When I first set up my Fig Leaf Design jewellery studio and began making jewellery back in 2006 gold was selling at around 500USD/oz. In the past 10 years it has more than tripled and then, again, dropped slightly. But, it is still nowhere near that original price.

I love wearing gold jewellery...I'm a redhead.

Some years ago in my training I was introduced to the ancient Korean technique of Keum Boo and have never looked back. Keum Boo is the combining of pure gold and fine silver through a process of heat and pressure.

As gold continued to increase in price and become more and more unaffordable, silver jewellery has become more popular. The wonderful thing about Keum Boo jewellery is that it allows you to combine your silver and gold jewellery without looking as if you have mismatched your pieces.

So, wearing either the pendant or the earrings above lets you co-ordinate them with either silver or gold accessories...a gold or silver chain with the earrings, and gold or silver earrings with the pendant.

The keum boo gold in these pieces gives a significant impact yet the cost of the pieces is still reasonable as the gold is a fine layer and so, inexpensive in comparison.