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CRIME
Veritas Gifts
brings out new
bespoke cufflinks
Veritas Gifts has added to its
jewellery offerings with new bespoke
cufflinks for men.
With pieces suitable for casual
and formal affairs, the gift brand has
attempted to market the cufflink
as a “functional and fashionable”
accessory that can suit all occasions.
Veritas Gifts created ‘A Man’s Guide
to Cufflinks’ to accompany the new
releases. Separating the accessories
into ‘formal’, ‘casual’ and ‘unusual’
categories, the brand provides
suggestions on how to incorporate
cufflinks into everyday wear.
The guide suggests wearers
“match [their] cuffs to the suit color”
for formal occasions or to go for
oval, rectangular and colourful or
patterned statement styles for ‘casual’
and ‘unusual’ wear.
The new cufflinks are available
on the Veritas Gifts website and are
priced between £59 to £65.
The complete
bespoke wedding
collection that we
have designed, is
something truly
special and unique for
our loyal customers.
Chloe Kind, marketing and design
executive at Annie Haak
August 2017 | jewelleryfocus.co.uk
AWARDS
Jacobs the
Jewellers awards
new young
designers
Jacobs the Jewellers and the
Bishopsland Educational Trust have
announced the winners of the Young
Designers Competition.
Nine young designers showcased a
piece of jewellery and an item of silver
at the Reading-based store over a three
week period.
Annemarie Reinhold, Jessica Jue,
Rebecca Black, Gina Burgess, Rachel
Hewison, Rebecca Burt, Lauren
Braithwaite, Olivia Cosh-Hall and Korrin
Franklin all took part in the competition,
with store visitors voting for their
favourite pieces.
More than 200 votes were cast,
which was more than double the
number last year.
An awards ceremony was held at
the store last week (30 June), and the
Jacobs team were joined by the deputy
Mayor of Reading, councillor Glenn
Dennis; Judith Cobham Lowe, prime
warden of the Goldsmiths’ Company;
Patrick Sheehan, director of HS Walsh;
Penelope Makower, principal and Oliver
Makower, vice-principal of Bishopsland.
Jewellery
1st prize – Rebecca Burt with
Freckled blooms necklace
2nd prize – Olivia Cosh Hall with
18ct yellow gold sapphire set ring
Silver
1st prize – Annemarie Reinhold with
Leaf dish
2nd prize – Rachel Hewison with
Bird bowl
First prize winners received £350
worth of vouchers to spend on tools or
materials to help establish their careers
in the jewellery and silver industry,
and second prize winners received
vouchers worth £150.
Adam Jacobs, owner of Jacobs the
Jewellers, said: “This year’s competition
has been simply amazing [with] a
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record number of votes for an inspiring
group of individuals.
“Thank you to the Bishopsland team,
our co-sponsors and customers for all
their passion and enthusiasm. Artistic
spirit is alive and well within jewellery
and silversmith talent in Reading.”
INNOVATION
Aerospace and
motorsports
coating used for
new technical
jewellery
Bailey of Sheffield has teamed up
with aerospace coatings specialist
Wallwork Cambridge to customise
its stainless steel necklaces and
bracelets.
The newest addition to the Scott
Bailey range are beads, described as
“finely machined cylinders in different
geometries.” It is available in a range
of colours, allowing customers to
personalise their jewellery.
The Scott Bailey website allows
customers can choose the cable
bracelet size, cable colour, bead
geometry and the colours and number
of beads.
Coatings are then applied by
Wallwork in vacuum chambers,
designed and built by the firm itself.
It uses a physical vapour deposition
(PVD) process, and the items to be
coated are rotated on a carousel within
the vacuum chamber where a donor
material in a crucible is bombarded
with a high-energy electron beam.
This vaporises the donor material
which is drawn to and condenses on
the surface of the item to be coated
under the influence of a negative
electrical charge.
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