Made between
two hands.
TME is a small jewellery studio. One bench, a handful of tools and a belief that the things we wear every day should be made with care.
“We make fewer things, more slowly, and we make them to outlast us.”
The studio began with a single ring made for a grandmother’s eightieth birthday. She wore it every day until it wore thin, and asked for it to be remade rather than replaced.
That is still the idea. Jewellery is one of the few things we own that can be passed on, so we make it to be kept, mended and handed down.
From sheet to piece
- 1
Draw
Every piece begins as a pencil sketch, then a paper template cut to size and held against the hand.
- 2
Saw and shape
Recycled silver sheet and wire are cut with a jeweller's saw, then hammered, twisted or folded on the bench.
- 3
Solder
Joints are closed with a small flame, one at a time. This is where each piece takes its final, slightly irregular shape.
- 4
Finish
Filed, sanded and polished by hand, then plated in heavy gold vermeil where the design calls for it.
Materials with a past
Our silver and gold are fully recycled, refined from old jewellery and workshop offcuts.
Stones come from the ends of rough that cutters set aside: pieces too small or oddly shaped for commercial settings, and perfect for one-off rings.
Inspiration is closer to home: river stones, folded linen, the twist of a bread loaf, the way light falls across a table late in the day.
At the bench
Something made by hand carries the hand that made it.