Get 50% off our individual courses in our Black Friday sale 2023

Get a whopping 50% off our individual jewellery making and business courses in our Colour Friday sale. Click here for a full list of the courses on offer

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Beyond a transaction: Crafting an excellent Customer Experience within your Jewellery Business (podcast episode)

In this week's episode, Anna chats with Fran, client experience specialist, about all things customer experience. Fran, founder of And So the Journey Begins, shares her knowledge on what customer experience is, setting customer expectations, making the experience personal, turning customers into repeat customers and much more.

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How to Run a Successful Pop-Up Shop for Your Jewellery Business - with Matt Hopkins, founder of The Great Brand Exchange (podcast episode)

In this week's episode, Jess chats with Matt Hopkins, founder of The Great Brand Exchange. The Great Brand Exchange helps small businesses grow and scale by giving them routes into high-street retail and helps bring exciting, unique, local products to major retailers. Since its inception, the Great Brand Exchange has generated £50 million in revenue for small businesses, managed 5,000 pop-up events and created an active network of 12,000 emerging brands. 

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live benchtips - getting started with silver jewellery making: your questions answered

We regularly run a a free Live Benchtips Session, a Q&A for you to ask an expert jewellery your questions. If you don't know your saw blade from your flex shaft then this one is for you as it is for all of the lovely makers getting started in Silver Jewellery Making.

In this session I was by jeweller Laura Jayne Grey who has lots of experience working with beginner jewellers. We chat to demystify the world of jewellery making and answer some of your questions.

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How to Maintain and Modify Your jewellery Tools with Michelle Lierre & Chris Anderson of Lion Punch Forge (podcast episode)

In this week's episode, Michelle Lierre dives into an in-depth discussion with Chris of Lion Punch Forge on maintaining and modifying the steel tools that jewellers typically use. Chris teaches us about the fundamentals of steel as a material, the different kinds of steel, how steel behaves differently to the metals jewellers use to make jewellery and how it's possible for jewellers to modify their own steel tools.

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Getting Started with Silver Jewellery Making - Introducing the Foundation in Silver Jewellery - 5 Week Programme (podcast episode)

In this week's episode, Jess introduces the new Jewellers Academy Foundation in Silver Jewellery. This 5-week course is an in-depth introduction to silver jewellery making suitable for beginners who are looking for a structured, supported online training for their first steps in making silver jewellery from home. Listen as Jess takes us through all the details of this exciting new course. 

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live foundation in silver jewellery open day replay - your questions answered

It was lovely to see so many budding jewellers on the live open day for the brand new Foundation in Silver Jewellery. This course has been specially crafted for beginners ready to start their journey into jewellery making and you'll learn how to master essential skills and techniques to create stunning, professional-quality silver jewellery.

Don’t worry if you missed the open day, you can watch the replay and read answers to your questions here.

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10 Essential Tools for Getting Started with Silver Jewellery Making (podcast episode)

In this week's episode, Jess chats with jeweller Laura Jayne about 10 essential tools for getting started with silver jewellery making. Laura Jayne teaches the brand new Jewellers Academy Foundation in Silver Jewellery course. To celebrate this she joins us on the show to take us through the absolute essential tools every budding silver jewellery maker needs and shares lots of other useful hints and tips around tools.  

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what tools and materials do I need to complete the foundation in silver jewellery?

The brand new online course - Foundation in Silver Jewellery is here, specially created for beginners ready to start their journey into jewellery making. But if you’re a beginner you may find it hard to know where to start when it comes to tools and materials. Don’t worry! When you enrol on the Foundation course you have the option of purchasing a tools and/or materials kit that has what you need. Here you can also find the full list including a handy download and our recommended international suppliers.

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what will i learn to make on the foundation in silver jewellery?

The brand new online course - Foundation in Silver Jewellery is here, specially created for beginners ready to start their journey into jewellery making. 

This five-week online fully supported course takes you through some beautiful jewellery projects covering the main techniques that silver and goldsmiths need to master. Take a look at what you'll learn how to make.

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