ONE EYE ON THE PAST

Artist Sophie Glover explains how she creates her contemporary lover's eyes

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For decades, my family has been part of Hatton Garden, the centre of the London jewellery trade.

I grew up around the workshops and, when I was little, remember seeing antique lover's eyes. Even back then they were rare, but of all the thousands of pieces of jewellery that came and went throughout my childhood, they're the ones that have stayed with me.

The rings I make today are a tribute to the Georgian originals, rather than an attempt to copy them.