presenting the handmade jewellers featured in the documentary series
You may have seen that I have filmed an exciting new documentary series called The Handmade Jewellers. In this short series premiering live on YouTube, come on a journey of discovery with me, Jessica Rose. I meet five jewellers who are creating and selling their work, building their own businesses. We get a tour of their workshops and a look at the tools they love! Plus they teach me a new jewellery making skill. I’d love you to meet The Handmade Jewellers.
I’d love you to join us live on Thursdays at 8pm BST to watch the premieres along with us. We’ll be chatting in the comments and giving away some prizes to people with us live!
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I absolutely loved meeting the jewellers and hearing more about their stories. They have diverse backgrounds and not one of them has a degree in jewellery making. I hope you will be inspired to hear their stories too.
Here is a little more information about each jeweller featured:
ANNA SWEET
@thisstoryjewellery
Episode 1: Thursday 25th April 2024 at 8pm BST
Anna Sweet is the founder of This Story Jewellery and lives in Margate, England.
She creates mini wearable pieces of art using the lost wax casting technique. Anna talks about her journey into jewellery making, the ups and downs of running a jewellery business and the importance of building community.
Anna teaches me some wax carving skills.
Rings copyright Anna Sweet This Story Jewellery
SUSANNAH KING
@susannahkinglondon
Episode 2: Thursday 2nd May 2024 at 8pm BST
Susannah King creates stunning fine art jewellery using silver, gold and gemstones. Her work is big, bold and unapologetically colourful. Her last collection sold more than £20k rings in 2 minutes on TikTok.
Susannah makes using the lost wax carving technique, having the wax cast in metal and setting the stunning gemstones.
In the episode, Susannah shows me how she sets stones and I give it a try!
Rings copyright Susannah King
ANGE B
@angebdesigns
Episode 3: Thursday 9th May 2024 at 8pm BST
Ange B works as a jeweller alongside her part time job as a physiotherapist. Her style is architectural and she works predominantly in silver and gold making one off pieces as well as collections for her ever growing customer base.
Ange is also a great teacher and she shows me how to make a spoon in our episode so we had a lot of fun with hammers!
Jewellery copyright Ange B Designs
IAIN SAINSBURY
@iains_jewellery
Episode 4: Thursday 16th May at 8pm BST
Iain is a jeweller based in Cambridge, England. After a long, successful career in the pharmaceutical industry, he gave up his corporate job to focus on making.
He makes his fine jewellery collection from gold, silver and gemstones and enjoys working with a vast array of tools! In the episode, Iain shows us delft casting and I give it a go (it’s mostly a disaster!).
Jewellery copyright Iain Sainsbury
SIMA VAZIRY
@simavaziry
Episode 5: Thursday 23rd May 2024 at 8pm BST
Sima Vaziry has her own jewellery shop on the South Bank in London at the prestigious OXO Tower. She has also been selling her work in the British Museum for over a decade. Her work is inspired by Afghan, Persian and Middle Eastern Art and architecture. She makes her work using silver metal clay combined with gold and traditional silver working skills.
In the episode, Sima talks candidly about how she had to give up a successful career in graphic design, how she discovered metal clay and started selling with the British Museum.
Sima shows me how she uses metal clay.
Jewellery copyright Sima Vaziry