If you've ever been at a loss on what to do with a necklace that has a broken clasp or earrings that are missing their other half, luxury jewellery label FoundRae has a solution to turn the old into something new. Back by popular demand, its FoundRae Ingot Program invites clients to bring in their own pieces to be melted down and re-formed into a modern ingot medallion that is hand-engraved in-house.
Requiring just 8-10 grams of gold or silver, regardless of carat – with additional 18ct gold responsibly sourced from small-scale mines available for purchase at market price if required – the programme was conceived by FoundRae's co-founder and creative director Beth Hutchens as a way for clients to experience how gold can be recycled repeatedly without degradation in quality.
