Jewelry redesign is an excellent solution for many: renewing vows, celebrating an important milestone, preserving a person’s memory, or just because you love sparkle! If you have jewelry and want to breathe exciting new life into it, we can help. A few reasons to redesign are to create beautiful, matching custom wedding bands from old gold, use a family diamond for a custom engagement ring, take broken and odd bits to create a showstopper, or to get dated jewelry into a more classic and timeless piece to be enjoyed. Jewelry should be worn and enjoyed, not sitting in a box. Please feel free to call to set up a remote or in-person consultation 857.302.5807, or email (include photos and budget if you have ideas).
Engagement Ring REdesign:
The joy of wearing something you designed is exhilarating.
Consider creating a custom or redesigned engagement ring from a piece that’s been passed on to you. We are experts at redesigning it into an incredible new custom piece. Perhaps you love the stones, and the metal holds a certain nostalgia, but you want something new and modern. Gems can normally be removed from old pieces and reused in a completely new setting. It is possible to melt down old gold and reuse it in a new engagement ring. Reusing gold can sometimes equal the price of buying new gold, because of the labor and process involved, so this only makes sense if there is a sentimental or ethical reason to do so, or if you have a good quantity high carat gold.
Or we can take an heirloom engagement ring, clean it, repair it, and resize it to fit your finger so that it can be worn and enjoyed as is. We will work with you through each step of the process.
wedding band redesign:
A treasure you wear every day.
Adding Mokume to a gold family band.
When you are lucky enough to inherit a wedding ring from a family member, but it isn’t your style, you might feel like it is simplest to let it sit in a drawer. But a wedding ring redesign makes it easy to use the existing material to create a new ring and maintain the memories. You can also combine several pieces of jewelry into a single wedding ring.
For a simpler improvement, you can also resize an old wedding band or add an embellishment to enhance the style. For example, small stones can be set into the top half of the band, or a special hand engraved design can be added inside or out.
We will discuss possibilities and then finalize and review the process with you. A quote for your project will also be provided. Email or call 857.302.5807 today to set up a remote or in person appointment. We are excited to hear from you!
Redesigning Jewelry:
Wonderful heirlooms to pass down to your family.
You can redesign jewelry and turn any piece into something new. Rings become pendants, and pins are turned into bracelets. There are many great reasons to turn old into new: updating the style, a breakup, sentimentality, or even sustainability.
Heirloom bracelet melted & made into rings for each child with their birthstone.
Do you have jewelry you don’t want to wear, but you don’t want to get rid of either? After a breakup or divorce, death of a loved one, or to remove the bad energy and create a wonderful new modern piece of jewelry for the next chapter in your life. Some customers feel that redesigning a piece of jewelry is a celebration and will bring them joy whenever they wear it. Finally, perhaps you want to be environmentally responsible by using stones that already exist means less mining. We can also recycle the metal from your old pieces of jewelry to make the jewelry redesign process as environmentally friendly as possible.
Our recommendation before beginning is to consider the types of stones you have and where you would like to put them in the new design. Harder stones would be recommended for rings because they get more wear from being on your hands. The hardness and durability of the stone can be found on the Mohs scale. Please call to set up a remote or in person consultation 857.302.5807 or email.
For Pamela
Ring redesign ideas:
- In this example, a man lost his wife and wanted to add a few symbols to his wedding ring as a remembrance. I handmade a Trinity knot and added 2 bezel set amethyst stones on either side, for her birth month of February.
2. This really awesome diamond ring didn’t work well with the wedding band. Her ring redesign idea was to combine both rings. We used the top of the original ring and made a new shank. Here are some early sketches to try to narrow down the idea. From there, we went into 3 versions of CAD renderings, and the last classic design was a winner. You can see the final result is stunning!
3. This engagement & wedding ring redesign happened after her ring got mangled in a dog walking accident. Don’t worry, her finger was just fine. She decided that she needed a new, sturdier ring and wanted to reuse all of her stones.
4. This engagement ring is amazing with lots of big diamonds. But after 30 years, she thought she needed a ring redesign and wanted something bold but simple. She loves jewelry and has several large rings she wears every day. We were able to come up with a ring redesign idea with a two-tone look, sturdy bezel setting, and the crown jewel diamond in the center.
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Testimonals:
Read Joyce L.‘s review of Karenna Maraj Jewelry on Yelp
Read Chris D.‘s review of Karenna Maraj Jewelry on Yelp
We will discuss possibilities and then finalize and review the process with you. A quote for your project will also be provided. Email or call 857.302.5807 today to set up a remote or in person appointment. We are excited to hear from you!