ATOMIUM RING 1 - Sapphires and Diamond
From 2025
Available on Boutee
Iain Sainsbury Fine Jewellery
South Cambridgeshire
Iain is a fine jeweller creating unique, one-of-a-kind pieces. After a 20-year career in pharmaceuticals, ended by burnout, he began to make jewellery in 2020. Initially self taught, but now having diplomas in Fine and Advanced Jewellery, Iain's work reimagines iconic designs using sandcasting to create texture and gemstones to add colour. All pieces are made with recycled precious metals or SMO gold and all gemstones are ethically sourced.
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800
Typical timeframe
7
Highlights
Made in the UKWarrantyQueer-friendly
Independent jeweller
Iain Sainsbury Fine Jewellery
About
Creating jewellery is my third career. During my PhD research I was commissioned into the Army Reserve and joined communications side of the Army, eventually commanding a Squadron before retiring in 2010. Concurrently and after finishing my PhD in cell biology, I spent over 20 years in the global pharmaceutical industry. After burnout curtailed my career in 2018, I had a real desire to do something that had significantly less impact on the environment and more focus on creating something long-lasting. My journey began by restoring vintage razors before moving into making jewellery with upcycled copper and wood. By 2020 I had taught myself to create more ambitious pieces. Since then, I have completed both the Fine and Advanced Jewellery Diplomas from the Jewellers Academy and have exhibited at Goldsmiths North. I live and work from my studio in rural South Cambridgeshire with my family and our two otterhounds, Tara and Willow.
Selected rings
Examples of their work
Toi et Moi Ring 3 - Topaz & Moissanite
From 1450
Toi et Moi Ring 1 - Topaz & Moissanite
From 1450
Toi et Moi Ring 2 - Topaz & Diamond
From 1575
Toi et Moi Ring 4 - Sapphire & Emerald
From 2375
Unique 9ct Gold Ring - Rough 0.92 Diamond
From 850
9ct Gold Wrapped Ring with Parti Sapphire
From 1900
ATOMIUM RING 7 - Spinel, Sapphires and Diamonds
From 2700
Gallery
Ethical statement
In a world of mass production and using the cheapest labour available to produce items regardless of impact I strongly believe that hand producing unique pieces produces a quality and attention to detail that is lost in mass casting or production. I primarily use recycled or heritage precious metals and as such I am not supporting more extraction via environmentally damaging processes, all of my new precious metals are either 100% recycled or from the Single Mine Origin (SMO) project which supports environmentally sensitive mining, there is a journal post on SMO here I only use gemstones which have been sourced as ethically as possible, through gemstone suppliers who share the same beliefs, this is an area where cheaper less traceable stones may come from sources which support slavery, terrorism and other and unethical behaviours. Any diamonds I use are sourced from suppliers who go above and beyond the Kimberly Process.