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

Portrait Engravings for Jewellery – From Signet Rings to Necklaces

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Portrait engraved signet ring

Portrait engraving for jewellery adds a unique effect to any jewellery item of Silver, Gold or Platinum. Regardless of meaning, our process transforms any item. In late 2021, one of our returning clients contacted us for help with a new ring design. Our brief involved the addition of a portrait to a brand new signet 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

Lab Grown Diamonds vs Natural Diamonds – a Definitive Guide

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Lab-grown diamond with laser inscription under loupe

To search for lab-grown diamonds, view a list of available diamonds on our original website page. What are lab-grown diamonds? Lab-grown diamonds are synthetic diamonds grown in a laboratory to replicate natural diamonds mined from the Earth. The process uses specialists equipment to convert carbon atoms into the crystal form of a diamond. Most importantly, 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

Macro Jewellery Photography for Beginners – Photographing Jewellery

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Macro jewellery photography for beginners

The Basics of Jewellery Photography Before I begin, let me clarify that I have received no formal training in jewellery photography. The advice given here worked for me. Over the years, I tweaked, learned and improved my techniques—many of which I will cover in follow-on articles. I work as a self-taught jewellery photographer in my 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