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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

NEWS BRIEFING 6 February 2026

A curated edit of the week's global jewellery news - national and international - compiled for industry insight and trend monitoring. 💰 ‘Gold breaches $5,000 before volatile correction shakes markets’ Reuters Staff, Feb 3, 2026, Reuters: After hitting an all-time high near $5,586 on 29 January, gold crashed nearly $900 on Friday before rebounding 5% to $4,913 on Monday; it settled around $4,845 on Thursday amid continued uncertainty over Fed policy and US tariffs. www.reuters.com 💰 ‘Silver suffers worst single-day crash since 1980, plunging 28%’ CNBC Staff, Feb 2, 2026, CNBC: The sell-off was triggered by optimism around US interest rate cuts

NEWS BRIEFING 30 January 2026

A curated edit of the week's global jewellery news - national and international - compiled for industry insight and trend monitoring. 💰 ‘India’s gold demand to fall in 2026 as jewellery slump offsets investment rise’ Sujata Rao, Jan 29, 2026, Reuters: The World Gold Council said weak jewellery buying amid soaring gold prices will cause India’s total gold demand to drop in 2026, even as investment purchases rise sharply. www.reuters.com 💰 ‘ASIA GOLD India gold premiums at decadal high; China demand undeterred by price rise’ Anirban Sen, Jan 30, 2026, Reuters: Gold premiums in India and China climbed to multi-year highs, but

NEWS BRIEFING 23 January 2026

A curated edit of the week's global jewellery news - national and international - compiled for industry insight and trend monitoring. 💰 ‘Gold, silver and platinum extend record-setting rally’ Reuters, 23 Jan 2026 Gold, silver and platinum prices reached fresh record highs as investors sought safe-haven assets amid geopolitical uncertainty. www.reuters.com 💰 Asia gold: India premiums surge to decadal high on import tax hike anxiety’ Reuters, 23 Jan 2026 Gold premiums in India jumped to their highest level in over a decade as buyers rushed to purchase jewellery. www.reuters.com 💰 ‘Goldman Sachs raises 2026-end gold price forecast to $5,400/oz’ Reuters, 22

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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

NEWS: Jewellery and Metal MA Students Showcasing Work At Upcoming Royal College of Art Graduate Exhibition

Every year, the Royal College of Art organises a series of public exhibitions towards the end of its academic programme, allowing postgraduate students to showcase their work. This serves as an opportunity for students to present the projects they have been working on during their time at the college. Aeri Go, student, in the Jewellery & Metal studio at the Royal College of Art As led by Head of Programme Dr Jonathan Boyd, students within the Jewellery & Metal MA (JaM) programme are encouraged to develop their creativity through critical and interdisciplinary making. These works will be featured as part

NEWS: Making Is Thinking: Jonathan Boyd’s ethos for the Jewellery & Metal MA at the Royal College of Art

We don’t always make choices that we can articulate through words, so the things we choose to keep close to us offer a murkier, poetic analysis. Through jewellery making and metalwork, Royal College of Art Head of Programme Dr. Jonathan Boyd considers jewellery as a means to explore our immaterial relationship with material objects. As a result, the act of making becomes the process through which we pull things apart and ask ourselves, “Why are we attracted to things and how are things attracted to us?” Elaheh Naghi Ganji (2023) Boyd is originally from Aberdeen and has spent the majority

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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

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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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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