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Welcome
to the custom made section of our website
As
jewellers, piercers and designers with over 30 years of
combined experience we consider ourselves the only place
with the knowledge and know how to produce fine quality
gold, white gold or platinum custom made body jewellery.
Browsing
our galleries you will see many of the pieces we have made
and delivered to our delighted customers all around the
world. So if you are in the USA, Australia or just down
the road, talk to us by telephone or email. You will be
amazed at how quickly we can turn your idea into reality
and make it work for you.
An
insight into how we think…….
What
normally happens is:
1)
I pick up your email and consider the piece.
2) Mail back my interpretation of what you are after with
some idea of the cost involved. Each and every person
has different expectations and not everything is feasible
so I may make some suggestions.
3) Once we are talking the same language, and getting
to know each other we can move onto the next stage. Gemma
will take my interpretation and mock up a computer image
for you to see. We may need pictures of the piercing if
possible, to see how your current jewellery sits and the
angle of the anatomy etc, as all these factors need to
be considered.
4) Once we have the design worked out and agreed a schedule
we will take 50% of the final agreed amount.
5) Norman will start the work using his vast experience
of goldsmithing and diamond setting. Slowly your unique
piece will start to take shape. Quite often we will take
pictures of it being made and get them through to you,
similar to the story book below showing a unique piece
being made for a Barcelona customer.
6) Once finished, the piece will require hallmarking,
this generally takes 2/3 days and is done with our BMG
hallmark and the legal marks required by the London Assay
office.
7) The remaining 50% won’t be payable until you
have seen the final pictures of the finished piece and
it is ready for despatch.
The BMG team is based in Burgess Hill, South Coast, United
Kingdom. It comprises myself Richard Soper Managing Director,
Jeweller and piercer. I will do the preliminary consultation
and communication and work closely with our designer, Gemma
Easton who will continue the development utilising computer
aided design to put the ideas on screen. Norman Williams
and Adam Bateup are our goldsmiths and diamond setters,
and will be responsible for all of the physical work.
In-house Jeweller
Having an in-house all round jeweller at BMG is an important
part of our future that we hope more and more of you will
take advantage of. Not many jewellers have professional
in house facilities for even repair work, let alone actually
making jewellery and stone setting.
Great
Value - About Half The Cost Of Most Jewellers
This means at BMG we can offer a great value expert service,
without the additional mark-up of putting the work out to
a trade house, let alone the 2 way postage cost this adds
on to your bill. In reality this means we are around half
the cost of most independent jewellers.
Security
- Your Piece Will Not Leave Our Shop
The additional benefit of having this all-round expertise
is that your piece will not leave our premises, you can
rest assured that it will not be posted, delivered or sitting
in someone's pocket waiting to be done. In the rare event
that we do need to send it away such as hallmarking, you
will be consulted before this happens.
Hallmarking
- BMG's Own
If we have made the piece for you it will require hallmarking
- in this event you will be made aware of this. Our hallmark
is BMG - More
hallmarking info
Norman
Williams - Locally Know As Chad
A rare talent, Norman is not just an expert goldsmith but
a sought after diamond setter as well. Norman started his
career in 1970 as an apprentice diamond setter working in
Hatton Garden. Most of Normans work was for the large London
diamond houses whose customers included the Royal family
and a plethora of A list celebrities. In 1982 Norman moved
to Brighton, working as a goldsmith and setter in the Lanes.
Norman is a great asset to both the Real shop and BMG and
works as
part of our team.
Having
lived in Burgess Hill for since 1973 Norman is a well known
and loved figure in the Town .If it's general jewellery
repairs, diamond and gemstone setting or custom work, Normans
the man.
BMG
Are The Belly Bar And Body Jewellery Specialist We make to order all the time but rarely get to
photograph and catalogue the workmanship. Just recently
we have been making the effort to get a quick picture in
before dispatch. Here are just a few we managed to catch
on film over the last couple of months.
