Stone

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A brushed steel jewellery tray with two soft, stone-like hollows formed into a flat plate. It was designed, made, branded and packaged as a finished retail product for the Retail Therapy brief.

Stone steel jewellery tray with rings, beside two real stones

Year

2025

Type

Steel jewellery tray

Brief

Retail Therapy

Material

Brushed steel

Shown

Full collection sale, Reid Building, GSA

01 — Making

The hollows were formed in the metal workshop, shaping sheet steel into organic pebble forms before finishing the plate by hand.

Tara working at a bench in the metal workshop — In the workshop

Steel plate being formed under a press — Forming under the press

First formed steel test with two hollows and a ring — First formed test

Lifting the yellow die off a pressed plate — Pressing with a die

Formed tray held up at the polishing wheel — Polishing

All the steel tests, dies and moulds laid out together — Every test and die, laid out

02 — Product

Two hollows, one large and one small, give rings and chains a place to settle. The soft polished dips sit against a brushed surface.

Stone tray holding a chain, lit warmly by a candle

Stone tray in its black box with product card and thank-you card

03 — Brand & packaging

A black presentation box with a printed product card and a stone-shaped thank-you card. Posters advertised the collection sale.

Stone poster with the tray and two stones

Stone poster with the tray lit by candlelight

Printed sheet of Stone product cards — Product card print sheet

Materials

Brushed and polished steel for the tray, with black board and printed card for the packaging.

Film

Retail Therapy — the making of Stone, from workshop to packaged product.