Workshop of Wonders
Behind the doors of her Mayfair townhouse, New Zealand-born diamond jeweler Jessica McCormack has built a space where craft and imagination takes flight. At 7 Carlos Place, the basement workshop has been remodeled through the lens of wonderment that occupies each floor of the flagship site, playing with color, uniformity and industrial features to pour the Jessica McCormack ethos into its every facet.
As a home for hand-craftsmanship, where technical sketches are realized as exceptional wearable diamonds, the redesign honors the long legacy of the jewelry-making craft – and respected techniques, taught and passed down through generations. In short film Workshop of Wonders, created with Jessica McCormack, director Tom Dream turns the focus on the workshop and the magic that unfolds within its walls, capturing a fantastical space where practical and visionary elements collide under an aesthetic eye.
While a character ensemble of mounters, setters, polishers, product developers and apprentices perform the intricate processes behind a diamond ring’s creation, the space evolves into something more surreal, where fantasy and reality merge. As the Tilted Pear Diamond Button Back Ring is brought to life, the film hones in on the tilted setting as a Jessica McCormack house signature, epitomizing its off-kilter approach to resetting classic designs. An introduction to Jessica McCormack, her craftspeople, and the impeccable work that materializes against design-led surroundings, Workshop of Wonders proves this is no ordinary workshop – much like the unimaginable diamond jewelry that emerges from its benches.
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