custom made jewellery
Venetia uses skills learned over the last 17 years to custom make beautiful one-of-a-kind pieces of jewellery. Her style naturally leans to the classic and especially loves Art Deco style jewellery but Venetia always designs custom jewellery with her client’s taste in mind. She is committed to making her client’s feel comfortable expressing their true design aesthetic and believes this is vital in building the relationship of trust required between client and jewellery designer in order to create the perfect concept.
“The more you say ‘No’ the better the design gets! ”
Venetia will sit down with you and together you will come up with a concept that is truly unique to you. Venetia will design and sketch out the concept taking on all your feedback to refine the idea until it is perfect. During the jewellery design consultation Venetia will show you a selection gemstones and provide information about practical things like wearability and fragility of individual gems and metals, cleaning requirements, timeframes, payment types, fittings, complimentary annual maintenance and valuations and jewellery insurance.
Venetia rendering a colour sketch of a sapphire necklace.
the jewellery design process
Schedule a 1 hour Design Appointment using the online booking system. There is a $130 fee which is credited to your invoice if you choose to go ahead with a quote.
Bring any gemstones or old jewellery you want to use and any pictures you have for inspiration.
You and Venetia sit and design a piece you love. You may have no clear idea or you may know exactly what you wan, either way, Venetia will guide you through the whole process.
Venetia will provide a written quote detailing price and time frame.
To go ahead, a 50% deposit is required.
If you have requested gemstones to be sourced, you will have a viewing to ensure you love them.
Venetia will then commence making the piece and will provide you with progress photos and/or videos to keep you updated.
When made, you will have a fitting or viewing of the piece before the gemstones go in. This is the time to check the finger size and confirm the piece is how you envisioned it. Venetia's only concern is that you are completely happy with the design.
Once you have approved the piece, the next stage is setting, this is when the gemstones are put into the piece by a professional setter. This part of the process can take up to two weeks.
The piece then has a final clean and polish and is ready for you to collect.
Your new piece of jewellery will come with a Certificate of Manufacture / Appraisal or Independent Valuation and complimentary annual maintenance checks.
Jewellery Insurance can also be arranged to protect your precious piece.
Custom made jewellery Price Guide
There is no upper limit when it comes to custom made jewellery. Venetia can source practically anything you can imagine. High quality emeralds and rubies, Argyle pink diamonds and South Sea pearls. When having a piece of jewellery custom made the variables are so great it is hard to give you a ballpark figure in this setting so please be sure to contact Venetia for a customised quote.
However, to give you a rough idea of what you could expect to pay if you come to Venetia Major - Bespoke Jewellery. For a piece of jewellery made from entirely new 18ct gold or platinum where I have supplied a number of large diamonds or gemstones you can expect to pay a minimum of $15,000. If you provide the gemstones then you may be looking at around $5000 for the labour, setting and metal charges. If you are looking
at a piece with no gemstones then the price may be around $3500.
An accumulation of previously loved gold which can be credited against the price of the commission for, on average, around $100-$300.
There is a huge ballpark with many variables like the value of the Australian dollar, the price of gold, the gram weight, number of gemstones, size and quality of the gemstones, amount of scrap gold you have and so on. So please seek a customised quote for your dream piece.
Schedule your design consultation with Venetia to discuss having your jewellery custom made.
Inspired by the client’s love of Art Deco design and created from her old jewellery pieces. Featuring sapphire, diamond and opal. Handmade in 18ct rose and white gold.