About Gem Gardener
Sellers, Makers, Curators of Stones & Jewelry.
Our focus on collector Jade and coloured Diamonds does not preclude sapphires and rubies that color the world of gemstones.
We are inveterate collectors of ancient beads which find their way into our world of artifactual gold jewelry.
Our ‘retail’ is from our collection of fine jewelry pieces we use as study, including many Straits Chinese & Peranakan gold jewelry.
Our ‘custom’ is from the stones or jewelry you bring to set or adapt into one-off, modern fine jewelry.
Our ‘bespoke’ is from the perspective of building a jewelry collection as it aligns with life goals; our portfolio is under SIJS (Singapore Island Jewellery Store).
The artistic and technical distinction between custom and bespoke pieces can be actualised with our experience.
We envision archetypal designs for individuals who not only value the soul of the object created but the spirit of creation that goes deeper than a brief.
It is in this way we push the boundaries of what you may not know, or what we know.
We observe both subtle and serious questions of Form and Function in our quest for making a thing of essence in an existential world.
We come to jewelry through our eye as artists.
We relate to jewelry, piece by piece, and more significantly, as part of a whole. This explains the aesthetics in our photography, a showcase of the ‘taxonomy’ of jewelry, the item itself, and then its familia. In this sense, we encourage our customers to buy pieces with the intention of building a cohesive set. Jewelry kept as sets will always weave a story whole.
In our line of work, a principle of solidarity helps us to make our choices everyday. To develop our own aesthetic, against trends, and instead, to provide difference (and surprise) on our road of deliberate, soul-satisfying work.
We are based in Singapore, using traditional handmade techniques for high karat gold and to a lesser extent, CAD or cast jewelry.
From the two of us, thank you for supporting small businesses.
You are supporting dreams.
Bridget and Hwee Yee