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My Family. My Inspiration, and the Princess cut diamond rings

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Yesterday was my mother’s birthday and I want to celebrate her life with this blog post. They told me not to send this, and I know it’s not traditional to share something so personal, but I’m going to anyway. There’s almost nothing conventional about my approach to my jewellery so I might as well be consistent! I can’t think of a better way to honour her birthday than by sharing my love for her with the many who enjoy my work. These princess cut diamond rings are dedicated to her.

February 24 marked my mother’s 79th year on earth. She’s lives a world away from me in a small care facility in England. My mother has been diagnosed with dementia, which makes communication difficult. Some days it’s hard to have a simple conversation without confusion. She can’t really cope with a phone and her vision is increasingly limited as well. Even though I can’t be with her in person, I am surrounded by reminders of her.

Years ago my mother inspired me to design one of my favourite pieces called the Hold Hands Ring. It came about after a walk in the park together. Worn from the walk, she sat down on a bench to rest for a while. There was something so elegant and beautiful about the way she rested her head in her hands—I had to capture it. I asked her to look at me and then I took the picture. You can clearly see her form in the shape of the ring.

Hold Hands Ring inspired by my Mum.

This ring could never have come into existence without my mother’s story. She is as much a part of it as the diamond and gold. Emotion and meaning are fundamental components of every single piece I create. It’s what’s most important to me in the design process. A truly meaningful piece of jewellery is not about where you bought it, or who made it or even how valuable it is. It’s about the heart and soul.

Please join me in wishing the best mum in the world a Happy Birthday.

Happy Birthday Mum!

From your loving son,

Robert

Reflection, Looking forward, and Custom Made Jewellery

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On reflection of this past last year, and looking to the new, I feel very lucky to be doing the job I’m doing and working with a great and diverse team.

I’m on this path, not for money, but to leave this world in a better place than I stared. This is what I do, and who I am.

Over the last 7 years I’ve become a love preacher, or as one customer likes to call me, The Love God! Whilst this is in jest. I am serious. What we create is not just sticking a rock on a band or selling the next product, it’s about working in the area of peoples private lives, their strongest emotions.

In this last year we have made people cry, with our custom made jewellery, including one lady who was jumping with joy, and didn’t stop. There is nothing like having a customer cry with joy over what you have made them.

This past year we made engagement rings for Lovers around Australia from Tasmania to Perth, we made jewellery for a guy serving in Afghanistan, and in the thick of the trouble.

This last year I have had some of the hardest interviews, uncovering peoples dark, tragic, happy, and exciting past to be able to create new custom jewellery that has meaning that has lasting value. One very notable sophisticated lady who was married 3 times, and sadly never for love! ( she will now). A very strong effervescent woman, who was sexually abused from the age of 6 to 11 by her step father. ( she danced on his grave) a prostitute taking the first steps to recover from her addiction and get on a new path ( good on you). A couple who lost their child as a 2 month old, ( what will fill that void ?).

The common thread is love.

I got involved in helping with some ideas on how to propose, I felt the nerves, the excitement and the call afterwards to say she said YES.

We made jewellery for people who were incarcerated. We made jewellery for people who have been married for 30 years. We made jewellery for teenagers wanting to express themselves, and we made commitment rings for 2 Lesbians recognising their relationship. As a custom jewellery designer in Sydney, I hope to continue making jewellery with meaning.

All of these objects, these custom made jewellery artworks we made, are stories of LOVE,

Custom hand made jewellery

Custom made jewellery Handmade Engagement ring

and I’m honored to be doing this job, Its a great and unique position to be in.

…..I also had some funny moments, I was on a roll with this woman and said, ‘we don’t just make jewellery we make love’ fortunately she was very gracious. i tried to back pedal but theirs no taking that back is their !

Robert

Satellite of Love – Custom Jewellery Made with Meaning

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Last month we made the most significant custom jewellery.  A new customer tracked me down and asked me to make her some jewellery. As I recall, when we sat down, we didn’t start off with an object in mind, it could have been a ring, a bangle, or a pendant.

