimental and unworn jewellery, melt it down and create new jewellery that is bespoke to you, meaningful and that you will love to wear.

Below are some recently completed projects. Stay a while, have a browse, get inspired.

Repurpose • Reuse • Remember

Hi, I’m Christina

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My father gave me a ring, which had belonged to my grandmother. When my grandfather passed away, she had their rings melted together and wore it until she passed away. This has always stuck with me. Jewellery can transform and carry such powerful meaning and memories.

Just handed over these wedding rings, hallmarked and ready to go for the lovely couple getting married in September. . These rings are unique repurposed heirloom jewellery remakes. M brought me his grandmothers ring (last 2 pics) and wanted to use t
Happy repeat customers ❤️ . Her jewellery box is now filled with CARLSSON 1064 pieces, all made with family heirlooms. . #jewelleryrecycling #jewelryrecycling #recycledgold #recycledgoldjewelry #recycledgoldjewellery #repurposedjewelry #repurposedje
Oooooh and last but not least, The Opal!! . This was for the youngest. She knew exactly what she wanted. She showed a picture of the garnet ring stack (one of my projects from a while back) and asked for the same design, a textured band with the sto
Ruby Red . This is the Ruby ring for the recent A-level finisher!! The ring needed updating, again it didn’t reflect her style and it didn’t even remotely fit! We reused the band from her sisters birthstone ring and created a new setting
His wedding band. . His ring was also too small and too chunky. No longer worn, gathering dust but, of course, hugely sentimental. Because of the mixed with and yellow gold in the original ring, no one would touch it! Challenge accepted! I cut the ri
Now let’s focus her wedding ring. . She didn’t wear her wedding band or her engagement ring anymore. Neither fit properly, and the wedding band was outdated and no longer to her taste. . She wanted to wear a band and engagement ring agai
1 Family, 1 ring for each family member. Husband and wife married 25 years ago. Their marriage, still very alive but the love for their choice of wedding ring, not so much. . Their 2 daughters had rings with their birthstones, but the rings didn&r
‘El (des)Nudo’ aka ‘The (naked) Knot’ . Again, what an honour to be asked to make an engagement ring. It just doesn’t get more personal than that, especially from heirloom jewellery. . Here’s the story, I was at
Water droplet necklace - After our previous remodelling project, my client still had lots of leftover stones, specifically lots of blue stones. . Inspired by the beautiful blue colour, reminiscent of water droplets, I went to work designing. My visi
Old jewellery, new story. My client’s old engagement ring was a part of her past, not a part of her present or her future. It lived in her drawer. It didn’t represent the person who she had become. So we changed things up. Gave it a new l
The L'Ambra Necklace - A very sentimental remake, a silver and amber bracelet, gifted from a father to a daughter, now transformed into a necklace so that she can wear it close to her heart, where it belongs. ❤️ . . #remake #jewellery #sentimental #f
Repurposed sapphires and diamonds set in 18ct white gold. Another glimpse at the engagement ring from last week! Check out my previous posts for the story and for the before and after. 💙🤍💙🤍💙
The stones from this ring were repurposed from an heirloom ring from his grandmother. His primary reason for doing this was that he felt his girlfriend would want a recycled stones rather than a new one. He will now use the yellow gold from the origi
OH HAPPY DAY! Yesterday this gorgeous couple got engaged. This ring used the stones from Martin’s grandmothers ring and recycled 18ct white gold. The yellow gold from the grandmother’s ring will be used to make his wedding band 🥰 . I lo
Wedding Ring - Firstly, I didn’t make this gorgeous engagement ring. Beautiful though right!?! My client had a wedding ring from her late mother. She wanted to repurpose it so she could wear it as her wedding band because it was wide so didn&rs
Heirloom repurposed gold + Sri Lankan Sapphires = The Honeymoon earrings 💙
What a beautiful starting point. . #workinprogress #jewelleryrepurposing #repurposedgold #remodelledjewellery #gold #aquamarine #gemstones #gold #benchpeg #benchpegselfie
Working on the next project for the client this ring was for. Love the freedom she gives me to create! The next one is going to be a statement necklace.
What do you do with a diamond after divorce? Flip it as admire it’s backside 😜 . Previous relationships tend to leave a residue of sparkle after the marriage ends. These rings had sat gathering dust for 20 years before transforming like a Pho