Jacqueline & Edward

Jacqueline and Edward is a family owned artisan jewellery business run by husband and wife Mark and Jacqueline. The business has been creating bespoke engagement and wedding rings since 2014 and was born out of Mark’s passion – gold panning. He is a world gold panning finalist and British and Scottish gold panning champion as well as a Chartered Environmentalist and Scientist. Having previously worked in the environmental sector as a contaminated land consultant (like a land doctor) some of the projects Mark managed involved the restoration of mining areas and the cleaning up of petroleum spills - he has seen first hand the damage done to our landscapes. It is this combination of passion and education that Jacqueline and Edward is built on and means there is an uncompromising view when it comes to sustainable and ethical practices. All our jewellery is made to order onsite at our workshop in Wetherby using traditional methods and is handcrafted by a small team of artisan jewellery designers. This means jewellery is not created unnecessarily, without a purpose - there’s no waste and products are not being created just to sit on a shelf. We use recycled metals, gems, diamonds or lab grown diamonds and alluvial river gold. Each piece is handmade individually and none of the jewellery is mass produced or created by a third party and sold by Jacqueline & Edward. There is a lot of noise in the market about rings/jewellery being ‘handcrafted’ when this can often mean it is polished by hand but not handmade. We melt our own alloys, draw our own wire and genuinely create by hand. An art almost lost. At Jacqueline & Edward we pride ourselves on creating sustainable jewellery that doesn’t compromise the environment. This includes the packaging of products too, which uses minimalist natural materials – wood and wool. Our ring boxes are carved locally using fallen tree branches foraged from the forest florr.