About
Emily
Emily Nixon (b.66) is an artist, curator and jeweller living in West Penwith. Her practice evolved from sculpture and tapestry to metal and stone without formal training, carving a distinctive style and connection to the elemental origins of her permanent natural materials.
Craftsmanship
Each piece begins as a piece of wax, hand-formed by Emily and worked with raw minerals, shells, and rocks. It is cast into recycled gold and silver using the cire-perdue technique. Our team of skilled goldsmiths in the West Cornwall Studio finish and set them with precious stones, with exceptional skill to retain the natural textures of the piece.
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Sapphires
Our sapphires were formed between 150 and 300 million years ago, deep underground when intense heat and pressure form the mineral corundum. They are responsibly sourced from shallow gravel and ancient river beds in the USA, Australia, Tanzania, and Sri Lanka.
Each stone has a unique and unrepeatable colour palette, caused by trace elements surrounding the sapphire crystal as it was formed. As a result, each individual sapphire is unique, with subtle colour variation in the stones.
Our supply chains are short and transparent, with our partners able to trace stones back to within a few miles of their origins. In Tanzania, we work with a responsible miner-to-market gemstone collaboration, ensuring women artisanal gem miners earn up to 95% of the export price of their gemstones. -
Diamonds
Our diamonds are always natural, formed of pure carbon between 1 and 3.5 billion years ago under intense pressure deep in the Earth's mantle. They rose to the surface over millions of years to be sourced from South Africa, Botswana, and Namibia.
As standard, we use VS2+ colourless (D-G) diamonds, unless otherwise specified. All of our stones over 0.4ct come with a GIA certificate.
We take responsible sourcing seriously, keeping our supply chain small, short, and transparent, with human rights and environmental due diligence processes. We only work with a small number of trusted, reputable partners, all of whom can trace diamonds back to their origins. We do not buy stones at auction, where such information and relationships are lost. They are always Kimberley Process Certified.
