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My Bench: David Hollanders
David Hollanders
Age: 53
Training: Diploma in Jewellery Manufacture from Bradford & Ilkley College, Yorkshire
First job: Goldsmithing apprenticeship at Roy’s Jewellers, Lancashire in 1983
Other qualifications: City & Guilds Jewellery Manufacture certification, Fellow of the Gemmological Association of Great Britain, and Diamond Setting Diploma from Sir John Cass College, London
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This bangle was a labour of love for a special lady who had recently been bereaved, losing the love of her life. The gold used was hers, recycled, and the diamonds came from a variety of jewellery pieces that either belonged to her husband or were bought for her by him. I separated the diamonds by colour and pavé set them in sections. She wears it all day, every day and we recently made something similar for her daughter.