The customer, let’s call her ‘Mary’ (not her real name), wanted me to make something because ‘I put emotion and feeling into jewellery’. She had done her research and knew ‘I sometimes ask some pretty revealing questions’.

As we sat down I realised this was a very hard conversation for ‘Mary’. A most personal and private journey. Tears were being fought back.

‘Mary’ wanted to make a piece of custom jewellery that reflected her love for her family and the passing of one her children. Mary’s middle child was still born.

As she talked all I kept feeling was the gravity of the event and how the most important thing in her life was her family. Caring for them, holding them, and keeping them safe.

We talked a lot, and it emerged that she had some stones that reflected her children’s birthstones, and from this I kept creating and illustrating the clasping of the stones in the hand. The feeling of holding, nurturing and protecting the family.

What we made was a piece of custom jewellery that could be worn as a necklace or a bracelet. And it signifies keeping her family safe. All their birthstones are safely encapsulated into this object and can be seen once the object is unscrewed. This egg, or plump olive, is made from silver and the three separate parts are perfectly matched. There is a small Ruby at one end and a small Sapphire at the other, the birthstones of both the ‘Mary’ and the father. The object is also embroidered very subtly with the Robert Young Sculpture signature love motif, which was yellow gold infilled.

When making it, the name of “Satellite of Love,” kept coming up as we made it. So the name stuck. And I am honoured to have made such an important Object Of Love for Mary. Satellite of Love is more important than the Crown Jewels.

Love My Way, a sterling silver ring

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You can’t keep a good thing down. – Love My Way, a sterling silver ring.

I heard this fantastic story of a little Afghani girl. Sadly the regime, the Taliban will not allow girls to be educated. This clever little girl found that if she got up on the roof of her house she could just hear the lessons in the school close by.

So for every class she would sit up on the roof, hour after hour, in the sun and rain listening and eagerly trying to learn. When her brother came home from school, indifferent to his school homework chore she would do his homework for him.

This story inspired me to talk about the sterling silver ring I titled some time ago now “Love My Way“.

Fathers Day, Silver Cufflinks

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Yes, Fathers Day has snuck up again. Sunday the 1st September, not far away and as someone said yesterday, ‘here’s the perfect Fathers Day gift’ !

Silver Cufflinks
We agree the Fifty-50 Cufflinks are the perfect gift. The face is made from the same piece of Sterling Silver and hand cut to make 2 separate cufflinks by the world love. A private memento. Hand Crafted and made from Anti tarnish solid 925 Sterling Silver.

Ensure you order before Monday 3pm to have ready for collection by Friday Saturday. (we are holding a couple (4) in stock for emergencies). so order ASAP. If you’ve not purchased from our site before it is a very simple. If you have any concerns or problems just call, we’ll sort it.

Interstate, please call first to ensure delivery before Sunday. 02 9081 9543.

Winter’s New Releases
Winter has seen a hive of activity in the studio with a stream of new releases due this spring. Pendants,  Engagement Rings Necklaces, in Silver and Gold. Watch out for more news.

The Workshop Gallery is now open Fridays & Saturdays 10 – 4 and appointment.

You – A Poem of Love. – (the meaning of love)

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You

You are the ocean.
As far as the eye can see.
Sometimes diamonds,
Sometimes Jovially lapping puppy-like
Sometimes a rage.

You, are ocean.
As far as my eye can see.
Keep me afloat, balanced.
Take me places I want to go
And place I won’t.

You, the ocean.
As far as I can swim.
Your everywhere In everything,
Every nook every cranny
You affect all who come in

You, an ocean.
As far as I can hope.
Boats lie drunk without you
Fish miss you.
And stones don’t have much to do.

You are, the ocean.
As far as I can pray
You receive what’s given
You’ll last forever.
Me, I’m just a transient

You are, the ocean.
As far as my brush can paint.

You are my first thought, my last thought.
I swim in you
I smell you
I drink you
I lie with you

You are, my ocean.
And that’s all I can know.

 

A contribution to the meaning of love.
Robert Young Sculpture we are all about objects of meaning. Our goal is to make jewellery have meaning.  Browse our Jewellery and engagement rings or wedding rings to see how you can say your meaning.