You’re invited to a unique jewellery workshop inspired by Art-deco surroundings. We’re very excited to announce that we are partnering with the Royal Institute of British Architects and will be running a beginners wax carved ring workshop in the gorgeous art-deco RIBA building. What: Wax carved ring inspired by architecture Where: RIBA, 66 Portland Place, London […]

You are invited to our open evening. There will be drinks and nibbles and the opportunity to mingle with like-minded people who live and love all things jewellery! We will also have two expert jewellery making demonstrations and the opportunity to ask questions. Sophie Arnott will be demoing Wax Carving from 6.45pm to 7.15pm Michelle […]

Never judge a book by its cover they say and certainly not on World Book Day. And especially when investigating the work of Jeremy May. Here, beneath what is bound,  a ring, a bangle or a necklace could be found. May uses a top-secret lamination technique to create bespoke pieces from a bookkeeping the original binding as […]

Halloween in the Adams Family household was never a small Thing, my personal style may have gone from Cousin Itt to Pugsley in the last 25 years but my enthusiasm for this dubious holiday has not wavered. So in the spirit of celebration of the unknown and creepy, we can also embrace the magical and […]

Hello! So back in June I wrote a little ditty to big up Creativity and Wellbeing week, but life sometimes smacks you in the face and makes you not want to tell everyone that you have struggled and are now looking back smugly from the other side. Winston Churchill spoke of his black dog of […]

You are cordially invited to the Diploma in Creative Jewellery Exhibition, but no need to RSVP, just come along for free! It’s a great opportunity to visit the school if you are thinking of taking a class with the added incentive of checking out what our most recent students have been making. Drinks and nibbles […]

Today is the day to get to the beach and get your tidy on. A depressing 4 to 12 million metric tonnes of plastic were washed out to sea in 2010 and that was set to increase to double in 10 years, so we may be almost at that sad target now. Scientists still don’t […]

This week on the blog we will be featuring some of the graduates of our Diploma in Silver Jewellery as we have a free exhibition of their work this Friday, 7th July 2017, 6.30-8pm, at our London studios. You are invited to attend! Today we feature jeweller Leonie Marks   Where do you live? I live […]

This week on the blog we will be featuring some of the graduates of our Diploma in Silver Jewellery as we have a free exhibition of their work this Friday, 7th July 2017, 6.30-8pm, at our London studios. You are invited! Today we feature jeweller Sandra McArdle Where do you live? I live in a village […]

At LJS we often get asked the same questions. How do I find out about jewellery related job opportunities? Where can I find a bench to rent? How do I know when to apply for jewellery events and fairs? Do you sometimes discover that you find out about things too late? Here are some ways […]

If you have ever been to one of our classes you will know what a fantastic bunch of tutors we have at the School who share their skills and knowledge with us, and you will have had a glimpse of the amazing jewellery they make.  So, to celebrate our lovely tutor team, we would like you […]

2017 brings us the first You Can Make It metal clay residential conference! LJS tutor Anna Campbell is among the expert teachers travelling from all over the world to teach. Here she gives you more information about the conference and how to book I’m really excited to be a part of the You Can Make […]

We hope you are all organised for Christmas – it is getting close now!  2016 has been an amazing year for us here at the London Jewellery School with our move back to Hatton Garden, new courses added to our curriculum both at the School and with our sister company Jewellery School Online!  And to thank you for […]

Make a note in your diaries of our Christmas Opening Hours!   We will be closed from 5pm on Friday 23rd December and will reopen on Wednesday 4th January at 9am inclusive to allow our hard working staff team and tutors to have a good rest over Christmas ready for a jam-packed 2017!  All emails […]

In March we featured a blog post about the Pass it Along Project, a jewellery collaboration project spearheaded and collated by LJS tutor Penny Akester to challenge jewellers to work with others from around the world on the same piece of jewellery. LJS tutors that participated include Penny Akester, Hayley Kruger, Helen Walls, Anna Campbell, […]

In August we ran our 2016 Jewellery Maker of the Year competition and were thrilled by the amazing designs entered!   So many of you wanted to know more about the designers behind the winning entries. In part 1 of this series we featured Kim Styles who won 2nd Place in the competition.  And in part 2 we spoke to Vlad Zoldak who won 1st […]

In August we ran our 2016 Jewellery Maker of the Year competition and were thrilled by the amazing designs entered!   So many of you wanted to know more about the designers behind the winning entries. In part 1 of this series we featured Kim Styles who won 2nd Place in the competition.  And today we […]

Our founder Jessica Rose teaches all of our jewellery business students that spending a little bit of your valuable time creating a plan for your business and reviewing progress regularly is fundamental to building a successful business and getting you to where you want to be.  Doing at least one thing each day for your […]

Metal clay tutor Anna Campbell made her live TV debut for the London Jewellery School on Create and Craft TV last week. She gives us a behind the scenes look at what goes into making the show   Earlier this year our founder and director Jessica Rose appeared for the first time on the shopping […]

  Exciting News!  On 1st and 2nd November 2016, London’s Goldsmiths’ Hall are hosting their extremely popular ‘Make Your Mark’ event for apprentices and students of jewellery and allied trades. Following the huge success of the events in 2014 and 2015 the event will now be extended over two days and will deliver even more inspiration, […]