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Flavia Amadeu X :In-Residence

Flavia Amadeu X :In-Residence :IN-RESIDENCE are proud to host Brazilian jewellery designer Flavia Amadeu in store on Friday 20 April 2018 from 17:00 to 20:00 for an exclusive preview of her work prior to her participation in the V&As Fashioned from Nature exhibition which opens to the public on Saturday 21 April 2018. This is the first exhibition of its kind to explore the complex relationship between fashion and nature from 1600 to the present day. Flavia will be available to discuss her work and her passion for sustainability within the fashion industry. Flavia Amadeu is a Brazilian jewellery, fashion,

Pure London x JATC 2024

Pure London x JATC 11 - 13 February 2024 Kensington Olympia We bring together the brightest minds in the industry twice a year to showcase the best must-have collections, discover the latest trends, get exclusive business insight, and make all-important international connections. Pure London x JATC provides a global platform for brands and designers to meet with buyers that matter the most to their business and connect. Join the next edition as we arrive back at the iconic Kensington Olympia in London, 11-13 February 2024. www.purelondon.com

Fair Luxury x Ethical Metalsmiths

Fair Luxury x Ethical Metalsmiths Monday 4th November 5pm (Gmt) 12pm (Est) London / Zoom Following the success of our last Open House together, Ethical Metalsmiths (EM) and Fair Luxury have teamed up again. The Ethical Metalsmiths team plans to share some highlights of work in progress and aspirations for the future! Highlights include awesome updates from EM's Education Committee, Action Coalition, and so much more! We're looking forward to a lively discussion. Fair Luxury and Ethical Metalsmiths share many common goals and dreams for our industry - we hope you will join the conversation. This will be an interactive meeting, so feel free to

Cluster Crafts x London Craft Week 2024

Cluster Crafts x London Craft Week 2024 49-51 East Road London N1 6AH Thursday 16th - Sunday 19th May 12pm - 8pm Cluster Crafts 2024 promises an unforgettable journey of exploration, celebrating the beauty and stories of handmade objects. Free Entry! Join us at Cluster Crafts 2024 for an exploration of timeless artistry in material transformation. With the theme "Metamorphosis: A Journey of Material Transformation," artisans will redefine craftsmanship from ancient traditions to modern innovations. Experience the fusion of creativity and mastery as global artisans showcase their skills. Engage with them as they share insights into their craft, each creation

Winners Announced for The Beyoncé Knowles-Carter x Lorraine Schwartz GIA Scholarship

Inspiration is a driving force in all of our lives, and it was the deciding factor in the difficult decision to select just two recipients for the Beyoncé Knowles-Carter x Lorraine Schwartz GIA Scholarship for full tuition to earn GIA’s Graduate Gemologist diploma through distance education. Inspiration is a driving force in all of our lives, and it was the deciding factor in the difficult decision to select just two recipients for the Beyoncé Knowles-Carter x Lorraine Schwartz GIA Scholarship for full tuition to earn GIA’s Graduate Gemologist diploma through distance education. This scholarship, gifted by world renowned jewelry designer

Pure London x JATC 2024

Pure 2025 2 - 5 February 2025 NEC Birmingham The ever-evolving needs and aspirations of the fashion industry have spoken, Pure is joining Spring Fair at the NEC Birmingham to create a combined, new fashion destination. We are excited to welcome you to the ultimate fashion trade show experience www.purelondon.com

Rachel Entwistle Jewellery x Paul Smith Collaboration

Rachel Entwistle Jewellery has been working with Paul Smith in a collaboration for a collection planned for AW17. The new designs were featured in the Paul Smith AW17 Men's Paris Fashion Week Show. The Paul Smith show merged men's and women's collections into one show with both collections sharing a direct design association, with their roots firmly planted in tailoring. Rachel Entwistle's own approach to design, which transcends traditional concepts of male or female, perfectly complemented the Paul Smith Collections. Jewellery included minimal engraved pendants, hand carved necklaces, plaque bracelets and pendants as well as signet rings. All of the

