We love having clients come in and take part in our Workshop Experience, but it is even more exciting when a family member visits to take part in the making of their engagement ring. Congratulations to Carolyn (Eleanor’s sister) and Tenielle on their engagement...
We love having clients come and take part in the production of their pieces - it adds an extra little personal touch! Earlier this year, Eleanor’s sister Carolyn and her now fiancé Tenielle, came in and took part in our Workshop Experience alongside Eleanor....
Recently our staff were featured in Q&A style articles in the jewellery industry publication 'Jeweller Magazine'. Eleanor featured in the October edition. SIGNATURE PIECE: 'FLORA' SLIDER PENDANT - A slider pendant is part one of a three-piece series designed...
Here, at Abrecht Bird Jewellers, when the time comes for colleagues to get engaged, there is a lot of sneaking around and secrecy. Liam contacted Peter at the start of June to get the ball rolling with my engagement ring. Liam obviously couldn’t use his name,...
The finished custom designed masterpieceGreg's sketch/design Client partaking in our "Workshop Experience' to help create Greg's beautiful design Fireworks – For ages, they have been the symbol of celebration, heralding new times and chapters in history. By their very...
Recently our staff were featured in Q&A style articles in the jewellery industry publication 'Jeweller Magazine'. Yuki featured in the August edition. SIGNATURE PIECE: SATURN’S STORM - A massive hexagonal-shaped storm was discovered on Saturn’s north pole in the...
Greg shows Rhys how to avoid cutting his finger off! ‘Hit the punch, not my finger’ says Greg, as Rhys forms the spoon shape. Many of you will recall the remarkable story of how my brother Gary’s second son, Aaron, met and later married Shannan Abrecht – a descendant...
Nickel is a metal from the periodic table and is used in jewellery as an alloy with other metals. It has been alloyed with gold for many years and is chosen for its durability and hard-wearing properties. It is quite often mixed with pure gold to create 18 and 9 carat...
As we celebrate the month of the Australian opal, we thought we would go back through our archive and use this opportunity to show off our master jeweller Greg’s spectacular one-of-a-kind handmade creation. A couple of years ago one of our long-term clients contacted...
The term ‘Tourmaline’ is the name given to a large group of boron silicate minerals. Tourmaline has a hardness rating of 7-7.5. This gemstone can be found in a wide variety of colours such as green, pink, blue, yellow, red, orange and colour-zoned/bi-coloured...