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Geoff
Roberts offers a selection of the very finest materials available
in the region - South Sea Pearls from Broome and the black pearls
harvested from French Polynesian lagoons, the warm and sparkling
Champagne and Cognac diamonds from the Argyle mine in Western
Australia, and Australia’s very own “Queen of the
Desert”, the black opal from Lightning Ridge in NSW.
These
are honed with the accumulated skills of just over 30 years at
the jeweller’s bench.
Geoff
and Kerry Roberts are studio jewellers, with a workshop and retail
shop in an old sandstone warehouse in Salamanca Place in the Hobart
Docks.
Hobart is a famous harbour, one of the most navigable and friendliest
in the world. Apart from being near the docks and “the best
fish and chippy in Australia”, Australia’s Antarctic
supply vessel, Aurora, is often berthed just 100 metres from their
workshop.
Geoff
originally trained under Norwegian Silversmith Ragnar Hansen,
and is also a qualified gemmologist and valuer. He is also a Fellow
of The Gold and Silversmith’s Guild of Australia Inc. established
in 1988 for professionals in Australia working with precious metals.
The Guild set up and maintains a hallmarking system, which is
your assurance of Australian origin, quality of workmanship and
design integrity.
Each
piece made by Geoff and Kerry is stamped with the guild mark (kangaroo
head on diagonal), maker's mark (GR), year stamp (e) and metal
quality stamps.
Geoff
has won numerous design awards over the years, as well as exhibiting
both nationally and internationally in recent years. The basic
design ethic of the continuously evolving range of jewellery that
Geoff makes is one of understated simplicity.
"We
build our jewellery to last several generations, and provide
a warranty to support that position."
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