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Manufacturer Files

  • Feb- 2020 -
    28 February
    Manufacturer Files: Kevan Scott

    Manufacturer Files: Kevan Scott

    “I started my business in 1997 in my mum and dad’s cellar, while still employed at a place where I had worked for 12 years and where I also served my apprenticeship,” says Kevan Scott, founder of the jewellery manufacturer and designer Kevan Scott, when recounting how he started the…

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  • Nov- 2019 -
    25 November
    The manufacturer files: Black Dragon Crafts

    The manufacturer files: Black Dragon Crafts

    In a modestly-sized workshop on the side of a green hill in west Wales sits Black Dragon Crafts, a manufacturer which specialises in the creation of Celtic beads and jewellery. The whole operation is now run almost entirely by its founder, Annie Wealleans, who began crafting the historically inspired jewellery…

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  • Oct- 2019 -
    11 October
    The Manufacturing Files: Jewellery Casting Scotland

    The Manufacturing Files: Jewellery Casting Scotland

    Located at the end of an 18-mile, single track road in Carradale, on the west coast of Scotland, sits Jewellery Casting Scotland, a specialist in jewellery manufacture, casting and CAD design. It has been serving the jewellery industry for over 45 years, and its remote location has not stopped the…

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  • 3 October
    Manufacturer Files: Masonic Jewellery.co.uk

    Manufacturer Files: Masonic Jewellery.co.uk

    Masonic Jewellery.co.uk has been passed through several different hands over the past 100 years, under different owners and even different names, but the tooling and the knowledge has remained consistent over the course of a century,” says Mike Jeffreys, owner and director of the manufacturer which provides authentic Freemason/masonic jewellery…

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  • Aug- 2019 -
    20 August
    Manufacturer Files: Bailey of Sheffield

    Manufacturer Files: Bailey of Sheffield

    Scott Bailey, founder of jewellery manufacturer Bailey of Sheffield, explains how the journey of the business all started with “£25,000 raised on Kickstarter in April 2016”. He says it “wasn’t really about the cash” at the time, but about “making a name for ourselves” on the internet and all around…

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  • Jul- 2019 -
    9 July
    Manufacturer files: Shetland Jewellery

    Manufacturer files: Shetland Jewellery

    “We do very traditional jewellery making here,” says Sophie Whitehead, workshop manager at Shetland Jewellery, “so the whole process is very personal, and means that the jeweller is actually getting to progress the piece themselves and get the satisfaction from doing that.” The jewellery manufacturer was founded in 1953 by…

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  • Jun- 2019 -
    17 June
    Manufacturer Files – DBC London  

    Manufacturer Files – DBC London  

    “DBC was formed in 2012 specifically to provide a one stop place for castings for the fine jewellery market”, says Andrew Marshall, production manager at jewellery manufacturer DBC London, “Our identity is to be the future of precious metal casting with the ability to provide a complete service from design…

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  • May- 2019 -
    8 May
    Manufacturer files: W J Sutton

    Manufacturer files: W J Sutton

    “W J Sutton was founded by William Josiah (W J) Sutton, who was the son of a jeweller”, says Kenneth Sutton, W J Sutton’s great-grandson and director of the Birmingham-based jewellery manufacturer and wholesaler. “He realised his passion for jewellery whilst studying for his metallurgy degree and so he followed…

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