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Original jewellery designs and commissions, in Silver, Gold and Platinum by Alan Vallis.
Jewellery designed to be worn. Made and Hallmarked in London.

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A Six band Stacking Ring; decorative bands in mixed metals, no stones

A Stacking Ring in silver, 18K yellow gold and 9K rose gold.

Item details:

• The outer bands are smooth, oval in section, in silver.
• The top-most central band is a design of small squares in 18K yellow gold.
• Next is a Fine Wave in silver.
• The central band is a Fine Loop band in 9K rose gold.
• The last central band is a small, box patterned band, in silver.
• No stones.

Stacking Ring; with a single stone.

A six band Stacking Ring with a rose gold band; a modified wedding ring. The diamond was a heritage stone and the setting designed specifically for this commission. A pair of earrings were also commissioned with the same settings.

Item details:

• Outer bands of different widths and two fine wave bands in silver. Central band and setting in 18K yellow gold.
• Diamond: 0.33ct; the central stone from a heritage three diamond engagement ring.
• Year commissioned: 2010

Stacking Ring; multi-stone combination.

A seven band Stacking Ring.

Item details:

• The two outer bands are Silver.
• The two Flat Wafers are 9K rose gold.
• The two Fine Waves and central band are 18K yellow gold.
• Stones are: Australian Opal, marquise cut, // Ruby, round, // Sapphire, round cabochon, // and a 20pt. diamond.
• All settings are in 18K gold
• Year made: 2009

Stacking Ring; with multiple stones and a diamond bridge feature.

A seven band Stacking Ring in 18K gold commissioned by a Parisian client.

Item details:

• Seven bands in 18K yellow and white gold.
• Stones are: Seven Diamonds brilliant cut, channel set in the white gold bridge; // one pale blue Sri-Lankan Sapphire, round; // one pink Sapphire trilliant cut; // one Ruby, oval cut.
• Year commissioned: 2007

Stacking Rings, the latest development.

This ring is based on one of the latest developments of the Stacking Ring concept. The stones are set on the outer bands instead of the inner bands. This allows for the use of larger stones providing a more impressive display for the wearer's finger, whilst resulting in a ring that is narrower on the underside of the finger resulting in a more comfortable ring to wear.

Item details:

• Outer bands in 9K white gold.
• Band with small squares is 18K gold.
• Main stone is an oval blue Sapphire 2.2 cts.
• Complementary stones are three white Sapphires.

A Loop style engagement ring with complementary wedding band.

A Fine Loop ring in 18K gold with diamonds.

Item detail:

• Both bands in 18K yellow gold.
• Settings in 18K white gold.
• Raised loop pattern with textured resesses.
• Five diamonds in various sizes distributed within the looping design. Single diamond in the wedding band.
• Diamonds 0.3cts total.

A symmetrical Loop ring commissioned for Susannah.

A wide symmetrical Loop ring in 18K gold incorporating five stones.

Item details:

• Main ring in 18K yellow gold.
• All settings in 18K white gold.
• Raised Loop pattern with textured resesses and pierced decorative holes.
• Stones are: one diamond, // three Aqua-marines, // and one blue Sapphire.
• Commissioned 2012.

2-D Rings in mixed metals.

These are based on the Stacking concept to provide a more interesting alternative for a man's wedding ring. The individual bands can either be left separate or soldered together to form a heavy D shaped cross section ring.

Item details:

• Three / four bands in silver or white gold and 18K yellow gold detail.
• A great alternative to Mr Frodo's boring old ring but sadly, no magical properties.

Engagement ring and complementing wedding band in platinum for Joyce.

Engagement ring in platinum with 1ct diamond.

Item details:

• Ring shanks in platinum with a lightly textured surface.
• Stone mount in platinum with 1.0ct. Carré cut diamond.
• Has an Art-Deco feel.
• Commissioned 2008.

Wedding and engagement solitaires with concentric settings.

Two engagement and wedding ring sets, one in 9K rose gold with 18K yellow gold setting the other in 18K yellow gold with 18K white gold setting.

Item details:

• Engagement Set one - 9K rose gold with 18K gold setting for the 0.5ct. Champagne coloured diamond.
• Engagement Set two - 18K yellow gold with 18K white gold setting for the 0.5ct. white diamond.
• Finish can be smooth polished or with a hammered texture.
• Two different setting styles; sloped profile or scooped profile as in the yellow gold ring.

