I hope this finds you well. On a recent to New York, my dear Mother gave me a collection of my Father’s tie tacks. I remember him wearing these when he dressed up in suit and tie and I was always curious to see what motif he would choose for the evening. There are about a dozen of these, including his fraternity pin, which is not a tie tack but still a little treasure.
When I work with clients on heirloom projects, we spend a lot of time talking about the original wearer and your memories of that person wearing the piece. That gets folded into whatever we decide to do with the piece, whether it’s reusing the stones, the setting, or both. Maybe we just resize a ring, maybe we set a new stone in that ring, or maybe we turn a pin into a pendant. If the piece is rare or no longer manufactured by a famous maker, we definitely don’t melt it for the gold content.
I love doing this for so many reasons and it is an honor to help you carry your loving memories into the present by creating something you will wear and pass down to your heirs.
Bring it in! If you’ve got something to revive, bring it over and let’s recycle it into something that will see the light of day.
Warm regards from the studio,
Diana
