Though Ed cut his teeth on silver, he is eager to get his hands on as many metals and gemstones as he can. “I’ll use gold and silver, platinum, palladium – everything I can get my hands on,” he said. His pieces in the display case range from diamonds and rubies to blue tanzanite, purple tourmalines, and even a “chocolate diamond”. Ed also wants to find gold in the disused mines of Cornwall for special Cornish wedding bands.

His unorthodox approach attracts like-minded people who want to change an heirloom that doesn’t suit their personality. “People can’t afford to buy new pieces of jewellery, so I can rebuild pieces that they bring in,” he said. “I had a woman in who had a diamond ring from Tiffany’s that she didn’t like, so I took the stone out and re-made it for her.”

This transformation epitomises Ed’s approach: workmanship and materials based on tradition, but re-shaping them into something fresh.