It may be hard to believe but 2019 is soon to be upon us and with a new year comes endless possibilities. If you have been thinking about ways to improve your jewellery making, launching a new business or finding ways to be more creative, then a Diploma could be a great opportunity to build […]

  This week on the blog we will be featuring some of the graduates of our Diploma in Silver Jewellery as we have a free exhibition of their work this Friday, 7th July 2017, 6.30-8pm, at our London studios. You are invited to attend! Today we feature jeweller Guida Cusso Where do you live? I have […]

As you may have noticed, our tutors have been working on some exciting new additions to the courses we offer at LJS for both beginners and more advanced practitioners and we’d love to invite you to book a place! Here are our newest silver jewellery classes (click on the links for more detailed information) One day classes […]

Wow, we have been overwhelmed by all of the beautiful entries submitted to our 2016 Maker of the Year Competition!  You are all a talented bunch!  Thank you to everyone who entered and shared their beautiful work with us! It was so hard choosing our short-list of candidates!   We absolutely love each and every […]

For the next post in our series about great workshop tools to add to your collection we are going to be talking about Barrel Polishers (also called Tumblers)! When you first start to make silver Jewellery you will probably polish by hand using sand paper of varying grits to get a nice smooth finish on […]

  Silversmith Karen Young has been working hard to build up her jewellery business Karen Young Handmade Jewellery and her use of social media caught the eye of the LJS team. We talked to her about how she uses social media to promote her business and products Which social media do you use? (e.g. instagram, […]

Often when we think about silver jewellery we think about highly polished mirrored finished pieces but it is also a metal that looks great with a textured surface and with oxidise/patinated finishes. In our classes we teach texturing through hammering and through using a rolling mill, two great ways to create interesting finishes on silver. […]

Have you taken any of the following courses with London Jewellery School? Beginner’s Metal Clay Silver Metal Clay Taster Fashion Jewellery Intermediate Beading Beginner’s Wire Wrapping Linda Jones Wire Class Make a Silver Ring Taster Class Beginner’s Silver Jewellery If so we have a very special offer for you. Until 29 February 2016, you can […]

We know that some of you would like to learn about making silver jewellery but aren’t ready to commit to a full-day workshop. And others of you have asked about soldering in our silver taster classes. So we have added to our range of silver jewellery tasters to provide more options with the introduction of […]

Anna Campbell discovers the contents of her kitchen cupboards can be useful in her workshop too. Jewellers pickle is an acid used for getting rid of firescale on metal, particularly after soldering. Many people are wary about having it in the home, especially those of us with small children or animals. I made do without […]