The design for this dress ring, featuring a large mint quartz set into sterling silver, was inspired by the medieval heritage of Carlingford village where Garrett Mallon’s studio is based.
Height 1.4 cm
Width 1.4 cm
After leaving school Garrett Mallon started a youth training course in jewellery making where he discovered his talent and quickly obtained a scholarship to attend John Cass School of Art in London. After this course, Garrett worked in a jewellers in Dublin; making his way from bench to foreman. In 2000 he used his experience of both business and craft to start his own studio. He creates collections inspired by the Irish landscape and folklore, giving them a contemporary twist. He often works on bespoke commissions and creates pieces that lovingly reflect the stories of his clients. He also runs the Garrett Mallon Design Centre where he provides space to showcase over 100 of his peers in the craft sector.
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The design for this dress ring, featuring a large mint quartz set into sterling silver, was inspired by the medieval heritage of Carlingford village where Garrett Mallon’s studio is based.
Height 1.4 cm
Width 1.4 cm
Photo: ©Garrett Mallon
The inspiration for these earrings came from the movement within Garrett Mallon’s grandfather’s clock. The contemporary design reflects the simplicity of the movement with various elements able to move gently when wearing. The earrings each feature a faceted blue topaz set in 9 k gold, in turn connected to a sterling silver pendant.
Height 1.2 cm
Width 0.5 cm
Photo: ©Garrett Mallon
This stacker ring has been mounted with two white gold contours, wrapped around a central rose gold ring mounted with a round morganite and encrusted with four diamonds.
Height 2.5 cm
Width 3 cm
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This pendant, an 18-k gold vermeil sculpture held withing a sterling silver circle and pendant, is part of Garrett Mallon’s Summer Days collection. The design of the collection is inspired by memories of childhood summers.
Length 2.3 cm
Photo: ©Garrett Mallon
The design of these pendants represents bursting plumes of heat from the sun. The pendants are handcrafted from 18-k white gold encrusted with 33 diamonds all held within 18-k rose gold circles.
Length 2 cm
Height 1.2 cm