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Handmade with love: Dina & Rob make their own wedding rings!
One of the best parts about having your wedding rings custom made in the Fairina Cheng workshop is getting a behind-the-scenes view into how your special piece came to life. Dina and Rob decided to take it one step further, and try their hands at crafting each other’s wedding rings from scratch.
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The making of Mia and Dave’s wedding rings
Go behind the scenes and see a bar of 18ct rose gold transformed into two brightly polished wedding rings!
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Turning old into new
Sometimes, engagement rings tell more than the story of a couple. Designed to capture Olivia and Paul’s love of nature, this ring also incorporates the history of a family.
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Jewellery and a Melbourne laneway
Take a peek behind the scenes of our very first dedicated jewellery shoot on the streets of Fitzroy, Melbourne. I’ve never been much of a car person, but that took an unexpected twist when we found a beautiful rusty old Kingswood and a shiny new tow truck to use as props!
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Winning the Etsy Design Award: An inside look at Etsy’s New York HQ
There I was, thousands of miles from home, standing at the front doors of Etsy HQ in Brooklyn, New York. As part of the Etsy Design Awards, I was about to get an inside view of the world’s biggest online marketplace dedicated specifically to independent artists, designers and makers.
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Want a unique engagement ring? Yes, you can break the rules!
In February, Barry approached me about an engagement ring for his art teacher girlfriend, Jana. She wasn’t interested in the traditional bling and wasn’t looking to flaunt a flashy solitaire. Instead, she wanted a ring inspired by the work of her favourite Austrian artist and architect, Friedensreich Hundertwasser.
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Believe the hype. Size matters.
Don’t you listen when they tell you that size don’t mean a thing. Size (and a top secret engagement ring project) were the driving force behind the design of the Shadow stacking rings.
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Spot the fishy secret in this engagement ring!
I was watching a casual cricket game at Centennial Park and a friend came up and asked me to design an engagement ring for his girlfriend. The requirements were pretty flexible: It should be in white gold, the stone should be green… oh and “can you put a fish on it?”
