Diamond jeweller builds adult skills with expert

A FORMER builder is carefree of figure out a stimulating career for himself after environment adult his possess solid trinket business in Gateshead.

Consett-based David Baker was desirous to open River Oak Diamonds in a Metrocentre after trips to Goa, India, and a US desirous his passion for a changed stone.

The 30-year-old initial became meddlesome in diamonds during a holiday in Goa, where a stones are large business, and bought his possess diamonds there as an investment.

It was usually on returning to a UK that he schooled that a stones were in fact value usually a fragment of a cost he paid for them.

However, this didn’t put him off, and it was while operative as a builder in Hexham that he managed to get in hold with obvious diamonds consultant Fred Cuellar, who runs Diamond Cutters International in Houston and has designed stones for a horde of luminary clients.

After picking adult a required qualifications, Baker was invited to a US to accommodate adult with Cuellar and was even offering a position during his firm, that he had to decrease as he couldn’t secure a permanent visa.

Baker said: “It was extraordinary to be given a probability to fly out to a US and accommodate adult with Fred Cuellar, face to face.

“He is good regarded as one of a many obvious experts in a margin of diamonds and gave me lots of sound recommendation as to how to be successful in a trade.”

Baker has now given adult a building trade to turn a full-time solid merchant, carrying concluded a understanding with Diamond Cutters International for a supply of a operation of stones, including connected diamonds, that are 100% healthy – no laser drilling, detonate filling, feverishness diagnosis and coating.

He also pronounced that his trinket is cheaper than those found during many high travel stores as he works with his possess setter and has no center group to understanding with.

Following a launch of a business, he already expects to strike a initial year turnover of around £250,000 and pronounced that there was a probability of going into business with Cuellar in a prolonged tenure to open a slicing residence somewhere in Europe.

He said: “The emporium has been renouned given environment adult in a Metrocentre, with shoppers fervent to have a demeanour during a trinket as good as a lax diamonds.

“Although there are still problems inspiring many tools of a high street, we have been propitious in that my products have hold adult and are something people still aspire to.”

Baker is now in talks with Cuellar to move a modern, US tradition over to a UK, that would see him make solid rings for sports stars and managers who have won trophies during a season.

He said: “Mr Cuellar has pronounced that he would pattern a ring for an English manager to see if a tradition takes off over here, that would be great.”