UK Specialists in Hand Cut Gemstones and Australian Opals
We pride ourselves in offering you unique, bespoke, fully handmade pieces of jewellery in a variety of techniques. This is why we hand cut, carve, finish the majority of our own gemstones, specialising in Australian opals, to ensure each piece is as individual as you. We carry out all processes ourselves in our Brighton workshop & studio.
If you're looking for something particularly bespoke then contact us below to choose your own gemstone or opal from our collection, and we will make something to your own requirements.
Wired & Water Artwork by Sarah Allison
Emerging from a love of working with wire in jewellery making, and combined with a love of painting, Sarah also produces original pieces of mixed media artwork.
Each piece of artwork is framed and contains an original hand wire sculpture, an original watercolour painting, and some come with gold/fine silver leaf highlights. Whilst there may be similar pieces, you can guarantee no two pieces are the same. No prints are available.
Gift Wrapping
As well as free P&P, we are also offering a gift wrapped service and can send direct to the recipients address, on your chosen date! Just message us with your purchase with your specific requests- we will email back to confirm all details.
Upcoming Events
Where to find us:
Sat 5th April - Paper Daisy Events Brighton Makers Market - 10:30-17:00 Jubilee St, Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 1GE
Sun 13th April - Paper Daisy Events Easter Makers Fair at Saltdean Lido - 10:30-15:30 The Oval, Saltdean, East Sussex, BN2 8SP
Sat 19th April - Paper Daisy Events - Easter Makers Fair at The Shoreham Centre 10:00- 15:30 Pond Rd, Shoreham By Sea, West Sussex, BN43 5WU
Sat 10th May/Sun 11th May - Paper Daisy Events Grand Spring Makers Fair at The British Engineerium - 10:00 - 16:30 The Droveway, Hove, East Sussex, BN3 7QA
Sat 31st May - Paper Daisy Events Brighton Makers Market - 10:30-17:00 Jubilee St, Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 1GE
Sat 14th June - Paper Daisy Events Brighton Makers Market - 10:30-17:00 Jubilee St, Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 1GE
Sat 5th July - Paper Daisy Events Brighton Makers Market - 10:30-17:00 Jubilee St, Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 1GE
Sat 12th July - Ovinggreen Farm festival - 1.00 - 4.00 Bulstrode farm, Ovingdean.
Sat26th/Sun27th July- Worthing Lions Market, Worthing seafront
Sat 9th Aug - Paper Daisy Events Brighton Makers Market - 10:30-17:00 Jubilee St, Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 1GE
Sat 6th Sept - Paper Daisy Events Brighton Makers Market - 10:30-17:00 Jubilee St, Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 1GE
Sat 5th Oct - Paper Daisy Events Brighton Makers Market - 10:30-17:00 Jubilee St, Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 1GE
Sat 22nd/Sun 23rd Nov - Paper Daisy Events Grand Winter Makers Fair at The British Engineerium - 10:00- 16:30 The Droveway, Hove, East Sussex, BN3 7QA
Sat 6th Dec - Paper Daisy Events Christmas Makers Fair at The Shoreham Centre 10:00- 15:30 Pond Rd, Shoreham By Sea, West Sussex, BN43 5WU
Let customers speak for us
Beautiful. Well made. Chain perfect length
Highly recommended!
Wife loves it, thanks
Got my gems really prompt
Beautiful ring, really pleased with it. Excellent communication and very helpful with purchase. Thanks
The opal pendant I ordered looks amazing, When my wife sees this on Christmas Day her eyes will pop with the amazing reds, yellow and blue colours.
This was a gift for my wife and there was a small issue with clasp on the necklace, so we were a little disappointed. 'Glitter and Gem' dealt with problem straight away and resolved issue quickly, to the delight of my wife.
I would recommend them and we look forward to doing further shopping.
Received a beautiful ring from G&G, and John even re-did the band - nothing was too much trouble!
Very helpful when choosing a necklace
My Isle of Wight Amber ring arrived today. It was well packaged. It's really beautiful!!! The ring is very well made and simply stunning. It's unique and I absolutely love it!!!
I’ve made two recent purchases, one for a Opal pendant the second a Lapis Lazuli pendant. Both were at short notice and delivered with very tight timescales. More importantly, the quality and workmanship was simple superb. John is a true artisan. I will use Glitter and Gem again without hesitation. Tony, Staffordshire.
Glitter and Gem made me a necklace for my wedding day. I wanted something simple and small but I was struggling to find anything online. I had an idea of what I wanted, so with Sarah and Jock's suggestions and help they created me 2 silver hammered circles to represent me and my now husband. They recommended a beautiful chain which was the perfect length to match the neckline of my dress. Communication was excellent, they even sent me images of the necklace beforehand in case I wanted to change anything before collection. When I went to pick up the necklace I was able to try out some different length/thickness of chain so I could be sure it was exactly right. I would definitely buy from them again and I will recommend them to my friends. They're a lovely couple making beautiful jewellery :)
I've just received a beautiful Welo Opal necklace from Glitter and Gem and it's stunning! Such a beautiful and unique piece of jewellery and the postage was super fast too. Communication with them was excellent and i'm super happy. Will be shopping here again no doubts. Thanks
pls I'm so happy wen see something like this, so lovely , I wish I do work in this company, or do buy some rough stones?
Thanku for my lovely ring
It's beautiful�was lovely to meet u both and hope to see again some time