Objet d’Emotion x Ecru launch Jewellery Memory Game

Valery Demure, Founder of Objet d’Emotion, is proud to present the ‘Lady of the Rings” Memory Game, in collaboration with Nur Kaoukjhi, Creative Director of Ecru. With the challenges 2020 presents, we’ve learnt to adjust to a slower pace and enjoy simple pleasures. Spending time with her daughter Paloma reminded Valery of her own childhood, playing memory games with her grandmother Marie-Louise. Valery has travelled extensively, India being one of her favourite places, Jaipur connecting with her more intimately due to its jewellery history. As well as the beauty she admired, she also witnessed the obstacles the communities are facing

Stone Setting Masterclass

Stone Setting Masterclass Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th October 2023 Leamington Spa Learn how to set stones to a professional standard with experienced stone setter and tutor Nigel Yates. Whilst teaching you how to flush and rubover set, this 2 day course covers making your own set of tools to fit you and how to use them correctly. The cost includes… Professional tuition 3 x silver castings and CZ’s (round, square and pear) Copper sheet for tests and samples 1 x flat graver 1 x half round graver 1 x spitstick 1 chuck handle for small pusher and burnisher You

V&A to Showcase Balenciaga: Shaping Fashion

V&A collaborates with artist Nick Veasey to build first ever mobile x-ray art studio ahead of landmark exhibition on designer Cristóbal Balenciaga. Ahead of the first ever UK exhibition on the fashion designer Cristóbal Balenciaga, opening on 27 May, the V&A teamed up with x-ray artist Nick Veasey to create the world's first mobile x-ray art studio. In the studio, Veasey captured a series of beautifully crafted life-sized x-ray images revealing new and surprising details about the work of one of the 20th century's most revered couturiers. The x-ray project is one of several forensic techniques that the Museum has

Couple Get Engaged With A Ring Made Exclusively From The Smartphones That Brought Them Together

A couple have got engaged using a ring made exclusively* from the smartphones they credit with bringing them together, in a world-first proposal. The ring, created by O2 Recycle to celebrate its 10 anniversary – in partnership with bespoke sustainable jeweller, Lylie’s – has been made from the couple’s recycled iPhone 5s smartphones. The ring is made from the handset speakers and microphones that James and Hayley used for whispering sweet nothings to each other, the cameras they used for selfies and video chat when living apart, and a gold band created using the very circuit boards that kept those

Dongchun Lee

32nd Edition of the Marzee International Graduation Show Galerie Marzee 14 August - 31 October 2018 Dongchun Lee Mind, 2023 necklace; wood, nickel silver, horse hair 145 x 260 x 25 mm Dongchun Lee Exhibition Nijmegen , The Netherlands Until 19 July 2023 Dongchun Lee creates jewellery that is a contemplative and introspective embodiment of his preoccupation with the passage of time. His work gently breathes life into his belief that time is both the catalyst by which life flourishes and the means by which it will eventually diminish and wither as the years pass. Dongchun Lee was born in 1964

The Marzee Graduate Prize winners 2020

Galerie Marzee are very impressed by all the work that the participants in their graduate show have made this year. As every year, some participants have been awarded the Marzee Graduate Prize. The winners have been announced as: Faye Butler (RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia) Whose work explores memory and the effects of its loss and how we find resilience through identity and collective remembering. Baking Days, 2020, brooch; vintage baking tin, enamelled copper mesh, embroidery thread, photographic decal, silver, cotton wadding, homespun cotton, stainless steel, 100 x 100 x 30 mm Virginia Escobar (Alchimia, Florence, Italy) Investigating physical identity and

A Tale of Two Spaces

A Tale of Two Spaces - DDS x DSS Dundee’s Double Door Studios (DDS) and Dock Street Studios (DSS) are working together to celebrate and showcase the work of each group with a collaborative event held in July 2022. Sometimes confused with each other, the two studios want to tell people about what they do, how they work and what they make. The event series will begin on the 9th and 10th July across three locations - Double Door Studios on Ward Road, Dock Street Studios along from Malmaison Hotel, and a stall at the Overgate Shopping Centre bridging both

