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News Briefing: 16 January 2026

A curated edit of the week's global jewellery news - national and international - compiled for industry insight and trend monitoring. ‘Jewellery maker Pandora hit by weak US holiday shopping’ Reuters, 9 Jan 2026 Pandora reported weaker-than-expected 2025 sales growth after subdued US holiday spending and continued pressure from high silver prices. www.reuters.com ‘Gold Jewellery Demand Plummets 40% Amid Record Prices’ WhalesBook News, Jan 2026 Gold jewellery demand in India fell sharply in late 2025 as record prices discouraged consumers and redirected spending toward bullion. www.whalesbook.com ‘Silver jewellery demand dips in 2025’ JewelleryNet, Nov 2025 Silver jewellery production

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Mad Exhibition Explores Fake News, Sensationalist Headlines, and Conspiracy Theories Through Jewellery

Mad Exhibition Explores Fake News, Sensationalist Headlines, and Conspiracy Theories Through Jewellery Fake News and True Love: Fourteen Stories by Robert Baines The Museum of Arts and Design, New York 16 October 2018 – 3 March 2019 The Museum of Arts and Design (MAD) is pleased to present Fake News and True Love: Fourteen Stories by Robert Baines, a solo exhibition of jewelry by Australian artist Robert Baines, on view October 16, 2018, through March 3, 2019. The exhibition centers on fourteen fanciful news stories, of which Baines' jewelry serves as "evidence." Using rings, parures, neckpieces, and bracelets, the artist

NEWS: Join Bishopsland in making an enduring investment in British Silversmithing

Bishopsland’s intensive silversmithing programme is quietly shaping the future of British craft. Combining purpose-built workshop facilities with expert tuition in both technical excellence and commercial practice, the programme offers far more than skills training. At its heart is a lifelong professional community that continues to support makers long after they leave, helping emerging silversmiths and jewellers turn talent into sustainable, fulfilling careers. Few institutions offer vocational training at this advanced level—and fewer still can point to Bishopsland’s proven track record of success. The programme is led by Principal Angela Cork MA RCA, an established practising silversmith, and delivered by an

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Ute Eitzenhöfer - Subtext - Galerie Marzee

Ute Eitzenhöfer - Subtext Galerie Marzee Netherlands Now - 22 May 2021 Ute Eitzenhöfer’s exhibition comprises three groups of work, united by an underlying Subtext . Driven always by a desire to make jewellery that is not only adornment but also a medium for social comment, her first group, Talk , confronts the power of words uttered, words broadcast through a microphone not written or printed, texted or tweeted. Formed like small microphones pinned to the lapel of a news reporter, these oxidised silver brooches set with tiny diamond chips and small pieces of onyx, trick the eye. Their appearance misleads

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TCT 3Sixty 2021

TCT 3Sixty 2021 29 June - 1 July 2021 NEC, Birmingham Rapid News Group has announced the decision to postpone TCT 3Sixty, the UK’s flagship event for 3D Printing & Additive Intelligence, to 2021. Originally scheduled for 29 September – 01 October 2020, the event will now take place from 29 June – 01 July 2021. The venue for the event, the NEC, Birmingham, UK is unchanged. The decision to postpone the event comes as a result of the unprecedented times the event industry finds itself in as a result of the global Coronavirus pandemic. The rescheduling of the show reflects

Crayola Colour Crush

The month of April is now upon us which makes it just the right time to get our new-season wish-lists brimming with the trend-train must-haves! With the international fashion weeks done and dusted, we've done our trends research for the upcoming months and there's only two words for it: Colour. Explosion. With the politics and news of the world in a permanent state of gloom and malaise, the creative designers of 2018 have taken action to whip away the dullness with a kaleidoscopic dive into Crayola rainbow colours. Nothing short of uplifting, inspiriting and energising, the underlying message from S/S

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