MEET

James Newman

Birmingham

WHY F&L LOVE
James Newman

Meeting James Newman was really fun for us. I’d never been to Birmingham’s jewellery quarter and it was an interesting experience. At the end of rows and rows of every type of gem and gold dealer you can imagine, I found this designer’s rather swish atelier.

James Newman is a natural designer – give him any medium and he will come up with a unique and interesting concept. He told me how he sees a gemstone and immediately begins to wonder and dream about what he can do with it. For that reason, he’s drawn mainly to the harder stones, and this makes him an ideal designer of engagement rings.

MORE ON James Newman

RED GOLD PALLADIUM CLUSTER GREY DIAMOND BY JAMES NEWMAN

Oct. 6 2014 James Newman’s Cluster Diamond Engagement Ring

An original grey diamond engagement ring by James Newman.

Sep. 5 2014 The Versatility of White Gold Engagement Rings

More Great Designs by James Newman

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Baguette Diamond White Gold

Baguette Princess Cut Diamond

Blue Sapphire Rose Cut

James Newman

Cluster Six Setting Fiori Band

Cluster Stone Set Fiori Band

James Newman

Eternity Cluster Ring

Eternity Silver Yellow Gold Brilliant Diamonds

Eternity Yellow Gold Brilliant Cut Diamonds

Flush Set Stones Hammered Band

Grain Set Eternity Ring

Halo Rings Brilliant Cut Diamonds

Halo Princess Cut Diamonds

James Newman

Marquise Diamond

Marquise Diamond Yellow Gold

Medium Eternity Yellow Gold Brilliant Diamonds

Narrow Eternity White Gold Brilliant Diamonds

Narrow Eternity White Gold Princess Diamonds

Oval Cut Diamond

Oval Diamond Yellow Gold

Palladium Blue Diamond Slices

Palladium Red Gold Band

Palladium Redgold Brilliant Cut Diamond

Platinum Baguette Diamond

Platinum Marquis Diamond

Platinum Princess Cut Diamond

Red Gold Palladium Cluster Grey Diamond

Red Hold Solitaire Princess Cut Diamond

Rough Diamonds Grey

Ruby Rose Cut

James Newman

Single Stone Rose cut

Solitaire Brilliant Cut Diamond Halo

Solitaire Diamond Brilliant Cut Halo

Solitaire White Gold Yellow Gold Brilliant Diamond

Tension Style Ring

Tourmaline Pink Rose Cut

Tri Set Silver Yellow Gold Brilliant Cut Diamonds

Tri Set White Gold Princess Cut Brilliant Cut Diamonds

Tri Set White Gold Princess Cut Diamonds

Tri Set Yellow Gold Brilliant Cut Diamonds

Tri Set Yellow Gold Princess Cut Brilliant Cut Diamonds

Tri Set Yellow Gold Princess Cut Diamonds

Vertical Set Yellow Gold Brilliant Diamonds

Wave Eternity Yellow Gold Brilliant Rubies

White Gold Princess Cut Diamond

White Gold Triple Stone Set

White Gold Yellow Gold Brilliant Cut Diamond

White Stone Rose Cut

Yellow Gold Brilliant Cut Diamond

Yellow Gold Gray Diamond Rose Cut

Yellow Gold Halo Princess Cut Diamonds

Yellow Sapphire Rose Cut

James Newman’s Sweetie Box

L and I were enchanted by James Newman’s ‘sweetie box’ that he pulls out for any prospective clients. It truly is an array of temptations and delights!

James collects the unusual and frequently rejected cuts of gem stones from dealers with sharp eyes who understand James’s passion for the unique. You’ll never see 2 cuts alike in this magic box and you’ll marvel that the machinery of stone mining is so oblivious to the treasures that they overlook every day.

In this designer’s Birmingham studio you’ll encounter the sophisticated elegance of the grey diamond, the beguiling tones of a nearly-white sapphire and a plethora of other stone shapes and colours that have a subtle mystery of personality that the common highly manicured diamond does not usually boast in a traditional engagement ring.

James Newman: the Inspiration Magpie

One of the pleasures and privileges of working personally with a designer like James Newman is the capacity that he has for drawing on eclectic sources of inspiration. This flexibility is the essence of a private commission and L gets all excited at the infinite range of possibilities for her imagination to run riot with James.

Just to give you a couple of examples of James Newman’s versatility you only have to look at the ring he designed for a client who presented him with a stunning 2-carat marquis cut diamond. The setting is inspired by the patterns of the vaulting and flying buttresses in the roof of Wells Cathedral. Or, there’s his icon range based on mosaics, stylised imagery and rustic, individual mounting techniques that made the Byzantine Empire so artistically glorious.