Amanda Li Hope

Amanda Li Hope has a special claim to fame. She was one of the world’s first jewellers to be certified to work with Fairtrade/Fairmined gold. As a designer she has always been committed to ethical jewellery so the launch of this scheme is something dear to her heart. Her clients can commission engagement rings from her studio that are guaranteed to consist of material that was produced under safe conditions with environmentally friendly mining techniques and traded according to global standards of fair-trade.

L is fascinated by the potential of precious metal as decoration in its own right and in Amanda Li Hope she found a kindred spirit. Amanda gives equal weight to the potential of the metal as to the importance of the stone in the engagement rings that she designs. She describes her preoccupation with setting manipulation and her experimentation with what she calls ‘the hybrid’. You’d be hard pushed to pigeon hole her ring settings: she is a master of innovating and creating her own versions of the traditional prong, gypsy and other setting styles.