Jewellery Designer Maker

Ending the Hiatus

I have no excuse, no apology. I’ve just been too busy with minor things to get round to updating the blog, so it is almost eight weeks since I last posted. Unforgivable. Let’s get back to it with a whistle-stop overview of the weeks and a promise of a […] Click here to view original…

The Justified Sinner: Normal Service

After a four-week hiatus to let me relax and take some time to regain my strength and focus, I am back at work again. The holiday itself was uneventful, taking in the Jewellery Quarter Open Studios at the beginning which led to ordering a new lamp from Zoe and Steve at the Dual Works Click…

Making for Change

Craftivism! A portmanteau word meaning “activism through craft”. I don’t think it has made the dictionary yet – though it has made Wikipedia – but when it does, you can be sure that it will be the definition of a project I was involved with for young people in […] Click here to view original…

The creators of £1m cufflinks

James and Henry Deakin They make posh cufflinks for everyone from rock stars to royalty from their historic base in Birmingham, but they remain one of the UK’s best-kept secrets. Jon Griffin meets Deakin and Francis directors James and Henry Deakin. Deakin and Francis is England’s oldest family jeweller, […] Click here to view original…

Better together!

We’ve been hard at work on the final details for the map, and reading through everyone who is taking part is making us feel really, really happy! As you will know from previous blogs we are all about sharing skills here in the Jewellery Quarter but many gallerys go […] Click here to view original…

Made In The Jewellery Quarter Exhibition

Made In The Jewellery Quarter Exhibition at on Warstone Ln 1030-1630 Monday-Saturday from 4-28 February [mappress mapid=”166″]