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1st & 2nd August 2026
LEAMINGTON SPA
10am-6pm
Ruth Mary Jewellery
Website:
'@ruthmaryjewellery
'@ruthmaryjewellery
Brooch comprised of baroque cultured pearls and recycled gold with detachable earrings
Emerald and diamond engagement ring
Diamond engagement ring made from clients antique brooch and watch chain
Biography
Ruth’s vision is to create world renowned designs, recognised globally as collectible pieces and treasured in museums like the V&A. She aims to create both high jewellery with rare gemstones as well as more accessible pieces that are meaningful for individuals through special details within the design. Ruth also aims to increase her speaking career, demystifying the jewellery industry with education about gemstones, as well as finding ways to improve on her ethical practices, including using more recycled gemstones and recycling and refining more of her own gold.
inspiration
Ruth is inspired by sculptural details in decorative arts, textures found in couture embroidery and natural forms in nature and the inclusions within gemstones. Most of my bespoke pieces also feature clients' stories as inspiration, with overcoming adversity being a common theme when I’m redesigning a client's piece of jewellery into something new. A recent example is an award winning brooch with detachable earrings. The design titled ‘Life breaks through the rocks” was comprised of baroque cultured pearls, which represented the ‘rocks’ (obstacles) in life, with bud-like claw settings and entirely made of recycled gold she recycled from a client’s watch chain. The detachable earrings were first hand stitched in lace, then cast in gold and set with tiny seed pearls.
medium
Ruth works in gold, silver and platinum, as well as precious gemstones such as sapphires, tourmalines, diamonds and pearls, which have been ethically mined or recycled. Ruth also reworks clients’ own gold and gemstones, redesigning sentimental heirlooms into new pieces of jewellery. This service can even include recutting gemstones or re-alloying gold to create yellow gold from white gold, and vice versa. Furthermore, Ruth is known for repairing the ‘unrepairable’ and has her own signature collection of delicate jewellery pieces, which are first hand-stitched in lace before being reworked into pieces of sculptural precious metal lace jewellery.