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This jewellery brand experience centre is the world's first to bring you through a gemstone journey

Local fine jeweller Madly Gems is behind this jewellery brand experience centre along Ann Siang Road

Time Out Singapore in partnership with Madly Gems
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Far beyond the beauty of a bold cocktail ring or the sparkle of gemstone dangles, jewellery is one of the most meaningful and heartfelt gifts. All the more so, when it’s a bespoke piece that's made evident with your personal touch or is specially created just for you. 

Local jeweller Madly Gems has recently opened the world’s first jewellery brand experience centre. While their studio in Tiong Bahru lets you create entirely bespoke jewellery pieces, this newly-opened brand experience centre invites you to take a deep dive into the fascinating world of gems, touch and feel actual gem roughs, learn about ethical sourcing at the mines, and even watch a gemstone’s transformation. On top of having a wide range of ethically sourced gemstones, the centre lets you learn more about the journey of a jewel – through hands-on features and a team of inspiring jewellery designers. 

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The journey of a bespoke jewel

At the Madly Brand Experience Centre, the journey of a jewel begins at the very start, deep within the belly of Mother Nature. One step into this picture-perfect shophouse along Ann Siang Road and you’ll enter an entirely new realm of rare, coloured gemstones.

Straight from the source

It’s this feature wall that you’ll see first, which casts a spotlight on the mines of Tanzania and Sri Lanka. These countries are where Madly Gems has their local sourcing offices. This allows them to have unprecedented visibility over a large proportion of their gemstones including tanzanite, tsavorite, tourmaline, and sapphire. Here, you can touch a gem in its raw form. It might appear rough at first, but the stone’s natural beauty shines through.

Virtual lapidarist in action

Ever wondered how a raw gemstone straight out of the ground can turn into something sparkly and precious? At the Madly Brand Experience Centre, you can witness the long and painstaking process of one of their gem cutters cutting, grinding, and polishing a gem to perfection. Lapidary is both an art and science: to coax the full potential of a gem, Madly’s master-cutters measure the angles of every facet to make sure that light bounces off perfectly, while using cut to camouflage or enhance the gem’s natural characteristics.

Rough to cut

Make your way to the “Rough to Cut” gem wall after, to admire the vibrant colours of these stones. Of course, the wall showcases precious gems like sapphire, ruby, and emerald, but there’s also a display of unique stones like spinel, garnet, and topaz. Keep a lookout for “phenomenal” gems – some change colour, some display cat’s eye effects and others even make you see stars.

Madly Brand Experience Centre

Besides making sure that all gemstones are ethically sourced, what’s most impressive about Madly Gems is that their brand experience centre is a revolutionary retail concept. Supported by the Singapore Tourism Board, the brand puts forth an experience that’s elevated, amplified and truly experiential.

They’ve also recently launched a new jewellery collection, “Level Up”, signifying how they’ve reached new heights – both metaphorically and physically. With their first-ever curated collection, you can expect many signature designs to be incorporated within the pieces, including expert layering of gemstones and fine gold work. 

For this collection, you have true works of art like the ‘Into the Depths’ Tanzanite cocktail ring ($15,800), an absolute stunner with dazzling white diamonds all around. Take a look at the ‘Lightning’ teal sapphire ring ($4,800) too, for an elegant piece that’s perfect for everyday wear. You can also find other gorgeous pieces like the ‘I’mPEARfection’ ring ($9,988) that’s fitted with a hot pink Mahenge Spinel – it’ll stand out on every skin tone, or the ‘Why Choose?’ Toi et Moi ring ($14,500) which is intricately designed with Malaia Garnet, blue Tanzanite, and custom-cut white diamonds.

They’ve got a team of eight graduate jewellery designers, and based on the brand’s stunning portfolio, each designer is filled to the brim with sheer talent. Simply let them know what you’re after, and they’ll transform your musings into a work of art – the fine jewellery piece you’ve always dreamt of. Another plus: they’re also Singapore’s only presence at the mines in Mahenge, Tanzania, making them truly mine to market and allowing them to guarantee that their gemstones are ethically sourced and produced.

This way, you wouldn’t need to inspect your jewellery too closely, wondering if they came from dubious sources or black market dealings  – feel free to flaunt your treasured earrings or engagement ring all you want.

One-of-a-kind jewellery at Madly Gems

For an elevated bespoke jewellery experience, there’s none other like Madly Gems in Singapore. It’s founded by ex-DJ Maddy Barber, and as she says, “the unglamorous side of fine  jewellery allows us to truly appreciate the beauty of Mother Nature”. And that’s exactly what you will experience – the raw beauty of untreated gemstones at the Madly Brand Experience Centre.

Besides being our country’s only fine jewellery brand to specialise in coloured gems, we applaud Madly Gems for making sure that all gems used are of top quality and are ethically sourced. Whether it’s for a heartfelt gift or simply an everyday celebration of life, the jewellery pieces here will be treasured for decades. 

You can find the Madly Brand Experience Centre at 13 Ann Siang Rd, Singapore 069693. Daily 10.30am-6pm.

If you’re keen on finding out more about this local fine jeweller and their ethically sourced gemstones, check out Madly Gems here

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