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 London Jewellery School is delighted to announce a new programme – student jeweller of the month, and we invite applications.  Each month we will be showcasing the work of one student including exhibiting their work in our London studios as well as featuring them on our popular blog, instagram and other social media.  Who is eligible? […]

There are many competitions and challenges out there that you can get involved in whether you are a beginner jewellery maker or advanced but are they a good idea? LJS tutor Anna Campbell argues why you should give them a try To work to a theme Competitions often have a theme or some restrictions, for […]

In August we ran our 2016 Jewellery Maker of the Year competition and were overwhelmed by the outstanding entries!  And so many of you have been wanting to know more about our winners and what inspired their winning pieces!  So today we are talking to Kim Styles of Kim Styles Jewellery about her Morganite and […]

Just in case you missed our recent Facebook Post, the winners of the 2016 Jewellery Maker of the Year Competition have been announced! Huge congratulations to our winner, Vlad Zoldak! Vlad is officially the London Jeweller School Jewellery Maker of the Year 2016 for the stunning ‘Interstellar Ring’!!!  Our judging panel were utterly amazed by Vlad’s beautiful […]

Wow, we have been overwhelmed by all of the beautiful entries submitted to our 2016 Maker of the Year Competition!  You are all a talented bunch!  Thank you to everyone who entered and shared their beautiful work with us! It was so hard choosing our short-list of candidates!   We absolutely love each and every […]

We are so excited about launching our competition to find the London Jewellery School Maker of the Year 2016!  Taking part is a great chance to promote your work, get exposure and, of course, bag some fab prizes. The competition is open to everyone – you don’t need to have taken a Class with us – […]

Would like to have one of your designs sold on the high street to a wide audience Each year high street jeweller F. Hinds runs a competition to find new jewellery designers to create pieces to be sold in F. Hinds stores and online. This years competition is open to all with fourcategories: current designers, […]

Following the launch of London Jewellery School Online, we’d like to hear your views on online learning to help us plan future courses and improvements to what we offer. So we are hoping that you will spare us five minutes to complete a short survey. Two participants with win an LJS Online course of their […]

The PMC Studio is offering the chance for three people to win metal clay goodies this summer. If you work in metal clay all you have to do is post a picture of your favourite piece you’ve made (or pieces there’s no limit) to the PMC Studio Facebook page by 15 September 2015. All entries […]

I-beads is offering budding jewellery designers a chance to  have their work seen during London Jewellery Week through an exciting competition – Crystal Glam 2013 –  that LJS is delighted to be supporting. Designers are invited to create a glamorous piece of jewellery or fashion accessory made with products from the Swarovski Elements Fancy Stone […]

Last week we gave you a quick round-up of some of the major fashion trends in jewellery this spring as well as creating a Pinterest board featuring some pieces to inspire you. They include primary and neon colours like lemon and poppy red, big “gems”, dramatic statement pieces and tribal and animal print influences. Now […]

Over the past few weeks we’ve been asking you to share photographs of your Valentine’s Day inspired jewellery. There’s been a tremenduous response and you can see all the entries here. There were lots of interesting ideas about the meaning of different gemstones and what “love” makes you think about. It was a difficult choice but […]

Don’t forget that if you have been creating any love themed jewellery for Valentine’s Day we want to see your pieces. If you have created a beautiful love themed piece why not share it by emailing a picture and some details to press@londonjewelleryschool.co.uk by midnight on 2 February. We’ll post all the entries, along with […]

Valentine’s Day is only a few weeks away and we suspect a few of you are making or planning some romantic jewellery. So it seemed the perfect theme for our next jewellery making competition. If you have created a beautiful love themed piece why not share it by emailing a picture and some details to […]

Halloween and Bonfire Night are over so the High Street is entering full Christmas mode and jewellery makers everywhere are thinking about gifts – whether to sell or family and friends. So the only possible theme for this months competition is Christmas jewellery. What jewellery have you made that is inspired by Christmas? The prize […]

In September we ran a competition to win a professional jewellery photography shoot from photographer and LJS tutor Matt Cheetham.  The winner was Kim Styles with a silver and prehenite ring featuring flowers and vines. Above is Matt’s final picture of the ring and below Kim’s original. The ring looked attractive in the original picture […]

London Jewellery School recently collaborated with the Guild of Jewellery Designers to provide the prize for a mixed media jewellery design competition. The range and quality of the entries was amazing, making it incredibly hard to judge. But this necklace from Camali Design using silver and car paint was a big hit with all the […]

Congratulations to Faye Billington who’s “Blood Brooch” is the winner of our Halloween jewellery competition. We were very impressed with the drama of the blood drops and the clever use of polymer clay. It must look stunning on. Faye has won a jewellery making bundle from Beads Direct worth over £100 – we look forward […]

This month’s jewellery making competition prize is a bumper bundle worth over £100 from Beads Direct. There is so much in it we thought it was worth a closer look: Beads Even we don’t know what’s in the big bead hamper because Beads Direct want to retain some mystery. But when is opening a surprise […]