At Aura, we understand the heartbreak of losing a loved one which is why we have made the memorial jewellery process as painless as possible.
Each beautiful handmade piece is lovingly crafted in house, in our on site workshop to your exact specifications to create a piece as unique as you, and as unique as the memory of your loved one.
Our hope is that you will find some small comfort in having your loved one with you forever, encapsulated within the most precious piece of jewellery.
Our memorial jewellery service involves an initial friendly consultation.
Here we can set time aside to sit down with you and talk through your initial inspirations and design ideas, to ensure the finished piece of jewellery is just as you had envisaged.
Our expert Goldsmiths will be able to guide you through the options from colourful cold enamels, to secret chambers, to our precious, precious-metal jewellery service.
Please do not mistake our memorial jewellery with the readily available, hollow, silver cast memorial jewellery you see elsewhere.
Each piece of Aura memorial jewellery is heavy weight, heirloom-quality jewellery, built to last a lifetime. Hand-set gemstones, hand-carved engraving, lustrous polish, designed and built with skilled working hands, by people who truly care.
Colourful cold enamel
Beautiful effects can be achieved with colourful cold enamels.
Our extensive choice of colours span from red, yellow, orange, blue, green, pink, purple, brown, black and everything in between. We mix our coloured cold enamels by hand to ensure the perfect hue is achieved in order to meet your preferences.
Your loved ones' ashes are then carefully and meticulously applied to your chosen cold enamel to give depth and dimension.
A final layer is applied to encapsulate the ashes, protecting them with a hard and durable coating.
When the item is completed, the colourful cold enamel has the appearance of a glossy gemstone with flecks of ashes suspended within.
Secret chambers
As an alternative to our colourful cold enamels, we can apply hair, fur or ashes to a secret chamber that only you know about.
Your loved ones’ hair, fur or ashes are carefully and meticulously placed within a secret chamber - concealed within the piece of jewellery - before a small metal tombstone lid is precision turned or milled by hand and placed on top to permanently seal the chamber.
Secret chambers are discreet, so the location of the chamber is discussed during the design process, so you know exactly where it is hidden.
Due to the hair, fur or ashes being concealed within the piece of jewellery, secret chambers are sturdy and durable making them suitable for the every day wear.
Precious, precious-metal jewellery
Our precious, precious-metal jewellery service is extra special.
We can melt your loved ones existing jewellery, un-set diamonds and gemstones and either, turn it into a piece of jewellery that is more your style - but with all of the sentiment - or inlay a small piece of their jewellery into an existing piece of your jewellery, so that your loved ones are always with you.
We can also add hair or ashes to commemorate your loved ones.
This unique process is the perfect way to capture the essence of the person or people who once wore this jewellery even if the finished item looks a little different to how they once wore it.
For total transparency, we send photographs of the original jewellery being melted so you have full peace of mind knowing we have used your precious, precious-metal to create your new piece of jewellery.
To provide a little extra comfort and to alleviate any niggling worries you may still have, we will send regular updates on the progress of your item throughout the making process.
When applying the hair, fur or ashes, we work in a sterile environment, where one item is worked on at a time. Any unused hair, fur or ashes are always returned to you alongside your item at the end.
You can rest assured your loved ones are handled with the utmost care and respect.
