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We started this because jewellery was losing its soul.

Danielle trained as a designer, fashion and textiles at UTS, and walked away from that industry because it had become disposable. Mass market, mass production, no relationship with the person wearing the work. Then she met Bobby, a jeweller, and found the thing fashion couldn’t give her: designing one-on-one, for one person, for one story at a time.

She went to the GIA to study gemology, they opened the studio together, and since 2005 Daniella Jewellers has run the same way: a small, family-run atelier in the Dymocks Building on George Street, where the person who designs your piece sits beside the person who makes it.

The belief behind it is simple. A diamond is not a spec sheet, and a ring is not just metal and stones. The real value is in the design, the trust, the story, and the relationship with the person making it. Too much of this industry sells certificates and trends. We’d rather slow down and make something meaningful, something you can wear every day, and one day pass down.

The people at the bench

Danielle Ong, founder and creative director, at the design desk

Danielle Ong

Founder & Creative Director · 20+ years in custom jewellery design

Designer and founder. Danielle guides every design conversation, listening for what a piece needs to mean before deciding what it should look like.

Bobby Cao, master jeweller, working at his bench in the studio

Bobby Cao

Master Jeweller · 35+ years at the bench

Master jeweller. Bobby makes, sets and repairs at the bench a few steps from the design desk, so questions get answered by the person doing the work.

James, bench jeweller, at work in the studio

James

Bench Jeweller

At the bench alongside Bobby, repairs, resizing and the making that keeps the workshop humming.

“I wanted people to feel looked after, understood and guided, not pressured or confused.”

Danielle, founder

The Daniella promise

Handcrafted in-house

Designed and made by our own designer and jeweller, with no intermediaries. That’s how the quality stays high and the prices stay honest.

Made to be loved

You shouldn’t just like a special piece. You should love it: it should suit your taste and fit you perfectly. That’s the standard we design to.

Confidence in the stone

Diamonds at wholesale prices, and every certified diamond comes with its independent GIA Laboratory certificate, free.

Backed after the sale

100% satisfaction guarantee, a 30-day return policy on ready-made pieces, and written after-sales care commitments for life.

Jeweller working on a ring held in a clamp at the workbench, lit by warm window light

One room, in the Dymocks Building

Design desk, workbench, microscope and polishing wheel, the whole studio works out of Level 9, Dymocks Building, 428 George Street, Sydney. It means your piece never leaves our care, and it means you’re welcome to see the work as it happens.

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What clients say

More than 640 five-star Google reviews

640+ five-star Google reviews from people we’ve looked after.

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Begin with a conversation.

Bring the idea, the ring, the stone, or the problem. We’ll help you understand what’s possible.

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