Meet the Team

  1. Meet the Team | Balazs

    Black and white photograph of a specialist Rebus signet ring engraver in the workshop

    From learning to chisel before he could read in his father’s goldsmith workshop back in Hungary, to getting dirty on the job, we get up close and personal with our seal and relief engraver, Balazs.

    How would you describe what you do? (Hogyan jellemezned/irnad le amit csinalsz?)

    At Rebus, I carry out seal or relief engraving based on t

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  2. Memento Mori: A Signet Ring in Memory of My Lovely Dad

    Bespoke Rebus hand engraved memento mori signet ring in 18ct yellow gold and enamel

    When his father passed away in 2019, Rebus founder Emmet Smith, set about designing an everyday signet ring to wear in his memory.

    Emmet, who already owns another signet engraved with the Latin ‘Memento Vivere’ or ‘Remember to Live’, is no stranger to the historic tradition of memento mori jewellery. Wanting to create a personalised version of this style in memory of his dear departed Dad, Philip (a.k.a. Dickie, Detsy, the Captain), he set about bringing his bespoke vision to life. 

    For those looking for an utterly unique piece outside of our core range of customisable jewellery, the

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  3. Meet The Team | Matthew

    Rebus seal engraver Matthew at his workshop desk working on signet ring engraving designs

     

    From honing skills that date back hundreds of years to the struggle of growing a beard, we go behind the scenes with our seal and surface engraver Matthew, as he prepares to fly to Los Angeles for Rebus’ fifth ever US trunk show this June.

    How would you describe what you do?

    I am a seal and surface engraver, specialising in turning customers’ bespoke designs and ideas into reality. I have also started to teach myself gemstone engraving.

    What is it abo

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  4. Meet the Team | Perry

    Meet the Team | Perry

    Meet the Team: Master Engraver, Perry Lewis

    Perry has been honing his craft as a master hand engraver for over a decade, after completing his five-year apprenticeship with Rebus, and becoming the first ever recipient of the Goldsmiths’ Craft & Design Council Apprentice of the Year Award back in 2015.  From being presented with the award by Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal in the hallowed halls of St James's Palace to holding court in the Rebus workshop, come with us as he shares how perfection is something you strive for but never achieve - unless it comes to celebrity impressions...

     

    How would you describe what you do?

    I surface engrave, seal engrave, and ring carve using specially-made tools.  I also provide a source of light entertainment with a variety of witty stories and hilarious celebrity i

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  5. Meet the Team | Megan

    Meet the Team | Megan

    Meet the Team: Engraving Apprenctice, Megan Rigby

    Twenty-year-old British Academy of Jewellery student Megan is an engraving apprentice at Rebus.  Taking us behind the scenes of her five-year apprenticeship, she reveals how she’s already making waves with a prestigious award from the so-called Oscars of Jewellery, and how she’s learning to get things right and focus on the improvements, not the frustrations...

     

    How would you describe what you do?

    I’m an engraving specialist, focusing on seal engraving.

    What is it about the job that most appeals to you?

    For me, the most satisfying part of the job is spending a long time on a seal engraving, taking the wax impression at the end, and seeing how w

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  6. Meet the Team | Emmet Smith

    Meet the Team | Emmet Smith

    Emmet Smith, founder of Rebus, began his career as an apprentice for the official engravers of the FA Cup & Wimbledon Tennis Championships, before going on to set up Rebus now based in the heart of Hatton Garden. Today, Rebus runs its own apprenticeship scheme in partnership with the esteemed Goldsmiths Centre, training young engravers.

     

    We go behind the scenes and discover how his career has taken him from San Francisco to Centre Court, his fondness for fancy footwear, and how he's still learning along with the next generation of engravers.

     

    How would you describe what you do?

    Generally a facilitator.

     

    What is it about the job that most appeals to you?

    Building a creative environment

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