Metal & Stone (Goldsmith)

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Located in Cheltenhams Montpellier shopping district, opposite St.Andrews Church, you will find Metal and Stone the jewellers.

Specializing in exotic gemstones, a large selection of which are kept in stock for customers to choose from, we often produce unique one off original pieces at prices that are frequently less than comparable mass produced items.

Open to both the trade and public, the in house work shop, well known for its repair service also re-models excising jewellery, as well as making new pieces from customers specifications, where the on site goldsmith maintains a policy of any metal, any stone and importantly any budget.

We cover Cheltenham, Gloucester, Gloucestershire and beyond and we are happy to post jewellery when necessary to customers, including to customers living abroad.

Metal and Stone Jewellers is proud to offer a United Kingdom based professional, Real Gold Kintsugi Repair Service. Depending on the complexity of the repair and how much gold will be required, Traditional Kintsugi repairs using real gold typically cost between £100 and £1000, and may be assumed to increase the value of the repaired piece by that amount for insurance purposes. For details we recommend you contact us with a photograph of your broken ceramic by email at: Metalandstoneuk@aol.com

The Ancient Japanese Art of Kintsugi is the process of repairing broken ceramics with gold, leaving a golden seam where the cracks were.

Viewed as a metaphor for life, the art of kintsugi is inextricably linked to the Japanese philosophy of wabi-sabi: a world view centred on the acceptance of transience, imperfection and the beauty found in simplicity. In Japan, ceramics thusly repaired are often considered both more beautiful and more valuable than new and undamaged pieces.