The atelier
Four pairs of hands
Our jewellers trained in Paris, Geneva, Antwerp and the workshops of Dubai’s Gold Souk. They now share one bench above our Jumeirah salon.
Céline’s story
Céline Aurelle trained as a bench jeweller in Paris and spent eleven years making for other houses, the last four of them in Dubai, most of it setting other people’s designs. In 2014 she took a small workshop on the first floor of a villa in Jumeirah with one bench, one apprentice and a rule: every piece would be made in recycled gold, by the person who drew it.
The salon downstairs followed two years later, so clients could see stones in daylight and meet the people making their ring. Twelve years on there are four jewellers, still one bench, and still the same rule.
- atelier opened
- 2014
- jewellers, one bench
- 4
- pieces made
- 1,900+
Céline Aurelle, founder
The jewellers
You’ll meet at least one of us at your appointment, and usually the person who will make your piece.
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Céline Aurelle
Founder and designer
Trained as a bench jeweller in Paris and spent eleven years making for other houses in Paris and Dubai before opening Aurelle in Jumeirah in 2014. Draws every commission by hand.
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Tom Hadley
Master setter
Apprenticed at sixteen and set stones for Geneva houses for twenty years before moving to Dubai in 2015. Sets every diamond in the atelier and shapes our wedding bands.
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Anouk Peeters
Stones and gemmology
Grew up in Antwerp and trained as a diamond grader there, then spent six years buying stones at the Dubai Diamond Exchange in DMCC. Buys every stone we use and writes our insurance valuations as a qualified gemmologist (FGA).
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Priya Raman
Bench jeweller and engraver
Grew up in Dubai and joined in 2019 after an apprenticeship in the goldsmiths’ workshops behind the Gold Souk in Deira. Makes Fil d’or, engraves by hand and looks after resizing and repairs.
Materials and sourcing
We buy stones we can trace to the mine, through the Dubai Diamond Exchange and a few dealers we have known for years, and refine our gold from recycled sources with a Dubai refiner that follows the DMCC rules for responsible sourcing. It costs a little more. It’s the only way we want to work.
Atelier
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Recycled gold
Every piece is cast in 18ct gold refined from recycled sources, alloyed into yellow, rose and white, or in 950 platinum. Once refined, it is identical to newly mined gold, without the mining. We can also melt and cast your own family gold.
Where our gold comes from -
Traceable stones
Anouk buys every diamond herself, with a record of its mine, cutter and route to us, and every one under the Kimberley Process and System of Warranties. Sapphires and spinels come from a few dealers we have known for years.
How to choose a stone
Our promises
What comes with every piece that leaves the atelier.
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HM
Hallmarked at Dubai Central Laboratory, to the UAE national standard for gold
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KP
Every diamond bought under the Kimberley Process and System of Warranties
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FGA
Insurance valuations written by a qualified gemmologist
For life
Free cleaning and setting checks on every piece we make
Join the atelier
We’re looking for one more pair of hands.
What you get
- Five days a week, on a Saturday to Thursday rota
- Employment visa, health insurance and a flight home every year
- Your own bench, tools and paid training in hand engraving
- Staff price on anything we make
Come and meet us
The salon is open Saturday to Thursday, by appointment.