All posts by Mark Johnson

About Mark Johnson

Mark founded Isle of Wight jewellers Serendipity Diamonds in 2007 after a career on the polished diamonds industry. Today he works in the Serendipity showroom, helping clients with jewellery, creating handmade designs and updating their two jewellery websites SerendipityDiamonds.com and Isle-of-Wight-Jewellery.co.uk

Cushion-Cut Diamonds: A Definitive Guide to the Pillow-Shaped Diamond

Diamonds
Antique style cushion cut diamond halo engagement ring

What is a Cushion Cut? Cushion-shaped diamonds merge the beauty of the Princess cut and Round brilliant-cut diamond shapes. This beautiful diamond cut combines a square, slightly rectangular outline with rounded corners. At the same time, the shape sparkles with between 58 to 64 brilliant style facets. Overall the cut resembles a pillow shape—giving rise Read the full article…

About Mark Johnson

Mark founded Isle of Wight jewellers Serendipity Diamonds in 2007 after a career on the polished diamonds industry. Today he works in the Serendipity showroom, helping clients with jewellery, creating handmade designs and updating their two jewellery websites SerendipityDiamonds.com and Isle-of-Wight-Jewellery.co.uk

10 Unique Matching Wedding Bands (His and Hers – Bride and Groom)

Wedding Rings
Unique matching wedding bands in group

10 unique ideas for unique matching wedding bands Take inspiration from our wedding ring guide. We decided to compile a list of 10 ideas for matching wedding bands, his and hears wedding rings for bride and groom. We apply all of the following custom designs to our basic ring styles available from our website and Read the full article…

About Mark Johnson

Mark founded Isle of Wight jewellers Serendipity Diamonds in 2007 after a career on the polished diamonds industry. Today he works in the Serendipity showroom, helping clients with jewellery, creating handmade designs and updating their two jewellery websites SerendipityDiamonds.com and Isle-of-Wight-Jewellery.co.uk

Spherical Diamond Cuts – The Beauty of Spherical Diamonds

Diamonds, Jewellery News
9.41ct perfect spherical diamond that looks like a pearl. Photo credit Deborah Mazza.

The first spherical diamond Spherical diamonds differ in appearance to traditional diamond cuts. In fact, they bear a greater similarity to Cabochon gemstone cuts with a rounded polished surface. Imagine a small crystal ball, similar in size to a small marble. On a field trip to Idar-Oberstein in Germany, a group of gemmologists discovered a Read the full article…

About Mark Johnson

Mark founded Isle of Wight jewellers Serendipity Diamonds in 2007 after a career on the polished diamonds industry. Today he works in the Serendipity showroom, helping clients with jewellery, creating handmade designs and updating their two jewellery websites SerendipityDiamonds.com and Isle-of-Wight-Jewellery.co.uk