Celebrating 18 Years of Uneik Jewellery: A Leader in Australian Fingerprint and Memorial Jewellery
For 18 years, Uneik Jewellery has been transforming fingerprints, handwriting, precious prints and cremation ashes into deeply personal jewellery.
What began as a passion for creating jewellery with genuine meaning has developed into a highly specialised Australian business. Today, we are proud to be recognised as a leader in fingerprint jewellery, personalised jewellery and memorial jewellery in Australia.
That position has not been built through mass production or passing trends. It has grown from years of specialist experience, careful craftsmanship and the trust placed in us by families during some of life’s happiest and most difficult moments.
Every piece we create represents a real person, pet, relationship or memory. That understanding continues to guide how we work, how we care for precious prints and ashes, and how we support each customer through the process.
What Does Uneik Jewellery Specialise In?
Uneik Jewellery creates handcrafted jewellery featuring:
- Fingerprints and thumbprints
- Baby and child handprints
- Baby footprints
- Pawprints and other petprints
- Pet noseprints
- Names and initials
- Signatures and handwriting
- Human cremation ashes
- Pet cremation ashes
Our collection includes rings, signet rings, pendants, necklaces, bracelets, bangles, beads, earrings, charms and keyrings.
Selected designs are available in Sterling Silver or solid 9ct yellow, rose or white gold. Our personalised keyrings are handcrafted exclusively in Sterling Silver.
Every piece is individually made in our regional Victorian studio.
Eighteen Years of Creating Jewellery with Meaning
Over the past 18 years, personalised jewellery has changed considerably. New technology has made it easier to reproduce images, names and prints, while online shopping has made personalised products more accessible.
However, the heart of what we do has remained the same.
We believe truly personal jewellery should preserve more than an image. It should capture a genuine connection and become a lasting part of the wearer’s story.
A child’s tiny handprint can bring back memories of their earliest years. A parent’s fingerprint can preserve the touch of a hand once held. A handwritten message can carry the personality of the person who wrote it. A pet’s pawprint or noseprint can honour years of companionship and unconditional love.
These are not simply decorative details. They are personal marks that could belong to no one else.
What Makes Uneik Jewellery a Leader in Australia?
Being a leader in personalised and memorial jewellery is not simply about how long we have been creating it. For us, leadership means combining experience, specialised craftsmanship, transparency and genuine care.
Eighteen Years of Specialist Experience
Personalised print and memorial jewellery requires skills that extend beyond traditional jewellery making. Every print is different, and each needs to be assessed and prepared individually.
During our 18 years, we have worked with fingerprints of different sizes and clarity, tiny baby handprints and footprints, pet pawprints, noseprints, handwriting, signatures and irreplaceable memorial prints.
That experience helps us recognise the most important details in each print and thoughtfully adapt them to the chosen jewellery.
Prints That Become Part of the Jewellery
Uneik Jewellery does not simply laser engrave a print onto the surface of a completed piece.
Your fingerprint, handprint, footprint, pawprint, name or handwriting is incorporated into the jewellery before the metal is poured using the lost-wax casting process. This produces a deeper, tactile design that becomes part of the finished piece rather than sitting only on its surface.
The result is jewellery that allows you to both see and feel the personal details it carries.
Fingerprints Preserved at Their True Size
Every fingerprint is naturally unique, and we believe its natural proportions should be respected.
At Uneik Jewellery, fingerprints are never shrunk or enlarged. If a fingerprint is too large for the selected piece, it is carefully trimmed to suit the shape of the jewellery while retaining the most distinctive and interesting details.
Larger prints, including handprints, footprints and petprints, are proportionally reduced so the complete print can be represented within the jewellery.
Thoughtful and Transparent Memorial Jewellery
Creating jewellery from the print or ashes of someone who has died carries an enormous responsibility. Customers are trusting us with something precious and often irreplaceable.
Human and pet cremation ashes are always handled carefully and respectfully. A small amount of ashes, sometimes called cremains, is combined with resin and set into the selected jewellery. The ashes are not mixed into molten metal or cast as part of the gold or silver.
Depending on the design, customers can choose a clear finish that allows the ashes to remain visible, add subtle colour or opal inclusions, or select a solid colour for a more private memorial.
We also provide production photographs showing the ashes being added to every piece. These images offer reassurance and create a meaningful record of how the memorial jewellery was made.
Jewellery for Human and Pet Memories
The loss of a pet can be every bit as significant as the loss of any other family member. For this reason, our memorial collection honours both people and animals.
We create pet memorial jewellery using pawprints, noseprints and cremation ashes. These details can be transformed into jewellery that celebrates a pet still sharing your life or remembers a much-loved companion who has died.
Whether the memory belongs to a person or pet, it is treated with the same care, respect and understanding.
