Wax Creation
During my time with L’Ecole des Arts Joailliers I was introduced to hand carving of wax models, where the artisan carves the wax directly into the wax model for gold casting. This process is very…
View PostDesigning for Eternal Love
Salama Khalfan: Bespoke Bridal Piece from Salama Khalfan Jewellery on Vimeo. I think one of the most beautiful -and honorable- things in the journey of a jeweler is to be chosen to design…
View PostThe 4C’s of Your Diamonds
The world of jewelry is vast, and the best way to equip yourself with the baseline knowledge before buying anything is to learn some of the most important terms in jewelry. I am here to…
View PostA Day in the Office
Many of us missed being physically in the office during coronavirus lockdown mid of 2020, I am glad that time is over, but I remember walking into our empty office the first time post-lockdown, it…
View PostThe Merchant of Venice
It was 2014, Khalid and I were newly wedded, and our honeymoon was going to be series of pitstops in renovated ancient Italian ruins, palazzi hopping -is the word- in a 1968 convertible Mercedes Pagoda that…
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