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New Designers 2017
New Designers returns to the Business Design Centre, Islington this summer for its 32nd edition, showcasing fresh thinking and talent from the UK's leading design courses and most entrepreneurial new businesses.
Celebrating the excellence of craft and design education in the UK and beyond, New Designers offers a forecast of the best innovation across the creative industries and an exhaustive overview of all that is new and ground-breaking in the world of jewellery and silversmithing design.
The GoJD Soldering Competition
Rebecca Skeels is a respected jeweller, metalsmith, teacher and industry guru. Her recently published book 'Soldering for Jewellers' is a practical guide which covers the basics as well as more advanced techniques and encourages the inspired jeweller to use the soldering process as a springboard for creative design.
The GoJD in collaboration with Rebecca will be giving away three copies of her book to the three jewellers who can entertain, inspire, educate or amuse us with tales from the soldering block! Enter the competition with a photo and story of one of your soldering escapades; tell us your tales of tears, triumphs and tribulations - the good the bad and the ugly, we want to see it all!
The NAJ Entrepreneurship Masterclass
If you’re new to the industry or starting your own jewellery business, The National Association of Jewellers is hosting a new dynamic one-day Entrepreneurship Masterclass, facilitated by Gordon Hamme, Managing Director of British Silver Week. Gordon Hamme has seen and worked in every type of company in the trade including manufacturing, wholesale, retail and the press.
The GoJD Promotional Videos
What Type Of Video Do You Need?
There are several types of video to fit your ideas and needs. Do you need a logo reveal, an explainer, a promo, or a slideshow? You may be asking yourself, "Exactly what are these videos and how can they help me?"
Video marketing is here to stay, video accounts for 50% of all mobile traffic and more than 50% of marketers believe that video is the content with the best return on investment.
The GoJD & BPA Pearl Survey
Pearls are classic. They have been valued and used as an adornment by humans for thousands of years. Ancient portraits of royalty and the gentry show them sporting pearls as a status symbol and pearls still remain a pivot of fashion jewellery, having rarely been missing from catwalks in the last 100 years.
New Designers 2016
This week saw the opening of the New Designers exhibition in Islington for 2016. This pivotal emerging design event returned for its 31st year, showcasing the graduation portfolios of thousands of UK creative arts students and providing a glimpse of what the future influences might be for British design, as these young people take their places in the creative industries.
This is a hugely enjoyable show to visit which provides a feast for the senses, coupled with the added delight of meeting the students themselves and hearing about their inspirations, passions and plans for the future.
GoJD Spring Competition - Winner Announced!
We had quite a conundrum choosing a winner for the Spring Competition! There were some lovely entries for this competition, in a wide variety of styles and using a range of different techniques. The only thing that they had in common were a fabulous spring-like vibe and amazing craftsmanship!
The GoJD Spring Competition
It’s competition time again! Spring has well and truly ‘sprung’, the weather is glorious and we want to see how the change in seasons is inspiring your work! Post an image of your current jewellery pieces or metalware on our Facebook, Twitter or Community Pages with the hashtag #GoJDspringcomp and you could win a £100 shopping spree at HS Walsh.
Jewellery Trends Spring/Summer 2016
Although we are still very much in the depths of a cold winter, very soon the sun will emerge and bring with it a whole world of colour, light and freshness that comes with spring and this years' SS16 jewellery trends! There is a definite feel of colour and vibrancy about the jewellery scene this spring/summer 2016: a clean, sharp freshness and clarity that simultaneously conveys emerging flower buds and harsh frosts.