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John Calleija

John Calleija

Founder and designer of Calleija Jewellers, an award-winning Australian high-jewellery house specialising in Argyle pink diamonds.

Aug 5, 2026

18:40
from that you know resource
18:41
okay but i just think also a lot of our training in australia is to create beautiful pieces now it doesn't matter whether it's completely handmade or it's cadded uh there's a place for that everywhere it's it's you know it's it's technology It's about as far as I like technology to go.
19:05
I'm not much of a fan of AI and never will be.
19:08
But there's each to their own.
19:11
Different designers and drillers who may really embrace AI, I will never.
19:17
and don't want to I just figured if it doesn't come from the mind from your own original creativity as an artist it's not coming from anywhere you know when an artist puts pen to paper or brush to canvas AI is not doing that it's their mind and their imagination and it's the same for us in jewelry so I'm not criticizing I'm just saying that's my point of view And I'm not saying that, you know, for those who work with AI and everything else.
19:47
I just believe that it has to come from your mind and your head because any artist or anyone who's creative, whether they be a writer or an actor or a painter or a drawer or whatever, whatever furniture maker when you are actually creating and you take the time and make the time to let your imagination run free and just start working putting pen to paper whether it be drawing writing whatever you feel an inner happiness that you cannot get any other way because that's what you were born to do.
25:22
What still fascinates you about diamonds after all these years of working with them and different colours? What still fascinates you?

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