We are LOVING wax carved jewellery at the moment but what can you make when you’ve mastered the technique? Here is some inspiration from our talented tutors and students to get you thinking. (And here is a blog post from our own Lil Adams on what wax carving is and how casting works in case […]

We interviewed LJS metal clay tutor Julia Rai about her exciting first book ‘Making metal clay jewellery’   Julia Rai is an artist, writer and teacher working predominately in metal clay. She has a teaching studio based just outside St Austell in Cornwall, UK and is a visiting tutor at the London Jewellery School. Well […]

With christmas just around the corner we asked some of our staff what is on their jewellery making christmas list!   Jessica Rose – Founder Source etsy: https://www.etsy.com/market/aquamarine_beads ‘Gemstones! I love working with gemstone beads, particularly citrine, blue topaz, aquamarine …’   Anna Campbell – Tutor Source: http://www.metalclay.co.uk/jooltool/ Jool Tool and metal clay bead builders ‘After a visit to […]

So last week I posted about week 1 of my 5 week Wax Carving Evening Class at the London Jewellery School.  We have now had our second week of our class and it is fair to say that we were all getting into the swing of things and powering forward with our designs!  Some of us […]

I have been a silversmith for almost 7 years now, and have learned my trade exclusively through short courses including many of the London Jewellery School’s courses.  I love the fact that there is always a new skill or technique to learn in jewellery making as it is such a vast subject, and try and […]

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 […]

Here at the London Jewellery School, all of our tutors are highly trained in a wide number of jewellery making techniques.  And they all love sharing their knowledge, skills and passion with the next generation of jewellery makers and artists.  Tutor, Anna Campbell, has created a short video tutorial on how to make a beaded […]

In March this year tutor Anna Campbell wrote on the blog about her thoughts about renting a jewellery studio versus working from home. She now has an update! Whether to rent a jewellery studio or work from home was an issue that was at the forefront of my mind when I wrote the blog post […]

Some of you may have already seen me sitting behind the desk typing away in the LJS office.  I’m the Deputy Manager at the LJS studios and I also make my own jewellery, under the name of ‘Anvil and Ivy’.  Juggling a jewellery business and a job can be tricky, but I wouldn’t change a […]

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’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 […]

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.   […]

Did anyone else feel the need to clean their house on new year’s eve? I know many people were having parties, seeing fireworks, having fun while I was slaving over a hot vacuum cleaner but I had this compulsion to see in the new year in a tidy, clean home. (Which perhaps says a little […]

We’ve had a few new tutors join us in recent months, so we thought it was about time you met some of them, starting with Helen Walls who teaches beading and fashion jewellery. What sort of jewellery do you make and teach? I like to use a wide range of materials in my work, from […]

There’s a new addition to the wide range of London Jewellery School taster classes and this one is quite mouthwatering – jewellery based on some of our favourite sweet treats. Polymer clay specialist Bella Skye is joining the ranks of the LJS tutors with a class on creating “sweetie jewellery” including Oreo pendants and Love […]

“There are no such things as mistakes – only learning experiences”. Every jewellery business will face setbacks and have things go wrong, it is part of life but you can prepare yourself by learning from other people’s experiences. With this in mind London Jewellery School asked some of the designers it works with to share […]

London Jewellery School tutor and jewellery designer Anna Campbell reveals how social media can help you know more about what your customers think and get them to help you make decisions. As a designer/maker I can feel a little isolated. I’m sure there are times when you feel the same. Often I am working alone […]

London Jewellery School tutor Gail Florio provides a step by step guide to making these diamond shaped Swarovski earrings with blood red heart in simple bead and wire weave -perfect for a Valentine’s Day date. And it’s just one of many free jewellery making projects you can find on our website. Gail is a beader […]

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 […]