We recently completed a commission to create something extra fabulous for a 4oth birthday present. We were delighted to be asked and the completed work is one that we are particularly pleased with and happy to able to share with you.
The request was for something extra special for a 4oth birthday gift that would commemorate a very special friendship. The birthday girl has been living in Australia for the last 5 years but retains close ties to her New Zealand heritage. A bracelet was decided on and we were delighted to incorporate a special design in each of the eight segments.
A koru was incorporated in one of the segments to represent New Zealand and a gecko represents Australia.
The finished piece was posted to Brisbane and the birthday girl was ‘absolutely thrilled’.
If you are interested in having something created for yourself or a friend we would love to work with you. We are happy to discuss your ideas to help you come up with something to suit the occasion or personality.
Use the ‘Contact Us’ link on this page to send any questions and enquiries, we look forward to hearing from you.
Last week we received an email asking for a pair of earrings from our facebook page for a 40th birthday present…… The original pair were purchased as a birthday present by a customer here in our Korcula store, Seba Dizajn. With pleasure we set to making a new pair, here are some of the photos we took to illustrate the making of the birthday earrings.
We started by creating six small flowersHere you can see the stems being connected to the flowersWorking on the filigree detail for the leaves that will appear at the top of the earringsSoldering the pieces togetherWork on shaping the coral used as floral centrepieceFlower detail on the finished earringsThe finished Earrings - Happy Birthday Amanda!
We are happy to offer a photographic journey of your jewellery being made when you place a bespoke order with us, please email us at sebacroatia@yahoo.com if you would like to enquire about a bespoke piece for yourself or as an extra special gift.
You can read one of our customer reviews about our bespoke service here.
We look forward to hearing from you, regards, Ruth & Doka.
10 days ago we had a customer request a special ring made for her, of course this is no problem for us and something that we really enjoy. It is nice to make something special for a customer and to share their delight and joy when they collect the piece or when we ship it to them.
The customer that I am writing about was from Poland and wore some unusual and large pieces of jewellery and to make something to suit her was no problem. She told us what she would like, discussed the details with Doka and left us with her ring size and these words ‘if I like it I will buy it’. We discussed a price with her at the start and gave her an approximate price as to be 100% accurate at this stage was a little hard, we did not know how much silver the piece would use or how many hours it would take to complete the ring.
Our Polish lady said she would come back in two days and see how the work was progressing.
Two days later she came back to see us and admired the work in progress and brought herself a beautiful filigree bracelet from our display.
Again we talked about the price of the ring and unfortunately communications broke down a little here, I insisted that the price we had originally quoted was very reasonable for the amount of work that had gone into the ring. Where she said she did not understand why the bracelet she had just brought would be cheaper than the ring as the bracelet required a lot more work than the ring. Although this was not the case as the bracelet was a less complex piece that took less hours to make, but she insisted the price for the ring was too high and she has not been back for her ring.
The XL bling ring is finished now and it is a stunning piece as you can see but I am sure it is not to everyone’s taste and I wonder how long it will sit in the store before someone else comes along that will like it?!
It’s a size 14 if you’re interested!
Filigree XL Bling with Coral feature
In hindsight we should have insisted on a deposit for the ring we had been commissioned to make.
What other advice can anyone offer to help with future situations like this?
Wow! I have been doing some research on jewellery trends and stumbled across this fantastic pair of boots on http://njn.typepad.com/10x/ – a jewellery trends blog.
Jeweller and gemologist Susan Eisen was commissioned to work on this special edition pair of Tony Lama boots. 100 diamonds have been added to the boots and they feature & they feature 14-karat gold buckles. The boots celebrate 100 years of Tony Lama boot making – fantastic!
The detail worked into the leather reminds me of filigree and I can see a strong connection between the jeweller and boot making. Being the curious sort I had to head over to Tony Lama Boots (tonylama.com) and learn some more, beautiful – perfect for a Korcula winter…..
It brings me joy to see traditional skills & crafts being utilised and preserved for future generations. I have been looking into the Seba families jeweller heritage and can’t wait for my father-in-law to return to Korcula and share some of his memories of jewellery making with us (& you).
There is a great story about Seba jewellers making a crown for the King of Serbia – I am looking for a copy of this photo at the moment and look forward to sharing it with you in a future post.
In the mean time if you are interested in seeing any of Seba designed jewellery please head over to our facebook page, www.facebookcom/SebaDizajn
Living in a medieval city we are surrounded by sources of inspiration for new designs for our filigree jewellery – today we are looking at our local architecture and stone carving.
I can imagine the stone motif below making a very pretty filigree pendant.
Korcula is a fantastic place to live, we are surrounded by some of the clearest sea you could imagine and the sun shines almost daily during the summer months.
We are currently working and living within the walls of the medieval old town, (Stari Grad), the town walls were built in the 14th century and it is said that 3,000 people used to live within these walls. Today approximately 250 people live in the old town and it is very hard to imagine an additional 2,700 of us living here.
I have been warned many times that I will find the winter very long here, (this will be my first full winter in Korcula) with almost all of the shops, cafes and restaurants closed and very few visitors to the island, Korcula becomes a small ghost town. I see the winter months as a great time for us to focus on new designs and create new stock for the 2012 season. I will let you know how I feel about Korcula winter again when January rolls around!
