Wedding Jewellery from Oresome Gallery

This Saturday saw the official launch of a bespoke range of wedding jewellery by Oresome partners Nicola Fidell Chapman and Victoria Prince.

A perfect time to take a stroll around Hull Marina and into Oresome Gallery - pleasantly located at the side of the Marina and across the road from the utterly delicious Thieving Harry's cafe.

Oresome Gallery and Workshop are a mostly undiscovered gem for a lot of people.  I'm always torn between writing about them a LOT, and never ever mentioning them again to keep them all to myself... but if you live nearby, or visit Hull in the future, they are definitely worth a trip!

I really enjoyed looking at all the new wedding jewellery on Saturday, I tried a couple on myself.  I was particularly drawn to two of Nicola's designs, well technically four, as it was two different sets - comprising of an engagement ring and wedding band apiece.

The way the bands fit together was exquisite and I loved the flowing lines of the design and the stones used... and they fit me perfectly... dangerous times!

I don't have close ups of those two sets, but if you're in the area I'd urge you to pop in and take a look for yourself, the rest of the gallery is worth looking at too and you can always pop in to the cafe for a drink or a bite to eat.

The rings are beautifully made and all very different.  (Yes Mars, they're bespoke, that's what that means, stop rambling and show us what pics you did remember to take!)

Unlike my lovely female hand model for the top 3 rings (beautiful nails) I couldn't find a male to model a gent's ring, so if you wouldn't mind please could you imagine the ring below on a slightly larger, more masculine hand for me?  That's great, thank you!

Victoria and Nicola take commissions as well as selling their own designs, so if you have an idea for a piece of jewellery you can talk to them about how to make that a reality.

If you're feeling personally creative you can actually design and make your own wedding rings as part of a course - private tuition for two people over 2 weekend days.

All course details are here on their website - they also run bite-sized taster sessions in making glass beads, rings, earrings, pendants and even cufflinks!

If you're interested in how a ring is made, or what a workshop would be like - here is my account of the making rings taster workshop - a fab way to spend a Sunday!

Have you ever had a piece of jewellery made especially for you?

What was it, or what would you love to have made?

Or perhaps you already make your own... what do you create for yourself?