The weather has well and truly turned. Looking out the jewellery school windows we can see the “Gherkin” and other London landmarks wreathed in grey cloud instead of sparkling in the late burst of sunshine. And we wouldn’t dare nip to the shop without a brolly. But even if it is grey and damp outside, […]

Hannah Colvin recently completed the Diploma in Creative Jewellery. Here she talks about how she went from complete beginner to a jewellery designer taking commissions in silver and gold in just one year. I have always loved and had a passion for jewellery and its design but I had never made anything before I started […]

This week a jeweller told us on Twitter how inspiring they found Autumn because of the colours the leaves turn. So that has prompted a look at autumn leaf jewellery.  Copper metal clay and fold formed copper are obvious choices for creating leaves in autumnal shades but it is striking how many jewellers are using […]

One of our Jewellery Design and Business Diploma students recently had a wax carved ring cast and plated in a variety of metals and when we looked at the results a number of the London Jewellery School staff agreed that the version plated in black rhodium was particularly striking. This, of course, got us thinking. […]

Kate Korn is among our first cohort of students to graduate from the Diploma in Jewellery Design and Business. The attendance for this course is one day per week for twenty weeks and has been devised so that term one focuses on jewellery design and term tow focuses on jewellery business. Kate talks about her […]

London Jewellery School founder Jessica Rose‘s first jewellery making book, Bead and Wire Fashion Jewelry , is about to hit the shops, so we decided to ask her about how it came about and what it is like to produce a book.   Tell us a little about the book and where the idea came from […]

London Jewellery School tutor Anna Campbell reviews a sumptuous new jewellery book that takes a look at the less seen side of jewellery.   Jewellery artist Lorena Angulo did not start out with the idea of writing a book. She was interested in the backs of jewellery, particularly brooches. How did others make the pin […]

Jewellery that moves, has hidden compartments or can be worn in different ways all adds a certain degree of playfulness to your jewellery and we love it! Here are a few examples of our favourite kinetic pieces & the jewellers who make them:  Alan Ardiff Alan is an Irish jeweller who creates stunning, quirky and […]

This is the first in an occasion series of post where London Jewellery School staff, tutors and perhaps even students tell us about their favourite jewellery books or review new ones. Today’s post is from Emily Jones, the school’s deputy manager and a self-confessed polymer clay addict. I love making jewellery and other things with […]

Anna Campbell tells us why she never wants to stop learning. I met my first serious boyfriend at university when I did my undergraduate degree. Among other things he called me a ‘paper chaser’, someone who loves the validation of a certificate. We split up years ago when I had one degree. I do now […]

For the London Jewellery School team, one of the best things is watching former students progress in the jewellery industry. Today we catch up with former Jewellery Business Bootcamp student Katie Wallace of Katie’s Bike. How did you get into jewellery making? I started making jewellery when I was little – I can’t even remember how […]

Debbie Carlton is an amazing evangelist for both polymer and metal clay which she uses in her own jewellery, teaches and writes about. We find out how why she loves these materials so much. You work with precious metal clay and polymer clay – what attracted you to these materials? I ‘discovered’ both polymer and […]

This week we have looked at lots of aspect of running a jewellery business. Now London Jewellery School founder Jessica Rose talks about ways to pull them together to create your business plan. Business planning is important and it is useful to do a full plan with all the different sections covering your market research, […]

On Thursday evening London Jewellery School founder and award-winning entrepreneur Jessica Rose answered your questions on Facebook. In two posts today we bring you a selection of questions and answers from the live Q&A. QUESTION: I am in the process of selling my jewellery on Etsy do I need to take out insurance? As the […]

To show that good business advice is timeless, we have revived this blog by Clare Yarwood-White from the archives of the 2013 Jewellery Business Week. Having sold her own jewellery business Clare now helps other creative businesses through her blog at createacraftbusiness.com and writes regularly on business issues. In a special guest blog for LJS […]

Make sure you take your chance to get business advice directly from multi-award winning business woman and London Jewellery School founder Jessica Rose as part of Jewellery Business Week. Jessica will be answering your questions live on our Facebook page between 6 and 8pm on Thursday 6 February. All you have to do is click […]

Almost exactly three years since Sarah Burnett-Moore first attended  London Jewellery School as a jewellery novice, she is teaching with the school and writing a book about soutache jewellery. In that time she has completed both the Diploma in Creative Jewellery and the Advanced Jewellery Diploma. So we decided to ask her about how jewellery […]

Thursday 13 February 7pm-8.30pm Linda Jones has been designing and making metal and wire jewellery for 20 years. For the last 14 years she has specialised in wirework, writing eight project books on the subject, contributing designs to magazines in the UK and US, filming online tutorials as well as demonstrating and teaching from her […]

  Hayley Kruger sells her own statement jewellery designs under the Hayley Kruger Adornment brand as well as teaching a range of classes including  beading and leather jewellery  at the London Jewellery School. She is also one of the presenters on the videos for our distance learning business course. What motivated you to start your […]