A CORNISH jewellery designer has been left devastated after a bag containing all of her most precious diamond and sapphire rings was snatched at a Christmas exhibition at the Olympia in London.

Hayle-based jewellery designer, Emily Nixon was packing up at the end of the day at the Spirit of Christmas showcase last week when the theft happened. She had just finished packing her most valuable pieces when the collection was snatched from her stand.

The distinctive bag, with Emily's name and illustrations on it, contained every single sapphire and diamond ring that she and her small team from Cornwall have created over many months of work.

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Emily Nixon had just packed the rings into the bag, pictured, when it was snatched

 

A spokesperson for Emily said the theft was completely devastating for the designer and her small team who were attending their first major retail show since before the pandemic began and have now had a significant collection of work stolen. She and her team have appealed to contacts and followers to please share images of her distinctive work in their hope that the stolen items will be recognised and returned.

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Some of the rings that were stolen

Emily Nixon is known for creating seaweed rings packed with sapphires and diamonds the colour of the ocean. Crafting a collection is a process that takes many months from Emily’s initial modelling stage - where she creates miniature sculpted forms in wax through to lost wax casting and painstaking finishing, hallmarking and final stone setting in her workshop on Cornwall’s north coast.

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Emily Nixon. Picture Instagram

She picks sapphires from her trusted sources in Sri Lanka, Montana and Australia, individually selecting ocean hues so distinctive to her painterly palettes.

Created with integrity, using 100% recycled gold and platinum is a prerequisite in her process.

Emily’s designs have a unique coastal, sea-worn character, they have been quite literally shaped by the sea - created using Emily’s bespoke ‘beach found’ tools that she has honed over years of designing to create the textures and forms in her distinctly seaweed-like designs.

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Designs such as her Still Water Solitaire, Cornish Bay, Craggy Alaria, Platinum Sea Whip, Ebb and Flow and Laver rings amid many more are being shared to help in the search.

Emily and her small team are now desperately trying to get the message out to find the rings and have appealed for help using #findemilysrings on social media. Emily's Instagram can be found, and her appeal shared, at www.instagram.com/emilynixonjewellery

Anyone with any information in the jewellery trade or otherwise, is asked to report any sightings of these distinctive pieces to the Metropolitan Police using the Crime Ref: 6025562/21