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Our Story

OUR STORY

 

Albert Tse Metalsmith is for those with an adventurous spirit and individual style, those that are after a modern take on the traditional.

Each piece is made either by sand-casting, hand-forging, wax-carving or cast from a mould and then finished by hand in our Sydney studio.

 

 

 

ABOUT ALBERT

The adventurer: experimental, unpredictable, passionate

 

Born in Australia and trained at Alchimia in Florence and the Design Centre in Sydney, his work is influenced by a combination of traditional skills and contemporary design, a mixture of old world and new world charm, with inspiration coming from his adventures around the globe

In 2017 Albert was recognised by his peers in the Men's Contemporary Accessories and Jewellery Award for his Memento Sydney Cufflinks at the Sydney International Jewellery Fair

Listen to my portrait session with Giuseppe from Men in this town

 

OUR PROCESS

Our design inspiration comes from all the years that Albert has travelled, absorbing the ancient, the old and the new cultures from the more than 50+ countries he has experienced, in every continent bar Antarctica. Highlights include the amazing roman ruins in Turkey, Jordan and Syria, the Temples and Pyramids of Egypt, trekking to Everest Base Camp, diving in some of the most amazing sites around the world, seeing the Northern Lights for the first time in Rovaniemi, driving a 4x4 from Budapest to Bamako, living a ski season in both Vail and Whistler, the Temple of Ankor Wat and surrounds, to driving a Tuk Tuk from the South to the North of India.

All these experiences and visuals have been absorbed, added to the memory bank and comes out through his unique design process, using his hands in experimenting / prototyping with materials to mould and create a thought into the start of each new collection.

 

SUSTAINABILITY

At Albert Tse Metalsmith we predominantly cast and create our pieces in-house (check out the video above), and when we require to contract out to a casting house, we use one that is accredited by The Responsible Jewellery Council.

We use only recycled silver in all our in-house silver castings, transitioning to predominantly Australian gold, and also the option of recycled gold for our gold castings, please get in touch info@alberttsemetalsmith.com if you would like to discuss further. All our fully traceable recycled silver and gold are sourced from Cooksongold in the UK.

We also source our sapphires from both Australian mines and work with gem suppliers to supply ethically sourced / conflict free gems. Get in touch as we can also source fully traceable stones for you. 

 

Fusion Crater solitaire ring with a blue sapphire and 6 white diamonds

Custom Eon wedding bands made using their parents old gold and new gold in 18k yellow gold

Custom small Terra signet in sterling silver with three blue - green sapphires chosen by the customer, cast in place and set at 2 / 3 / 9 o’clock

Small textured round signet ring in 9k white gold with a terrain texture that signifies the land from high able, with four cast in place and set Australian sapphires

Terra signet wedding ring in 9k white gold, with four cast in place and set Australian sapphires chosen to match his fiancée parti sapphire

Crater skull in 9k yellow gold set with an Australian blue sapphire

Crater engagement ring with white diamond and matching wedder

Eon 5 wedding ring textured mainly on the edges and in a matte finish in 9k yellow gold

Crater 9k yellow gold with 9 blue diamonds

Crater 9k yellow gold with 6 black diamonds and a white diamond in the center

Fusion 2.5mm in 18k white and yellow gold wedding ring

Converting a sentimental coin to 18k yellow gold pendant

Custom three diamond bead pendant with a baby blue diamond and two white diamonds

Custom Terra earring in 10k rose gold

Custom Terra signet in 9k yellow gold wedding ring

Custom Terra pendants with the families initials in natural 18k white gold

Fusion circle diamond ring in 9k orange / apricot gold and 9k white gold with half champagne and half grey diamonds

Mixed Crater and hammered wedding ring set with 3 black diamonds in 18k yellow gold. Crater engagement wedding ring soldered together with a salt and pepper diamond in natural 18k white gold and antiqued sterling silver sides

Large Terra signet with a blue and a pink sapphire, polished sides in 18k yellow gold

Custom Eon signet with a Arizona fire agate

Small textured round signet ring with a terrain texture that signifies the land from high able, with four cast in place Australian blue sapphires

Custom Terra signet wedding ring, with polished sides and cast in place with 4 Australian blue sapphires

Custom small Terra round signet with a scattering of diamonds with one on the side 1 x 3mm and 2 x 1.7mm in 18k yellow gold

Custom wide Eon ring with salt and pepper diamond in sterling silver

Medium round Terra signet with a scattering of Australian sapphires in 18k yellow gold

Wide eon signet with a rosecut sapphire in sterling silver

Custom engraved Crater cuff

Large round Terra signet in 9k rose gold and a scattering of different pink sapphires

Custom double cast Crater ring in 9k yellow gold and 9k rose gold

Custom large Terra round signet with a random scattering (like random seed scattering on a farm) of sapphires and his mums diamonds in 18k yellow gold

Square Terra signet with a mix of cast in place sapphires in 18k yellow gold

Crater engagement and wedding ring set, random texture that evoke thoughts of ruins, set with a triangle salt and pepper diamond

Amélie ring, our Crater texture in platinum set with a triangular salt and pepper diamond and a silver version

Crater cuff in 14k rose gold and sterling silver, and Eon 6 in 18k yellow gold made with clients old gold

Turquoise textured ring with engraving

Custom Eon signet and 9k yellow gold top with the Ukrainian pendant in my signature texture

velociraptor pendant with our signature texture

Rare rosecut green yellow sapphire bezel set in 18k yellow gold on a textured Crater band

Wanderer ring in 18k white gold