APS Jewellery is a boutique jewellery studio in East Melbourne, Victoria, operating by appointment only, designing and making bespoke engagement rings, wedding rings, pendants, earrings and necklaces. Wedding rings are offered in platinum, white gold, yellow gold and rose gold, and the studio is noted for its Mokume Gane wedding rings.
Black Finch designs and handcrafts fine jewellery - rings, earrings, necklaces, bracelets and charms - from its studio on Smith Street in Collingwood, working in recycled gold and ethically sourced sapphires and diamonds. The studio focuses on engagement and wedding jewellery and also offers custom design, heirloom redesign and a gold swap program.
Best for Engagement rings and ethical fine jewellery
Boom Gallery, established in 2011 and now at 41 Pakington Street, Geelong West, sells handmade ceramics - from breakfast bowls to stoneware cups and vases - alongside jewellery, painting, sculpture, photography and printmaking. It represents primarily Victorian artists, both emerging and established.
Geneine Honey Bespoke Jewellery was established in 2002 by designer Geneine Honey and makes custom and ready-made jewellery - rings, earrings, necklaces and brooches - in 9ct and 18ct gold, sterling silver, Australian sapphires and lab-grown diamonds from its studio at 685 Nicholson Street, Carlton North. The studio also remodels and repairs pieces and reuses gemstones from existing heirlooms.
Best for Bespoke and heirloom remodelled jewellery
The Heide Shop is run by Third Drawer Down for the Heide Museum of Modern Art in Bulleen, Victoria, selling art books, jewellery, homewares, and exhibition tie-ins like its current Brassai: Secret Paris collection. Purchases can be made online or in person at the museum, which sits on sixteen acres along the Yarra River.
Best for Museum-shop, art-books, jewelry, homewares
Kim Victoria Jewels is a handmade jewellery studio at 5 Nicholson Street, Brunswick East, producing bespoke rings, earrings, necklaces and bands including the Sylvara Solitaire and Daphnae designs. The studio describes its pieces as responsibly sourced and works by appointment.
Linden Cook is a Fitzroy jewellery studio, at 79 Gertrude Street, making handcrafted rings, necklaces, earrings, bracelets and charms in silver and yellow gold. Its Signature Impression collection uses lost wax casting to create custom fingerprint pieces, alongside a laser-engraved Laser Impression line.
Best for Custom fingerprint and engraved jewellery
Tallulah Studio is a custom fine jewellery studio at Level 1, 28 Block Place in Melbourne's CBD, founded by gemmologist Rebecca Sampson in 2006. It makes rings, earrings, necklaces and bracelets including the Marry Me engagement and wedding collection and an Art Deco-inspired line, by appointment.