Custom Jewellery Designer Creates Family Heirlooms and Tradition

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Mammoth ivory, fossilized dinosaur bone and meteorite for standout earrings and rings

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Arctic Fox Silver Ring Containing Rutilated Blue Topaz

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Oxidized Silver Organic Pebbled Cufflinks

For jewellery that makes a statement remember the name Mark Katzeff. The custom jewellery studio and goldsmith based in Edmonton uses materials that are not what you will find in every jewellery shop. Think mammoth ivory, fossilized dinosaur bone and meteorite, to name a few. “We are not your typical jewellery store,” proclaimed Katzeff in an interview with Modern Luxuria Magazine.

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14K Gold Dichroic Glass Yellow Gold and Diamond Pendant

14K Yellow Gold Brooch Containing Semiprecious Stones and Hand Carved Mother of Pearl

The South African-born jewellery designer trained with German jewellers and has been crafting jewellery since 1982. Katzeff says his success is due to his ability to create jewellery that becomes family heirlooms and whose wearers return for more jewellery every few years. “I met with a young man on Saturday. I’ve known his parents and his grandparents. I’ve done his parents’ wedding bands. I’ve done his bar mitzvah ring. He was still wearing it. And now he’s getting engaged. Hopefully I’ll be

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around long enough to do the same for his kids, which is cool.”Katzeff creates all sorts of jewellery including unique and innovative wedding bands and engagement rings. The award winning jewellery designer likes to spend time with his customers to educate them on diamonds, gold and other precious stones and metals until they feel they are making an educated decision on the jewellery they invest in because these pieces are unique and timeless. www.markkatzeffdesigns.com