The King Street metal shop, run by Gillian Kilgour and Vincent Bonaddio, makes memorial jewelry and urns to hold ashes.

When Sydney jeweler Gillian Kilgour’s good friend Zwele was diagnosed with cancer in 2019, he asked her to make a pendant for his wife. This was not a standard commission.

First, the words and symbols of the couple’s favorite songs were written on the 18-karat gold necklace. The reverse also featured an ornate star and “Z” accented with diamonds. But perhaps its most unusual feature was a chamber designed to hold his ashes when he eventually died, which he did a year later.

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