About handmade jewellery

Handmade jewelry has been all the rage lately. The personal attention and love that makers infuse into their work is evident in the masterpieces that they create. What most people don’t understand is why handmade jewelry is more of an investment than pieces that are mass produced, so I thought I would break it down for you!  Below are 6 Things You Didn’t Know About Handmade Jewelry.

1. No Mass Production Machinery Involved: By definition, handmade jewelry is literally just that, made by the “hands” of the maker.  The pieces are made without the use of mass produced manufacturing machinery. A machine can crank out hundreds of units per hour while an individual can only make a finite number of pieces in the same amount of time.

2. The Value of Time: As previously mentioned, since there are no machines involved, handmade jewellery takes an incredible amount of time to produce just a single piece. As a designer myself, I know I often spend hours designing a single piece of jewellery.The time to make the piece often can take days.

3. The Maker’s Process: The maker has a very intimate relationship with each piece or design they create. The design process is key to the value that is inherent in each piece.

4. Materials: In almost every case, the value of the materials involved in a handmade piece are of stellar quality.Handmade materials are generally sourced from highly reputable suppliers.

5. Quality: Smaller scale production is almost always higher quality because the ability to track and control the process from start to finish is inherent in the making process. Makers are extremely proud of the work they produce. They aren’t going to let something of inferior quality leave their studio with their name on it.

6. Locally Made with Love: Makers infuse love and energy into each piece of work.In handmade jewellery you are also buying a truly one-of-a-kind product. Even if the handmade piece is part of an edition – no maker creates two pieces that are exactly identical. You are the only person with that specific piece of jewellery which says a lot.