Drop earrings with speckled Agate.

Oval shaped domed tops in gold with post and butterfly backs.

Item details:

• Drop earrings: Oval domed tops and ferrules in 18K yellow gold.
• Stones: Thin reeds of speckled Agate from Montana in the USA.
• Height approximately 80mm.

Drop earrings with French wire hooks and Agate stones.

Elongated droplet shaped tops in gold with French ear wires and security hooks.

Item details:

• Drop earrings: Droplet tops and ferrules in 18K gold.
• Stones: Matched pair of tongue shaped Dalmatian Agate stones set in 18K white gold.
• French ear wire fittings with security hook.
• Total height approximately 80mm.

Drop earrings with French wire hooks and Black Agate stones.

Fuller droplet shaped tops in gold with French ear wires and security hooks.

Item details:

• Drop earrings: Droplet tops and ferrules in 18K gold.
• Stones: Matched pair of tongue shaped Black Agate stones set in 18K white gold.
• French ear wire fittings with security hook.
• Total height approximately 80mm.

Drop earrings with Rhodachrosite stones.

Gothic arch shaped domed tops in silver with post and butterfly backs.

Item details:

• Drop earrings: Arched tops in silver with stone settings in 18K yellow gold.
• Stones: Oval cut slices of Rhodachrosite crystal.
• Height approximately 60mm.

Drop earrings with French wire hooks and fresh water Pearls.

Droplet tops in gold with French ear wires and security hooks.

Item details:

• Drop earrings: Droplet tops and pearl fittings in 18K gold.
• Stones: Matched pair of, lilac tinted fresh water pearls.
• French ear wire fittings with security hook.
• Total height approximately 40mm.

Drop earrings with Druzy.

Trilliant shaped domed tops in silver with post and butterfly backs.

Item details:

• Drop earrings: Trilliant shaped tops in silver with stone settings and details in 18K yellow gold.
• Stones: Matching trianglular slices of natural Druzy.
• Height approximately 60mm.

Drop earrings with pierced top and Prehnite stones.

I have utilised this top fitting a number of times its one of my favourite design.

Item details:

• Drop earrings: Triangular tops with post fittings and ferrules in 18K yellow gold.
• Pierced and textured finish.
• Stones: Prehnite is warm to the touch, pale green, with lightly faceted surface and some internal feathering.
• Total height approximately 55mm.

Drop earrings with pierced and textured finish.

A pair of drop earrings with a pierced and textured surface reminicent of fragments of shell eroded by the action of the sea.

Item details:

• Drop earrings: Triangular tops with post fittings and ferrules in 18K yellow gold.
• Pierced and textured finish.
• Stones: Assorted diamonds. Five stones on the left drop, three stones on the right.
• Total height approximately 75mm.

Spiral earrings with decorative pierced holes.

Spiral earrings with a distinctive pattern of decorative holes. The hole sizes are graduated forming a lace-like design. These also serve to reduce the weight, particularly important in the 18K gold versions.

Item details:

• Spiral earrings: A circular shape with a pierced and planished surface. The form is twisted to enable the thinner end to tuck behind the ear lobe.
• There is a pierced version available in silver or gold as well as the convex planished version.
• Total diameter approximately 35mm.

A pair of Full-on marine themed earrings.

Drop earrings with a pierced top and two marine motifs.

Item details:

• Triangular tops with post fittings in 18k yellow gold.
• A pointy shell and a starfish motif in 18K yellow gold
• Total height approximately 30mm.

Earrings in silver with a domed top and a hand cut planished drops.

This is one example from a series of hand cut drops in silver. They sometimes bear a resemblace to leaf shapes, other times, to forms reminescent of hand forged metal from a blacksmith's forge.

Item details:

• Drop earrings: Trilliant shaped, domed tops and drops in silver.
• Leaf-like theme.
• The top and drop of the earring are connected by a flexible link allowing movement.
• Height approximately 80mm.

The Sun Godess necklace.

This was a one-off necklace made for someone special.

Item details:

• Circular sun form in 18K yellow gold.
• Stones: The central stone is a 1.2ct Rubelite with a line of seven diamonds, channel set. All are mounted in 18K white gold.
• Beads: The twin strings of beads are black Spinel.
• Clasp: The clasp at the back of the neck is one of my signature hook type clasps in 18K yellow gold.
• Diameter approximately 50mm.

