It always startswith a gemstone.
There is no fixed catalogue here. You bring me a colour, a feeling, an occasion. I find the stone, and we build the one piece around it. Made once. For you.
Drawn around it.
But before the drawing, there is the stone.
01 · At the sourceThe find.
Rough, in the hollow of a hand, in Sri Lanka. That's where I go to find it.
02 · Before the drawingThe choice.
First we select it, then I turn it in front of you, live.
03 · After the drawingThe cutter.
Cut by hand, facet by facet, on the wheel.
04 · At the benchThe jeweller.
The metal takes shape around it, gesture by gesture, by hand.
05 · FinallyThe parcel.
Tied, wax-sealed, with its report.
Fill in the sheet,
I’ll get back to you.
Write straight on it: circle, note, drop a photo. Only the piece and your e-mail are needed.
Your brief is with me.
I read every brief myself. I'll look at the stone and what you pictured, and write back personally with a first direction and the next steps, usually within 48 hours.
I was looking for someone who would begin with the stone, not the setting. Someone who could find the right gem, then create the piece around it. That is how Joalys began.