The Diploma in Fine Jewellery has been popular this year and we are getting the same question regularly - what experience do I need to have in order to join the course? So here is the answer!
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In this week's episode, Elin Horgan chats with Jen Morant Smith, a jeweller specializing in sustainable materials. Jen shares her journey, beginning with her passion for recycled metals and other found materials like sea glass and pottery. She discusses her motivation to turn discarded items into meaningful jewellery and her journey from a hobbyist to a professional.
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Get a whopping 50% off our individual jewellery making and business courses in Easter sale. Click here for a full list of the courses on offer
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In this week's episode, Jess chats to Tressa, a surgeon and jewellery maker, and explores her journey into jewellery making alongside her medical career. Tressa shares how her interest in jewellery making was sparked during a blacksmithing course with her stepson and how it gradually evolved into a consuming hobby.
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Last week I shared our newest free course ‘How To Make A Convertible Silver Brooch Pendant’ and I’ve picked out a few of my other favourites for you too. There’s a lovely range of projects here, with something for all levels of experience. These courses are a great way to learn new skills as well as re-ignite some creative sparks if you’ve perhaps been struggling with inspiration recently.
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We regularly run a a free Live Benchtips Session, a Q&A for you to ask an expert jewellery your questions. This month I was joined by metal clay artist Anna Campbell to answer your questions on all things metal clay.
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In this week's episode of the Jewellers Academy podcast host Anna Campbell is talking with Heidi Hinda Chadwick. Heidi is a Creative Life Coach and Anna is a Business and Mindset Coach and they are each other's coaches! In this conversation they dive into the subject of navigating our comfort zone looking at what a comfort zone is, how to know you are in your comfort zone, tips for getting out of your comfort zone and much more. This is an inspiring and gentle look at how and when we grow.
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While follower numbers is not everything, I’m celebrating 50k followers on Instagram! Thank you so much for being a part of this amazing, supportive jewellery community. As a thank you, I am giving away 50 online individual jewellery making courses over in a competition on Instagram. Find out more about how to enter (and the ts and cs)
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Convertible jewellery, sometimes known as modular or transformable, is designed and made so that it can be worn in more than one way. Think a brooch that could also be worn as a pendant; pendants that could be earrings etc. To celebrate the launch of our brand new free online course, here is a guide to the history of this amazing jewellery style
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In this week's episode, Jess and Laura Jayne discuss an exciting new FREE silver jewellery-making course at Jewellers Academy. Laura Jane, from Small Dog Silver, is the teacher for 'Make a Silver Convertible Brooch Pendant', which focuses on creating a brooch that can also be converted into a pendant, combining vintage style with modern appeal.
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In this week's episode, host Elin Horgan welcomes Bethany from Silver & Steel, a jewellery studio in Bristol, UK. Bethany shares her journey into jewellery making, detailing how her passion for the craft led her to establish Silver & Steel.
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To celebrate our free 5 Days of Silver Metal Clay course, we are giving away a very special prize.
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One of the big benefits of the Diploma courses with Jewellers Academy is that you are assigned a mentor who will work with you one to one over Zoom. Your mentor will assess your work and give you one to one constructive feedback. We have a team of mentors at Jewellers Academy and I invited four of the mentors, one for each of the Diploma courses, to talk a bit about their experience of mentoring, how they support you and what they love about working with you one to one. Watch now.
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In this week's episode of the Jewellers Academy podcast, host Michelle Lierre chats to Nicole Ringgold who is a silversmith and the author of the upcoming book, The New Silversmith. She specialises in creating beautiful botanical jewellery designs.
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In this week's episode, hosts Jess and Anna discuss an upcoming project called the "5 Days of Silver Metal Clay." The 5-day event aims to introduce participants to silver metal clay, a versatile material for jewellery making. Anna, an experienced silver metal clay tutor, explains the nature of metal clay, its variations, and its environmentally friendly aspects.
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Have you heard of metal clay but wonder what it is and how to use it?
You're in luck as we have a FREE five-day challenge using silver metal clay starting on Monday 26th February 2024.
Each day that week you get access to a free mini-video course with a step-by-step guide to a project designed for beginners.
Learn more
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In this week's episode of the Jewellers Academy podcast, host Kim Thomson is speaking with Anna Mcloughlin. Anna is an Ethical Designer/Goldsmith specialising in creating mini wearable sculptures and remodelling jewellery. Her jewellery business is B-Corp certified and she recently won the 2023 Halo Award from the British Hallmarking Council.
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In this week's episode, Jess chats to Sally Costen, a current Advanced Diploma student and award winning jeweller. Sally started her career as a graphic designer and retrained as a jeweller at the London Jewellery School.
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In advance of our ‘Meet the Students’ open day on Wednesday we are giving away a Foredom Pendant Motor bundle to one lucky winner. Find out how to enter
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If you're worried about learning a Diploma online I understand why. But here are six reasons studying a Diploma online with Jewellers Academy is actually BETTER than going to an in-person workshop
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