MEMORIAL Legacy – Steven James- Legacy Jeweller

LEGACY MEMORIAL JEWELLERY

Heirlooms crafted from history

WHAT MEMORIAL LEGACY IS-

A different form of memorial.

Memorial Legacy Jewellery is created using meaningful materials — ashes, hair, fabric, jewellery, or symbolic elements — transformed into heirloom pieces that preserve presence, not just memory.

This is not symbolic jewellery.

This is physical legacy creation.

Each piece becomes a living connection between generations — a private, personal continuation of love and identity.

MATERIALS OF MEMORY.

We work with:

Cremation ashes
Hair and fibre
Inherited jewellery
Sentimental metals
Fabric and textile fragments
Symbolic personal materials
Inherited gold and silver
Family jewellery
Memorial metals

Each material is individually assessed for integrity, suitability, and longevity.

A GUIDED MEMORIAL LEGACY PROCESS-

Your memorial heirloom is finished, certified, and presented as a permanent legacy piece.

The Memorial Legacy Service is a deeply personal transformation process. Rather than creating memorial jewellery from new materials, we work with your existing sentimental jewellery — inherited, gifted, or emotionally significant — and redesign it into meaningful new pieces that reflect the life of your loved one, and your life today.

This is not redesign for fashion.

It is not recycling for trend.

It is memorial preservation through transformation.

Every piece retains its emotional origin while gaining a new future — creating jewellery that connects generations through craftsmanship, memory, and meaning.

Process steps:

Private consultation

We begin with conversation, not design.

Material care & handling

Your materials are treated with respect, security, and discretion.

Design creation

We design a piece that honours memory without spectacle.

Craftsmanship

Your heirloom is handcrafted with precision and reverence.

Legacy presentation

Your piece is completed, documented, and presented as a permanent memorial heirloom.

MEMORIAL LEGACY CREATIONS-

Each piece is individually designed and handcrafted — no templates, no mass production, no duplication.

Every piece is bespoke.

No templates. No mass production. No duplication. No replicas.

We carefully create:

Rings
Pendants
Bracelets
Earrings
Bespoke heirloom pieces

PREVIOUS LEGACY CREATIONS-

My customer had a ring that belonged to her grandmother which she had inherited four years ago, but it had never been worn as it was five sizes too small so was hidden away in a drawer. When my customer also sadly lost her mum this year she decided to use the ring and have a new ring made for her mums ashes, creating a connection to them both.
MY customer had a Sterling Silver ring which wasn’t her style or size and requested it be turned into a marquise memorial ring to include the ashes of both her grandparents. She chose my runner setting as she wanted a more modern (yet still timeless) design.
I was commissioned by a family to make four memorial gold rings from one very large and heavy keeper ring. The keeper ring had originally belonged to a man that had sadly passed away, and the new rings were for his children. This order was especially unique and sentimental as I also incorporated Suburu paint from their Dad’s beloved car into the ashes inlays.
My customer had a bracelet that held lots of sentimental value to him, and when he sadly lost his granddaughter he wanted to find a way to incorporate her ashes into the bracelet. In order to do this I had to custom make a Sterling Silver cuff charm to replace the stainless steel one, which I incorporated the ashes into with green opal as it was the granddaughters favourite colour.
We were contacted by a customer that had previously ordered a wedding band set requesting us to reinvent the set into a memorial ring and pendant set as her husband had very sadly passed away. It was one of his final wishes that we melt their rings together to create a memorial set for his ashes once he passed. This was tremendously sad, and a true honour.