“Our requirements in terms of the use of Scottish materials and the overall quality expected by our customers – as well as the unit price limits - set a high bar for any supplier. Croglin seemed to relish the challenge and their love of wood came through in their craftsmanship.”

 

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Background

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Hamilton and Inches is Scotland’s luxury jewellery house based in Edinburgh. It is the premiere destination for fine jewellery, luxury watches and hand-crafted silver, and has held a Royal Warrant as silversmiths for more than 120 years, including the warrant of Her Majesty the Queen.

 

Project Details

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The brief was clear from the start: to develop a bookmark that would demonstrate and radiate the H&I brand and relate to both the traditional and the modern ranges of jewellery available from H&I stores. The bookmark would be used as a gift for customers who purchased premium goods from the stores.

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The solution was an elegant bookmark that was assembled in layers of timber and metal before being bound together with a leather strap. The timber was laser cut to include the H&I logo with a layer of brushed stainless steel in the centre. The timber was clear lacquered rather than oiled, to prevent any possible marking or staining of book pages.

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As in all projects, challenges do arise and this project was no exception. To keep the multi-layered design, the wood was skilfully re-sawn to produce a sliver of timber before being mounted and bonded to a 0.5mm piece of stainless steel and finished – all very delicate, painstaking and precise work!

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Wood Used

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The finest sliver of Scottish elm.

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Project Time

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The original enquiry was complete within the 4 weeks quoted and batch project runs can be turned around in 1 week. 

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Production Run

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Batch quantities of 50 bookmarks are produced regularly for Hamilton and Inches, such is the success of this gift.