Anodising Niobium Workshop

Anodising Niobium Workshop Forge Leather Lane, Hatton Garden Saturday 13th April, 10am - 4.30pm We are delighted to be offering this anodising Niobium Workshop taught by Alice Fry. You will be guided through the theory and science behind anodising niobium, before experimenting with niobium and titanium to create a spectrum of colours and finishes on the metal, before creating your finished piece which is a 3” x 3” colourful niobium wall tile for your home. The day starts with an introduction to refractory metals, with a presentation by Alice focusing on the theory and applications of niobium anodising. Following this,

Allumer has teamed up with Maggie’s, everyone’s home of cancer care

Natasha Leith-Smith Founder of Allumer jewellery has teamed up with Maggie's the cancer charity to create the Maggie's X Allumer Bell Necklace – for every necklace sold £5 will be donated to the charity. Clashing colours collide with the introduction of tiny bells – the only necklace to be heard in as well as seen in this season! Colourful orange ball chain necklace / bracelet with a silver colour bell. The colours allow the chains to be stackable and stylish, perfect for special occasions. A £5 donation can do wonders for Maggie’s and their families, offering them a helping hand

News Edit: 1 December 2024

A curated edit of this week's national and international jewellery news... The Royal Mint is turning e-waste into gold jewelery: this new campaign tells the story EveryFriday is looking to help The Royal Mint reposition through its Forever Metal campaign, a circular economy story set in the Brecon Beacons, Wales. www.thedrum.com Wild thing: why the animal jewellery trend is inescapable right now Animals have long been cast in jewellery form, but in 2024, they’re the subject of new fascination. www.vogue.com.au Kering expands its generation award to jewellery with Kering Generation Award x Jewelry The conglomerate, in partnership with CIBJO–the World

‘De Vroomen Harmony in Colour and Form’ Book

Dutch Master Craftsman and goldsmith Leo de Vroomen has released a book, full of illustrations, which celebrates 50 years of his creative partnership with his artist / designer wife Ginnie. Their bold and colourful jewellery is lavishly illustrated, in combination with Ginnie's vivid paintings. The book also acts as an accompanying tome to the retrospective exhibition of their work recently held at Goldsmiths’ Hall. The book is available at a cost of £50 plus postage & packing Publisher: Leo and Ginnie de Vroomen Page size: landscape 280 X 230 mm Pagination: 224 hardback ISBN 978-1-5272-0650-2 P & P: UK £5.00,

Kenyan artist, Cyrus Kabiru, transforms landfill waste into stunning art

This past weekend saw one of Africa’s leading young artists Cyrus Kabiru exhibit at the continent’s most important art fair, Art X Lagos. The artist has made a name for himself by repurposing discarded goods into art. Cyrus Kabiru was born in 1984 in Nairobi, Kenya, where he currently lives and works. He is a self-taught sculptor, who has exhibited frequently both internationally and on the African Continent. The Kenyan artist grew up in a slum next to the country’s largest landfill. He would go on to use this material to create and inspire his artwork and have risen to

Jewelley brand STÖÖKI has collaborated with FLAARE for socially focused project

FLAARE and STÖÖKI are proud to share the story of a unique partnership. This brand collab meets student work experience has been a hit over the past 12-weeks resulting in the t-shirt collection you see here! Kicking off with vision-boarding at Thames Side Studios, the young entrepreneurs (students at Haringey Learning Partnership) collaborated with Hackney born fashion brand STÖÖKI to co-design, brand, and print a collection of limited edition FLAARE x STÖÖKI t-shirts. They have modelled in two awesome photo shoots at Thames Side Studios and Alexandra Palace and been interviewed by STÖÖKI’s camera team for social media content, gaining