At the beginning of 2016 I undertook a placement with Just Castings in Hatton Garden. This was part of the two week intensive Advanced Diploma in Creative Jewellery Making (see previous blog entry about how great this was) which I had completed the previous summer. Their premises have since moved to a spangly new home next door at 19 […]

One of our Jewellery Design and Business Diploma students recently had a wax carved ring cast and plated in a variety of metals and when we looked at the results a number of the London Jewellery School staff agreed that the version plated in black rhodium was particularly striking. This, of course, got us thinking. […]

As subscribers to our blog or newsletter you will no doubt be aware of the existence of silver clay. However, do you know about the other metal clays that are available? Metal clay tutor and artist Anna Campbell gives you the rundown of the main metal clays on the market. Silver and gold metal clays […]