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Full / Part Time Sales Consultant, Anthony Paul Jewellery Windsor

The role Full / Part Time Sales Consultant Anthony Paul Jewellery Cross Store - Windsor | Maidenhead | Henley | Marlow Are you a people person with a passion for jewellery? Do you understand the emotion behind a jewellery sale? Would you like to work for one of the Thames Valley’s leading jewellers? We’ve got the job for you. About us Anthony Paul Jewellery is an award-winning, family-run business with four boutiques across the Thames Valley. We specialise in handmade, bespoke, vintage and second-hand jewellery, as well as offering a comprehensive in-house repair and valuation service. We’re on the lookout

Professor Paul O’Prey CBE Appointed Chair Of Trustees For The Edward James Foundation

Professor Paul O’Prey CBE has been appointed Chair of the Board of Trustees for The Edward James Foundation which is responsible for West Dean College of Arts and Conservation.  The College is charting an ambitious trajectory of growth and is recognised for excellence in arts and conservation education.  At the end of December 2019 Professor O’Prey will replace the Hon Peter Benson LVO MA FCA who is stepping down after seventeen years as a Trustee, ten of them as Chairman.  For the last fifteen years Professor O’Prey has been Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of Roehampton, London, stepping down

Cooksongold Announces New Managing Director

Paul Cooper joined Cooksongold on the 4th September 2023 After an extensive and in-depth recruitment process, Cooksongold is happy to announce the appointment of Paul Cooper as Managing Director. Paul has a wealth of experience in manufacturing, both in the UK and overseas, including previous appointments where Paul was responsible for subsidiaries in Brazil, Mexico and Canada whilst living in the USA. He also lived in Singapore whilst responsible for a number of Asian subsidiaries. Over the course of the coming months,  Paul will have the support of Cooksongold’s established Senior Management Team who will help to ensure a smooth

New Jewellery Techniques: Curved Scoring and Folding for Metalwork and Silversmithing

New Jewellery Techniques: Curved Scoring and Folding for Metalwork and Silversmithing by Anastasia Young & Paul Wells A detailed and abundantly-illustrated reference that focuses on the innovative curved score folding for sheet metal techniques to create beautiful, dynamic three-dimensional forms, much like metal origami, in jewellery and metalsmithing.  Anastasia Young and Paul Wells, both renowned London-based jewellers, authors and lecturers, have created a practical visual handbook on curved scoring and folding techniques applied to jewellery and metalsmithing for small objects. The book's clear, hands-on approach, with explanatory photographs for each step, makes it an invaluable resource for established jewellers wishing to

Open letter to industry - fume and dust extraction measures are often inadequate

Paul Riddick, Technical Sales Director at VODEX Ltd, has written an open letter to the jewellery industry to highlight the legal requirements and responsibilities of providing and working in a clean and safe environment. To whom it may concern, Jewellery-making is a profession rife with workplace dangers that staff and artisans need to be protected against. Unfortunately, fume and dust extraction measures are often inadequate, posing a risk to health. Legal Requirements and Responsibilities In the UK, jewellery business employers must comply with The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, and the COSHH Regulations 2002 (as amended) which mandate risk

Q&A: Aishleen Lester

Aishleen Lester is an emerging new talent in the jewellery industry, having founded her new business in 2016 after coming to jewellery design at Kensington & Chelsea College through evening classes. She is a well reputed fine artist in her own right, known for large scale, sculptural installations who’s work is held in private collections and has previously exhibited in the Riflemaker and Nyehaus galleries. Trained at Wimbledon School of Art and the Royal Academy Schools, she built up her jewellery industry credentials by working with the likes of Shaun Leane and Paul Raven before venturing out on her own

Present and Correct

Present and Correct A handcrafted piece is a gift to cherish, and a joy to treasure. This Christmas The Byre promises a joyful array of unique and exquisite handcrafted pieces sure to delight as Christmas gifts – or indulgent personal treats. Present and Correct features eye-catching jewellery; stylish pieces for the home in ceramic, glass and metals; elegant textiles – and of course desirable tree decorations that you’ll want to display all year! Returning with new work for Present and Correct are some of our favourite makers including: Phil Atkin, Beverly Bartlett, Lucy Burley, Paul Cardew, Corrinne Eira Evans, Tracey

RELIC

RELIC This is Metalsmith Rebecca Gouldson’s first foray into curating with this exhibition entitled RELIC. The exhibition draws on Rebecca’s interpretation of the theme as “a collection of objects which capture my imagination, chosen for their appearance of being found, rather than recently made; aged rather than new. They appear to have a history, told through their form, their surface marks and sometimes in their arrangement or display.” Exhibiting makers include Rebecca Appleby, Karolina Baines,  Elaine Bolt, Jane Cairns, Anne-Laure Cano,  Amanda Denison, Rebecca Gouldson, Ruth Leslie, Claire Malet, Jo Pond, Paul Wearing, Rachel Wood and others to be announced

Colour in Jewellery Summer Workshop - Italy

Colour in Jewellery Summer Workshop - Italy Colour has got me. I no longer need to chase after it. It has got me forever. I know it. That is the meaning of this happy hour. Colour and I are one. I am a painter.  -  Paul Klee What does it mean for us ? We will work with coloured pencils to express our personal idea of color. We can use pencils in different ways. The idea is to transform them into something else.  The workshop is aimed at students, artisans, artists, designers, teachers and anyone intends to get involved with