This week we have looked at lots of aspect of running a jewellery business. Now London Jewellery School founder Jessica Rose talks about ways to pull them together to create your business plan. Business planning is important and it is useful to do a full plan with all the different sections covering your market research, […]

On Thursday evening London Jewellery School founder and award-winning entrepreneur Jessica Rose answered your questions on Facebook. In two posts today we bring you a selection of questions and answers from the live Q&A. QUESTION: I am in the process of selling my jewellery on Etsy do I need to take out insurance? As the […]

To show that good business advice is timeless, we have revived this blog by Clare Yarwood-White from the archives of the 2013 Jewellery Business Week. Having sold her own jewellery business Clare now helps other creative businesses through her blog at createacraftbusiness.com and writes regularly on business issues. In a special guest blog for LJS […]

Make sure you take your chance to get business advice directly from multi-award winning business woman and London Jewellery School founder Jessica Rose as part of Jewellery Business Week. Jessica will be answering your questions live on our Facebook page between 6 and 8pm on Thursday 6 February. All you have to do is click […]

Almost exactly three years since Sarah Burnett-Moore first attended  London Jewellery School as a jewellery novice, she is teaching with the school and writing a book about soutache jewellery. In that time she has completed both the Diploma in Creative Jewellery and the Advanced Jewellery Diploma. So we decided to ask her about how jewellery […]

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 […]

Baz Luhrman‘s film version of F Scott Fitzgerald‘s The Great Gatsby finally opens this week to flurry of fashion pieces on the flapper look. And here at LJS we’ve also fallen under the spell of some of the fabulous Tiffany jewellery worn by Carey Mulligan as Daisy. The pieces designed by Tiffany & Co  in […]

Entrepreneurship in the Creative Sector  An Evening with Jessica Rose Wednesday 29 May       7pm-9pm Jessica Rose doesn’t just talk about growing a business, she puts what she says into practice every day growing London Jewellery School from a few classes to an expanding internationally recognised brand in just four years. Now, in a a special […]

At London Jewellery School we’re very lucky to have wonderful independent jewellers as tutors for our classes. Now there is a chance to see some of their own work at the Desire Fair in London’s Kensington Conference Centre on 15 to 17 March. Five tutors will be exhibiting some of their work on our stand […]

Guest blogger Laura McCreddie, editor of Retail Jeweller, takes a look at some of the things budding jewellery designers should think about in 2013. There has never been a more exciting time to be a jewellery designer in the UK. Consumers and the fashion press are starting to show an interest in jewellery as a […]

  Hayley Kruger sells her own statement jewellery designs under the Hayley Kruger Adornment brand as well as teaching a range of classes including  beading and leather jewellery  at the London Jewellery School. She is also one of the presenters on the videos for our distance learning business course. What motivated you to start your […]

One for your Christmas lists, perhaps. The Metal Clay Techniques Book by Sue Heaser is an encyclopedia of metal clay techniques from the basics through to ring making, bangles and bracelets, lockets and hinges, combined metal clays and mokume gane, sculpting, linking, and chain making. And among its illustrations of great metal clay work are […]

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 […]

Elizabeth Bone, who teaches silver at LJS , will be exhibiting her new work using oxidised silver and silk at the 30th annual Goldsmiths’ Fair  from Monday 24th to Sunday 30th of September 2012. You’ll find her on stand 56. If you love jewellery don’t miss out on a great opportunity to see the work of […]

Where does your inspiration come from? The jewellery designer behind Some Beautiful Place has created a blog where they shares images of the jewellery and the things that influence his or her work. From the south of France to beautiful sunsets and vintage images the blog is a riot of colour and beauty as well […]

Tutor Sima Vaziry has launched a new website showcasing her jewellery collections including those commissioned specially for the British Museum in London such as the Hope lapis bracelet pictured here. Inspired by her Middle Eastern heritage and featuring silver, gold and gemstones, Sima’s collections show how starting out in jewellery by taking short courses can […]

This week we are shining the LJS spotlight on the extremely talented and inspirational Jeweller and tutor Elizabeth Bone. Elizabeth is inspired by all things modernist, architecture and interesting collected objects, all of which comes across clearly in her work which consists largely of silver, gold and precious metal designer pieces. After studying a BA […]