A commemorative necklace commissioned by Ann.

This was a one-off necklace to celebrate the life of a dearly loved yet departed husband.

Item details:

• Wings in hand cut, carved silver.
• Stone: Central stone is a silvery grey Marbé pearl.
• Surrounding the central pearl is the husband's wedding band that I made for him in platinum years earlier.
• Beads: Freshwater seed pearls in a sombre pink colour.
• All fittings in 22K yellow gold.
• Clasp at the back; a larger version of my signature fitting.

A large Red Sea Shoal necklace

This is one of the larger variations from the Red Sea series and combines many motifs in mixed metals. Each motif is suspended on a wire from the top box fitting to allow independent movement. The box top allows the piece to be worn as a necklace or as a pin on a heavy fabric.

Item details:

• Top box and some of the larger fish in silver.
• Snake chain in silver.
• Smaller fish in 18K yellow gold or 9K rose gold.
• Height approximately 10cm.

Dramatic Pearl Necklace.

I wanted to challenge the long held tradition of wearing necklaces consisting of just three identical strings of pearls. I decided to use five strands, all deliberately different in size and form, to create a necklace with a three dimensional feel and a more dramatic look.

Item details:

• Fresh water pearls throughout, the central strand are 15mm diameter button pearls.
• The two strands either side are smaller with contrasting shapes.
• All fittings are handmade in 18K yellow gold.
• Other versions are possible with variations of pearl colour, or the addition of a bead of complementary colour and lustre.

A dramatic necklace for Lucy.

This is based on my Munich Muse series of necklaces. Silver with 18K gold detail.

Item details:

• Large "Tumi" form raised in silver and heavily textured near the centre.
• Stone : This is a large pear-shaped Citrine with a chequer board suface cut.
• Width approximately 80mm.
• Suspended on a large silver Snake chain.

Tiny Red Sea necklace.

Definitely not big on drama. This is a miniature rendering of the much bigger Red Sea necklaces that I have made in the past. I have often been puzzled by the way some women, with what would be politely called a 'fuller figure', often wear the the most diminutive jewellery. This is for them.

Item details:

• A Damsel fish in 18K yellow gold.
• Chain runner and small pointy shell in silver.
• Chain: Spiga chain in oxidised silver.
• Height approximately 25mm.

Very dramatic necklace bought for Jane.

This large silver necklace was a spontaneous purchase by Jane and her husband, at the 2014 Goldsmiths' Fair. It was a large necklace but on Jane, who has an infectious ebullient nature, it looked stunning.

Item details:

• Large hollow silver form raised and planished, accompanied by two hollow silver tubular beads.
• The large flakes of natural stone are Turquoise discs of varying thickness and size.
• The orange-brown stone is a Citrine, chosen to complement the brownish mottling in the Turquoise beads. It is mounted in an 18K gold setting.
• Width approximately 70mm.

A four band Stacking Ring in silver and 18K gold.

This is made with four seperate bands that can be worn as a set or they can be joined to form a single band with a D shaped cross section.

Item details:

• Outer bands are sterling silver and different widths.
• Central bands are fine waves in 18K yellow gold.

A commissioned Stacking Ring with Diamond bridge for Sharon.

This is a mega ring, made with eight seperate bands that are worn as a set. On the central white gold band is the Diamond bridge.

Item details, from left to right:

• One outer narrow band are rose gold.
• One Fine Wave in 18K yellow gold with an oval greenish-yellow Mali Garnet.
• One Fine Wave band in 18K white gold with a round Aqua-marine.
• One Narrow band in rose gold without stone.
• One central square-section band in 18K white gold with seven princess cut diamonds mounted in a Diamond bridge .
• One diagonal striped band in 18K yellow gold with an African Paraiba-like blueish/green Tourmaline.
• One Fine Wave in 18K yellow gold with a small round Ruby.
• Lastly, One outer narrow band are rose gold.

An engagement ring and conplementing wedding band in Rose gold.

The engagement ring has a slopped setting with a yellow diamond mounted in a concentric yellow gold setting.

Item details:

• Wedding band has an oval-section and a smooth finish, width approximately 3.5mm .
• The engagement ring has a width approximately 2mm.
• The diamond is 0.4ct yellow diamond with good clarity.