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Soldering for Jewellery Making with Elizabeth Bone

Soldering for Jewellery Making with Elizabeth Bone 5 June - 3 July 2023 £260.00 5-week Course with Elizabeth Bone Five Monday Evenings, 6 – 9pm 5 June - 3 July 2023 About the course You will work through a series of silver soldering exercises and best practises to learn the principles of soldering, improve, and refine your technique and increase your confidence. We will cover technical processes, tools and torches, preparing joins to create a good fit for soldering, the use of a variety of soldering techniques including chip/pallion, sweat soldering and stick feed, how to avoid using too much

Introduction to Enamelling with Elizabeth J Campbell

Introduction to Enamelling with Elizabeth J Campbell Saturday 7 & Sunday 8 October Dunblane, Scotland A two-day, weekend course learning the magic of enamel jewellery making, this class is suitable for beginners as well as students looking to expand their skills. Students will learn how to prepare metal before enamelling, apply colour and textures, and then how to use the kiln to fire their pieces. We will also look at how to apply findings to an enamelled design to create final pieces that can be displayed or worn. The workshop will cover a range of decorative techniques such as sifting,

1 Year Contemporary Jewellery Course at City Lit with Elizabeth Bone

1 Year Contemporary Jewellery Course at City Lit with Elizabeth Bone 17 January 2019 - 21 November 2019 Delve into the world of contemporary jewellery and develop your skills in drawing, design, critical thinking and technical skills. This rigorous, multi-disciplinary, certificated, level two equivalent year long course is suitable for intermediate to advanced jewellers. Get to grips with a series of practical projects which will culminate in an end of year public exhibition. Course Dates 17 January 2019 - 21 November 2019 Time 10:30 - 16:30 Location Keeley Street Tutor Elizabeth Bone For more information www.citylit.ac.uk/courses What is the course

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PRESS RELEASE: Manchester’s oldest jeweller marks Queen Elizabeth II’s birthday with tribute to her most iconic jewels

Manchester’s oldest jeweller honours Queen Elizabeth II on what would have been her 100th birthday with a spotlight on her most famous jewels. Hancocks Jewellers , Manchester’s oldest jeweller, has honoured what would have been Queen Elizabeth II’s 100th birthday by publishing a new editorial feature celebrating the Queen Elizabeth II jewellery collection, and the moments she wore its best-known pieces. The tribute has been released today, in the run up to marking the late Queen’s birth date. The feature draws on the way the Queen used jewellery throughout her reign, not as decoration, but as part of the story.

Jerwood Makers Open

Following a national call which elicited 271 submissions, Sam Bakewell, Juli Bolaños-Durman, Jessica Harrison, Marcin Rusak and Laura Youngson Coll have been selected for Jerwood Makers Open 2017, a unique commissioning opportunity recognising the most exciting new talents in contemporary applied arts. Each artist will receive an award of £7,500 to realise and make new work. The resulting work will be shown in a group exhibition as part of the Jerwood Visual Arts programme at Jerwood Space in London from 28 June –27 August 2017, before touring nationally. Jerwood Makers Open is a biennial opportunity encouraging ambitious and/or radical proposals

De Vroomen Silver Festival - London

An exhibition at the prestigious showroom of De Vroomen in London’s Belgravia. Showcasing the work of some of the UK’s finest silversmiths. 26th November to 24th December 2016 De Vroomen 59 Elizabeth Street London SW1W 9PP devroomen.co.uk

Shop & Ready-To-Wear Manager, Sophie Breitmeyer - London W11 1JH

Shop & Ready-To-Wear Manager Sophie Breitmeyer 36 Elizabeth Street, London SWIW 9NZ Sophie Breitmeyer specialises in creating jewellery that will be treasured for a lifetime, earning her a name as The Modern-Day Family Jeweller. Blending antique silhouettes with contemporary wearability, Sophie's designs are crafted to transcend the trends and be passed down through generations. The Role We are seeking an experienced and dynamic Shop & Ready-to-Wear Manager to lead our new Elizabeth Street retail space and oversee our ready-to-wear offering. This role is suited to someone with a strong background in fine jewellery retail, who delivers exceptional, knowledgeable, and warm

PRESS RELEASE: Nominations Opening For The Qest Sanderson Rising Star Craft Award 2026

Sanderson, in partnership with the Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust (QEST), is proud to announce that nominations for the 2026 Rising Star Craft Award will open on Monday 13 April. Now in its second edition, the biennial award celebrates emerging craftspeople who demonstrate exceptional skill, dedication to their discipline, and a meaningful contribution to their community and the wider craft sector. Sanderson, in partnership with the Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust (QEST), is proud to announce that nominations for the 2026 Rising Star Craft Award will open on Monday 13 April. Now in its second edition, the biennial award celebrates emerging craftspeople

