LJS Blog
03 Jun, 2018
Introducing our new Gemmology tutor – Deborah Mazza
Do you wish you had more knowledge about gemstones? To feel more confident when talking to customers or when choosing stones to buy? We have just created a new one-day Gemstones Masterclass and want to introduce our new expert tutor Deborah Mazza. Tell us a little bit about yourself and what you do I was born […]
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13 Mar, 2018
Jewel Day-All that glitters
Often in life it’s the genuine article, the purest and most natural, which we value most. All gemstones have a special month to shine, see ‘Birthstones’. So it’s worth exploring the joys of the unreal, underappreciated or synthetic of the jewellery world on Jewel day. Let’s first take a look at the useful, synthetic, […]
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17 Feb, 2018
Job opportunity – Tutor in Gemology
We are recruiting for our talented tutor team! Background We have a popular evening taster class Introduction to Gemstones and we would like to add a more advanced one day class in Gemology to our course offering. In this role you will write and deliver a one day course that covers the topic that is informative, […]
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16 Oct, 2016
Behind the scenes at Create and Craft TV
Metal clay tutor Anna Campbell made her live TV debut for the London Jewellery School on Create and Craft TV last week. She gives us a behind the scenes look at what goes into making the show Earlier this year our founder and director Jessica Rose appeared for the first time on the shopping […]
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15 Sep, 2016
Winners of our 2016 Jewellery Maker of the Year Competition!
Just in case you missed our recent Facebook Post, the winners of the 2016 Jewellery Maker of the Year Competition have been announced! Huge congratulations to our winner, Vlad Zoldak! Vlad is officially the London Jeweller School Jewellery Maker of the Year 2016 for the stunning ‘Interstellar Ring’!!! Our judging panel were utterly amazed by Vlad’s beautiful […]
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06 Apr, 2016
Diamonds are a girls best friend…
Hello April! A new month means it is time for a new birthstone. And this month it is one of our favourite gemstones – Diamonds! Happy birth month to all you April babies! One of the most coveted gemstones in the world, most natural diamonds are between one to three billion years old. The word […]
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26 May, 2015
Inspirations: Wood in Jewellery
At London Jewellery School we’ve been looking for more opportunities for our students to create mixed media jewellery which means we’ve been looking at wood jewellery quite a bit. So we thought we’d share a few ideas on how you might work in this beautiful natural material. The grain and colour of wood makes it […]
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16 May, 2015
Take inspiration from a galaxy of glamorous earrings on the Cannes red carpet
If the Oscars were all about statement necklaces in jewellery terms, the other home of movie glamour, the Cannes red carpet is definitely dominated by bold earring choices. While these mainly feature diamonds, platinum etc, from super-high-end jewelers such as official Cannes partner Chopard and de Grisogono, the shapes and styles may well inspire you […]
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12 May, 2015
Design expert completes line up for evening of jewellery talks
We have now completed the line-up for the Jewellery Talks Evening at London Jewellery School on Thursday 28 May from 6.30pm. Our third speaker will be bespoke jewellery artist Ellie Stickland. Ellie specialises in creating illustrations and technical drawings, as well as 3D models, of jewellery pieces, taking concepts for final designs and then works […]
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23 Apr, 2015
Dragon inspired jewellery
It’s St George’s Day and, because he reputedly slayed one, here is a selection of dragon themed jewellery.
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05 Feb, 2015
February birthstone jewellery
We love gemstones at London Jewellery School so we have gone looking for some fabulous jewellery made using the February birthstones, which differ according to which category you look at. Traditional: Amethyst, Hyacinth and Pearl Modern: Amethyst Mystical: Bloodstone Ayurvedic: Amethyst This give you a good variety of options and you could think of combining […]
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17 May, 2014
Agate and its infinite variety
Agate is one of the birthstones for this month and unlike most birthstones it comes in a wide variety of colours which got us thinking that we should find out a bit more about this popular and varied gemstone. According to Geology.com an agate is “a translucent variety of microcrystalline quartz. It is used as […]
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24 Jul, 2012
LJS tutor Sima’s new venture
Tutor Sima Vaziry has launched a new website showcasing her jewellery collections including those commissioned specially for the British Museum in London such as the Hope lapis bracelet pictured here. Inspired by her Middle Eastern heritage and featuring silver, gold and gemstones, Sima’s collections show how starting out in jewellery by taking short courses can […]
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