More Than Memorial Jewellery
Although many Uneik Jewellery pieces are created in memory of someone who has died, personalised jewellery is not only about loss.
Our jewellery also celebrates:
- New babies and growing families
- Birthdays and anniversaries
- Weddings and partnerships
- Mother’s Day and Father’s Day
- Grandparents and grandchildren
- Family milestones
- Special friendships
- Beloved pets
- Personal achievements and life events
A baby footprint necklace, a ring featuring a partner’s fingerprint or a pendant carrying a child’s handwriting can become a treasured reminder of a particular stage of life.
The same piece may eventually become a family heirloom, carrying its story into the next generation.
How Is Personalised Jewellery Created?
The process varies slightly between products, but generally follows several careful stages.
1. Choose Your Jewellery
Select your preferred ring, pendant, necklace, bracelet, bangle, bead, earring, charm or keyring. Available metal and personalisation options are shown with each design.
2. Provide Your Print or Ashes
You may upload a suitable print you already have or capture a new print using one of our collection kits. Existing prints from cards, childhood artwork or hospital keepsakes may also be suitable.
For ashes jewellery, only a small amount of human or pet cremation ashes is required. Instructions are provided to help you send them securely.
3. Review the Design
For print jewellery, a digital proof can be requested. Once the print is received, we prepare the proposed layout and send it for approval before production begins.
4. Your Jewellery Is Handcrafted
Prints, names or handwriting are incorporated into the jewellery before casting. The individual mould is printed, the metal is poured, and the piece is carefully polished and finished by hand.
For ashes jewellery, the cremation ashes are combined with resin and carefully added to the completed jewellery design.
5. Your Keepsake Is Returned to You
Once complete, your jewellery is securely packaged and sent with tracking, ready to be worn, gifted or treasured.
Handcrafted in Regional Victoria
Remaining closely involved in the creation of every piece is important to us. Uneik Jewellery is not an anonymous mass-production business. Each order has a name, a story and a reason behind it.
Working from our regional Victorian studio allows us to maintain care and attention throughout the process—from reviewing a print and preparing the design to casting, polishing and completing the finished jewellery.
It also means customers can communicate with someone who understands both the practical process and the emotional significance of what they are creating.
Looking Towards the Future
After 18 years, we remain just as inspired by the meaning behind each order as we were at the beginning.
We will continue developing thoughtful ways to preserve fingerprints, handprints, footprints, petprints, handwriting and cremation ashes. We will also continue helping families understand their options before an important print or memory is lost.
Technology and jewellery styles will keep evolving, but the reason people choose personalised jewellery will remain beautifully human: we want to feel connected to the people and animals we love.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Uneik Jewellery made in Australia?
Yes. Uneik Jewellery is individually handcrafted in our regional Victorian studio. We have specialised in personalised and memorial jewellery for 18 years.
What is fingerprint jewellery?
Fingerprint jewellery is created using the actual fingerprint or thumbprint of someone special. At Uneik Jewellery, the print is incorporated into the design before casting, creating a deeper and more tactile result than surface engraving.
Can you create jewellery from an old fingerprint?
Yes, provided there is enough visible detail. We may be able to use fingerprints from cards, documents or other treasured keepsakes. This is particularly valuable when creating jewellery in memory of someone who has died.
Can I use a handprint, footprint or petprint?
Yes. We create jewellery from baby and child handprints, footprints, pawprints and pet noseprints. Larger prints are proportionally reduced to fit the selected jewellery while preserving their unique shape and character.
What is cremation ashes jewellery?
Cremation ashes jewellery contains a small amount of human or pet ashes, also known as cremains. The ashes are carefully combined with resin and set into the chosen jewellery design.
Can the ashes be hidden?
Yes. Depending on the design, you may choose clear resin that shows the ashes, subtle inclusions, or a solid colour that keeps the ashes more discreet.
What metals are available?
Selected designs are available in Sterling Silver and solid 9ct yellow, rose or white gold. Personalised keyrings are available in Sterling Silver only.
Why choose Uneik Jewellery?
Uneik Jewellery offers 18 years of specialised experience, Australian craftsmanship, tactile cast print designs, true-to-size fingerprints and a transparent process for human and pet ashes jewellery. Most importantly, every piece is created with respect for the memory and connection it represents.
Eighteen Years of Precious Connections
Reaching 18 years is a milestone we are incredibly proud of, but it belongs just as much to the families who have trusted us with their stories.
Every fingerprint, tiny footprint, handwritten message, pawprint and memorial piece has become part of the Uneik Jewellery story.
Thank you for allowing us to preserve your most precious connections. We look forward to creating meaningful Australian personalised and memorial jewellery for many more years to come.
