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OBITUARY: In Memoriam - David Doyle

It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of David Doyle, a highly respected and much-loved member of the UK jewellery trade, whose contributions, warmth and commitment to the industry and the NAJ have left an everlasting mark. David was born in the Midlands in 1962 and attended Repton School in Derbyshire. David’s time as a student at the school was cut short following his expulsion for “making a nuisance” of himself; something he continued to do with happy gusto throughout the rest of his life, to great effect for his own business endeavours and the industry associations

Ralph Turner 1936 - 2017

We include an obituary on the esteemed and seminal writer, gallerist, exhibition curator and craft champion Ralph Turner who died on 29 September 2017. An important encouragement pioneer in the use of new thinking and materials in modern jewellery, Ralph Turner influenced an entire generation of jewellers, his legacy lives on. Taken as a whole Ralph Turner’s career was concerned with the enlightenment of Crafts practice and its audience however it is for his influence on jewellery, “The New Jewellery” that he will be most remembered. Having arrived as an actor in London in 1960 he was introduced to studio