MEET

Daniel Gallie

London

WHY F&L LOVE
Daniel Gallie

One wintry evening, L and I strolled along the South Bank's wharf to the OXO tower to meet Daniel Gallie.

This designer was raised in Tuscany and trained in Arezzo where he learned to avere l’occhio – ‘to have an eye’ is the highest praise that one artist can bestow on another. Although L would never credit me with ‘the eye’, even I can see that Daniel Gallie’s accolade is well deserved!

If you are looking for an engagement ring that embodies an Italian flavour in a celebration of abstract design, then Daniel is your designer.

More Great Designs by Daniel Gallie

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Daniel Gallie 9Ct Interlocking Rose and White Gold Ring Set With Diamond

Daniel Gallie 9Ct Rose Gold Ring Set With Pink Sapphires

18Ct Gold Ring With Sapphire

Daniel Gallie 18Ct Yellow Ring Set With a Vivid Sapphire and Diamond

Daniel Gallie 18 Ct White Gold Ring Set With Coloured Diamonds

Daniel Gallie 18Ct Brushed White Gold Engagement Ring Set With Champagne Diamond

Daniel Gallie 18Ct Interlocking Engagement Ring Set With a Diamond

Daniel Gallie 18Ct Gold Ring Set With Opal

Daniel Gallie Interlocking Eternity With 3 Different Gold Bands, Vivid Ruby and Diamond

Daniel Gallie Rose 9C White Gold Set With Diamond

Daniel Gallie Ruby Ring

Daniel Gallie’s Cire Perdue

L surprised me during that meeting when she got excited about Daniel Gallie’s description of his use of the cire perdue technique in creating engagement rings. The designer seemed inspired when he explained how this ancient craft that involves models and molten wax has been used in the process of jewellery making for centuries.

Daniel has developed his own preference for the unusual practice of working with softer wax rather than a jeweller’s traditional hard wax. This soft wax gives him the flexibility to incorporate designs that are created both by adding or taking away material. This opens up a sculptural scope of design patterns that make Daniel Gallie’s engagement rings truly unique.

Daniel Gallie in Nature

Daniel Gallie seeks the inspiration for his ring designs in nature. L and I can see how he captures the patterns of flowing water, of entwined branches, of delicate plant shoots and of the swelling waves in many of his commissions.

This passion for nature skilfully complements a fascination for ways to make precious metals commune with the stones that they support. By applying a variety of techniques, Daniel Gallie creates a host of effects on the surface of the metals that he uses in an elegant dialogue with hand selected stones that are exquisitely cut.