Treasures of Gold and Silver Wire

Treasures of Gold and Silver Wire 30 September - 12 November 2023 Guildhall Art Gallery, Basinghall Street, City of London EC2V 5AE Dazzling display of robes, uniforms, costumes, and jewellery provides “feast for the senses” at Guildhall Art Gallery exhibition A piece of the only surviving dress worn by Queen Elizabeth I, Charles Dickens’ court suit, an RSC robe worn by David Tennant as Richard II, and the Coronation glove of Queen Elizabeth II are among the highlights at a major exhibition at the City of London Corporation’s Guildhall Art Gallery. Featuring over 200 items dating from the Middle Ages

PRESS RELEASE: Royal Jewels To Be Offered At Noonans

An exquisite brooch that was given by Prince Albert (later George VI), one of eight brooches given to the bridesmaids who attended his marriage to The Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (later Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother) in 1923, will be offered at Noonans Mayfair (16 Bolton Street) in an auction of of Jewellery, Watches, Silver and Objects of Vertu on Tuesday, November 25, 2025. It is estimated at £3,000-5,000 and is being sold by an overseas private collector [lot 262]. The rock crystal and diamond brooch, measuring 25mm, known as The York Rose Brooch, was made by Garrard & Co., circa 1923, and

PRESS RELEASE: Noonans To Sell The Jewellery Collection of The Late Lady Wardington

The 1950s model turned down by the BBC for being too beautiful The Collection of the late Lady Wardington (1927-2014) will be offered in an auction of Jewellery, Watches, Silver and Objects of vertu at Noonans Mayfair (16 Bolton Street) on Tuesday, March 10, 2026. They are being sold by her direct descendants. Margaret Audrey White was born in Bradford in 1927, the only child of a travelling salesman, and was brought up in North London by her mother. Upon leaving school at 16 she was employed at the Elizabeth Arden cosmetics salon on Bond Street, and it was here

QEST Scholar Exhibition at Fortnum & Mason

‘The Art of the Exceptional, a Jubilee Celebration of Makers’ 14th March – 19th June Third Floor, Fortnum & Mason To mark the anniversary of The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, Fortnum & Mason have partnered with the Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust (QEST) to host four exhibitions in the heart of their flagship store in Piccadilly. From March to June, the exhibitions will celebrate the best of British creativity, crafts and making, and conclude with the creation of a one-off Jubilee hamper of artisan products made over the four months. The exhibition series ‘The Art of the Exceptional, a Jubilee Celebration of Makers’

Cartier

Cartier V&A South Kensington The Sainsbury Gallery 12 April 2025 – 16 November 2025 The V&A are to open the first major exhibition in almost 30 years dedicated to Cartier jewels and watches featuring pieces worn by Queen Elizabeth II and Rihanna Opening in April 2025, the V&A will stage the UK’s first major exhibition in almost 30 years dedicated to Cartier jewels and watches, exploring how the Maison became an unparalleled force in the jewellery and watch world. Image Credit: Brooch, Cartier London, 1933. Amethyst, sapphires, diamonds and platinum. Vincent Wulveryck, Collection Cartier © Cartier Featuring more than 350

16th Alloy Graduate Showcase - Herefordshire

Alloy Jewellers will present the 16th Alloy Graduate Showcase taking place at The Courtyard, Hereford opening on 12th May until 30th June 2017. The exhibition will be open at the Courtyard until the 30th June 2017 and features jewellery from this year’s Alloy Graduate Award Winners; Rachael Harman and Marcella Andersen They will be joined by past winners Rose Grant, Elizabeth Terzza, Amelia Strong, Melissa Morgan, and Annie Mackay Alloy is a Herefordshire based group of jewellers, small metal workers and silversmiths at different stages of their careers. Formed by Mike Gell in 1993, the aim of the group is to

FERROcity | A contemporary exhibition of iron in the city

Ferrocity: A contemporary exhibition of iron in the city Museum Reich der Kristalle, Munich, Germany & School of Jewellery, Birmingham 21st February - 17th March 2019 & 1st - 18th April 2019 Jewellery and objects by twenty-two contemporary makers displayed alongside gemmological samples and photography that explores the interpretation and influence of Iron as catalyst, material and fundamental element of life. The exhibition is co-curated by Elizabeth Turrell and Stephen Bottomley from the School of Jewellery, Birmingham City University. The selection of contemporary metalwork and jewellery, ranging from steel vessels to recycled iron nail jewellery, will present a range of approaches