If you really want to see what can be achieved with beads, take a look at BeadSmith’s annual Battle of the BeadSmith. Each year the company invites bead artists to participate in a single elimination beading “tournament”. The artists have approximately eight weeks to design, create, photograph, and present an original piece off wearable beadwork […]

Congratulations to Rosie Sanders who won the new designer of the year category at the UK Jewellery Awards at the Tower of London this week. Rosie, who teaches silver and wood jewellery classes at London Jewellery School, beat other up-and-coming jewellers Kristjan Eyjolfsson, Sara Gunn, Phoebe Sherwood-Moore, Cara Tonkin, Charlotte Valkeniers and Tessa Packard.   […]

At London Jewellery School we like to share any opportunities to enter the jewellery business that we hear of. Internship at IBB (London) on the design and development desk International Bullion & Metal Brokers (IBB) is an international group of companies whose core business in the manufacture, distribution and marketing of gold, diamond and silver […]

I wrote a blog post a few weeks ago about the finalists for the Saul Bell Design Award, a jewellery design competition which awards design, ‘an original vision, a fresh take on traditional methods and materials and a mastery of your craft’ The award is split into six categories: Gold/platinum Silver/argentium Metal clay Enamel Holloware […]

We have now completed the line-up for the Jewellery Talks Evening at London Jewellery School on Thursday 28 May from 6.30pm. Our third speaker will be bespoke jewellery artist Ellie Stickland. Ellie specialises in creating illustrations and technical drawings, as well as 3D models, of jewellery pieces, taking concepts for final designs and then works […]

Metal clay artist and tutor Anna Campbell has a look at the finalists for the prestigious Saul Bell Award I look forward to the Saul Bell Design Award each year because of the beautiful designs and artistry of the shortlisted pieces. The award is split into six categories, with five finalists per category (seven finalists […]

At the London Jewellery School we are often asked the following questions: How can I find out about internships and jewellery job opportunities? Where can I find a jeweller’s bench/workshop to rent? How do I find out about maker commissions and jewellery fairs? Obviously, we try to let students know about any internships, etc, we […]

National Beading Week, 25 July to 2 August 2015, is a new event for the UK bring beaders together and supporting bead traders all over the country. And London Jewellery School will be supporting the initiative by encouraging more people to take up beadwork in all its variety. Individual beaders and beading groups all over […]

Tutor Anna Campbell writes about her experience teaching the new soldering metal clay class. This week I taught the first of a new class, ‘soldering in metal clay‘. I originally pitched the class idea to Sunita, the manager at London  Jewellery School, because I feel there are a significant number of metal clay jewellery makers […]

In the fashion debates about the red carpet looks at this year’s Oscars, two beaded necklaces have been grabbing all the jewellery coverage. And they are a look you can reproduce even if you don’t have design houses and stylists flinging couture at you. Cate Blanchett’s turquoise and crystal cluster necklace has universally been hailed […]

  At London Jewellery School we are constantly reviewing our classes and trying to innovate to ensure that the courses we offer suit you and provide the best jewellery making experience possible. To do this we need your help. Please take a couple of minutes to complete our customer suvery, here. All responses will be […]

Would you like to meet a range of jewellery making suppliers, browse their wares, take advantage of exclusive discounts and network with other jewellers plus enjoy a glass or two of wine? In that case we have good news for you. The London Jewellery School Supplier and Networking Evening is back. On the evening of […]

Those influential folks at Pantone have spoken. It seems that 2015 is all about brown. Well “Marsala” in fact, a rich and full-bodied red-brown like the fortified wine it is named after. After the bright emeralds, citruses and purples of recent years, marsala has split the fashion and design commentators with some dismissing it as […]

Do you make jewellery out of metal clay? Do you sometime lack the motivation to carry on making? Why not join the metal clay Facebook challenge for 2015? There have been a few jewellery maker challenges on Flickr and Facebook over the last couple of years and they have helped artists, whether beginners or more […]

One of the highlights of London Jewellery School working with Shesto’s Jewel Tool brand is visiting the company’s office or rather the “tool room”. There really is a room full of tools for jewellery, model making and cake decorating – and you find a lot of cross over between the crafts. It is really fun […]

  Wishing you a fantastic 2015 from the London Jewellery School Team. We hope the new year brings you all you wish for and plenty of jewellery making. We hope to see you soon at our studios. Happy making The LJS team    

Lego may seem an unusual topic for this blog, but after a group of London Jewellery School staff and tutors went to The Art of The Brick exhibition, taking place on Brick Lane near our studios, we felt inspired about our making as well as small plastic bricks. The Art of Brick is by Nathan […]

Tutor Anna Campbell writes about our new metal clay class – soldering on metal clay. The silver clay classes are one of my favourite to teach. It’s so exciting when someone torch fires their clay for the first time and it turns into silver. And silver clay is one of the most popular mediums that […]

Here is a great opportunity to get your jewellery ideas out to a mass audience. High street jeweller F. Hinds and International Jewellery London (IJL) has launched a competition to find new jewellery designers to create pieces to be sold in F. Hinds stores and online. The competition is open to all with five categories: […]

Although you may imagine that the majority of our students are female (and you would be correct) we do have more and more men attending our classes. Tutor Anna Campbell spoke to two students to find out more about their work.  I am a tutor and mentor for the one year Diploma in Creative Jewellery […]