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Articles and podcasts featuring jewellery making, jewellery business, jewellery design, and exclusive jewellers maker interviews. Jewellers Academy is the place where jewellers can develop their making skills and grow a profitable jewellery business.
Jewellers Academy
2d ago
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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196: Running a Jewellery Business Alongside My Job Which I love Too! - Meet Tressa Amir: Surgeon and Fine Jeweller
With Tressa Amir
In this week's episode, Jess chats to Tressa, a surgeon and ..read more
Jewellers Academy
1w ago
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.
Silver Jewellery Making for Absolute Beginners
If you’ve wanted to learn to make silver jewellery but don’t know where to start this one is for you! It covers:
1. The tools and materials j ..read more
Jewellers Academy
1w ago
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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Jewellers Academy
1w ago
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)
To celebrate 50k followers for Jewellers Academy on Instagram, I am giving away 50 individual jewellery making courses.
Ts and Cs apply*
If you win, you’ll be able to choose from a list of 28 courses. There’s something for everyone, f ..read more
Jewellers Academy
2w ago
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. This style of jewellery takes some clever design work and craftsmanship to ensure they work well however they are worn.
Examples of brooch/pendant findings from Make a Silver Convertible Brooch Pendant free course from Jewellers Academy
Here is a look at the history of this type of jewellery and how it is used today.
Ancient Origins: Adapting to Royalty
The ..read more
Jewellers Academy
2w ago
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.
Listen now: 194: 5 things you will learn on the new free course - make a silver convertible brooch pendant
With Laura Jayne
In this week's episode, Jess and Laura Jayne discuss an exciting new FREE silver je ..read more
Jewellers Academy
3w ago
In this week's episode of the Jewellers Academy podcast, host Elin Horgan welcomes Bethany from Silver & Steel, a jewellery studio in Bristol, UK. Bethany shares her journey into jewellery making and how her passion for the craft led her to establish Silver & Steel, a creative community hub for jewellers.
Listen now: 193: Creating a Real-Life Jewellery Community
With Bethany May from Silver & Steel Studios and Elin Horgan
In this week's episode of the Jewellers Academy podcast, host Elin Horgan welcomes Bethany from Silver & Steel ..read more
Jewellers Academy
3w ago
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.
WHO ARE THE MENTORS? DIPLOMA IN SILVER JEWELLERY - YEAR 1
Elin Horgan is a largely self-taught jewell ..read more
Jewellers Academy
3w ago
To celebrate our free 5 Days of Silver Metal Clay course we are giving away a very special prize.
To celebrate our free 5 Days of Silver Metal Clay challenge we are giving away a very special prize worth £800 to one lucky winner.
Included in the bundle;
? Prometheus Mini Kiln Pro-1 PRG
? Kiln accessories kit including:
PRO-1 kiln shelf, Fibre blanket pillow, Steel PRO-1 kiln pan, Small PRO-1 mesh support, 4 x Small ceramic posts, 150g Picklean safe pickling powder, 2 x Reusable moulding compound, Small tweezers, Steel brush
?100g Art Clay Silver
? 2 x 18g of Project ..read more
Jewellers Academy
1M ago
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.
Listen now: 192: NEW TECHNIQUES IN CREATING BOTANICAL JEWELLERY
With Nicole Ringgold and Michelle Lierre
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.
Nicole specialises ..read more