Reduce, re-use and recycle. The modern day mantra to save the planet as best we can from the shocking perils of humans living and consuming stuff. Recycling, in general, has some fairly depressing stats about its effectiveness, so reduction is definitely the way forward. We may all be doing the best we can to keep […]

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 […]

The A-level results are out today and for those picking up your envelope, we really hope you got the results you wanted. Whether you are just getting your results, have completed a Foundation course or are thinking of retraining we wanted to let you know that you don’t need a jewellery degree to learn how […]

Exciting news if you have a jewellery business or are thinking of starting one. Our award-winning founder and serial entrepreneur Jessica Rose will be running four live FREE masterclass sessions on building an online jewellery store that sells. Has it been on your to-do list forever? Or perhaps you have a website but it isn’t […]

Hi everyone. In case we haven’t met I’m Jessica Rose the Founder of the London Jewellery School. I wanted to hop onto the blog today to let you know about a great new opportunity and to encourage you to apply… I have just launched a grant programme called JewelFund. It is specifically designed to support […]

The new year is a brilliant time to look forward to your plans for the year/s ahead and the direction you want to take your jewellery making and… well, your life in general. If you run or are planning to start a jewellery business there are many things you can do to push yourself forward […]

Fancy giving to a good cause with a chance to win fabulous Jewellery making prizes? Well yes, obviously, me too. Here at the Jewellery School we are running an exciting online raffle from now until Sunday 22nd October 2017, for just a pound a ticket to raise money for the victims of Grenfell Tower fire. […]

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 […]

How jewellery will save the planet! What a relief. I was wondering who would do it. (All my hopes were on Leonardo Di Caprio) Although jewellery is often inspired by the natural world there is often little opportunity to give back to mother earth. Last year Dutch artist Daan Roosegaarde invented a way of creating […]

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 […]

A couple of weeks ago LJS received a parcel from Metal Clay Ltd with a preview packet of the not yet available to buy Art Clay 950. Metal clay tutor Anna Campbell was very excited to have a go with it!   Art Clay 950 is a new formula of clay that is also being […]

We are very excited to announce that Art Clay are releasing a new sterling silver clay Art Clay 950 on 1st September! Metal clay tutor, Anna Campbell, gives you the low down.   What is it? This is a new product from Art Clay, one of the two main suppliers of silver clay in the world.  Silver […]

  Tutor Anna Campbell will be hosting our first ever Metal Clay Guided Workshop on Thursday 30th June, but what is it? Would you love to work on your own silver clay projects in our well equipped workshop with an expert tutor on hand? Do you find you achieve more during a class than you […]

Three of our tutors work from their jewellery studios at Craft Central, near Farringdon/St Pauls stations. They will be participating in the open studio event coming up, Made in Clerkenwell and invite you to come and nose around the studios!   What is Made in Clerkenwell? Made in Clerkenwell ‘is a bi-annual celebration of Craft […]

LJS tutor Penny Akester started the Pass It Along jewellery challenge this year. But what is it?   The Pass It Along project is a group jewellery making challenge – it was open to any jeweller who was interested in challenging themselves. It is designed to enable unexpected and unplanned collaboration between makers – to […]

We are getting very excited at the school because Jessica Rose will be featuring in a new show for Create and Craft TV to air on 10 March. The show, London Jewellery School, will see Jessica demonstrating metal clay techniques and introducing this magical material to the Create and Craft TV audience. Viewers will be […]

Cooksongold are holding a special event for a limited number London Jewellery School students on Tuesday 16th February when they will be offering the following: Discounted rates on tools, materials etc (please remember to bring your LJS Student Card with you) Demos of tools Guest Speaker – William Cheshire Marcia Lanyon will be there with […]

We’ve all heard of people running or cycling to raise money for good causes, but London Jewellery School tutor Sarah Burnett-Moore has set herself a beading challenge that also requires a lot of effort as she explains here: “I was diagnosed with breast cancer for the second time last year (after nearly ten years), and […]

Pantone are the self styled ‘global authority on color’ and their announcements are taken seriously in the fashion marketplace. The colours of the year for 2016 are rose quartz and serenity. Completing her look at the colours of the year  LJS tutor Anna Campbell looks at some jewellery inspiration for the second of these colour […]

Pantone are the self styled ‘global authority on color’ and their announcements are taken seriously in the fashion marketplace. The colours of the year for 2016 (there are two of them this year) are rose quartz and serenity. These are likely to be well represented in fashion so having jewellery that matches (whether to wear […]