So if you have been following my weekly diary of my 5 week Wax Carving Evening Class at the London Jewellery School you will know that after week 1 and week 2 we are getting close to finishing our first projects and spent most of week 3 refining and finishing our designs so our waxes were as perfect as possible before being […]

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 […]

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 […]

Diploma in Creative Jewellery student Tracy Stressing explains how learning about design and mood boards has changed her perspective on the jewellery she creates. I have always had a passion for making jewellery and from the first week, I knew I was going to enjoy the diploma. But it is also challenging. In the first […]

Diploma in Creative Jewellery student Gary Schofield tells how his first day on the course was an inspiring step into the unknown Week one, first day; I find myself in an all-female environment, threading beads on strings, totally out of my comfort zone and terrified. Beading I believed, was not my penchant and most certainly […]

What will your jewellery look be this spring? Have you been looking to the catwalks for inspiration. At LJS we’ve been taking a look to see what’s leading the way. It seems for this spring and summer the key words are bright, big and bold. A browse through the magazine and fashion blogs brings up […]