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PureJewels’ Marco Paonessa wins GCDC award for craftsmanship

Marco Paonessa, a craftsperson for London fine jewellery brand PureJewels, has won a Goldsmiths’ Craft and Design Council (GCDC) award for craftsmanship for a second straight year. Paonessa won the award this year for his work on a necklace in PureJewels’ “Dhwani” collection. Dhwani, crafted in PureJewels’ innovative 22ct “Sunrise…

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Cooksongold launches new Laser Cutting Service

Cooksongold, the UK jewellery making supplier, has announced the launch of its new Laser Cutting service on 27 August 2024. With its laser cutting technology, Cooksongold now offers accuracy, allowing for “high levels” of detail and customisation in designs that would be difficult to achieve with traditional methods. The new…

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Oushaba expands its Connection Salvaged range

Oushaba has expanded its Connection Salvaged collection with the launch of nine new pieces. Connection Salvaged, the debut collection from Oushaba, explored the relationship between the “technology that connects us and the precious resources discarded as a result”. Each of the nine new pieces see recycled e-waste reimagined as wearable…

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Bucherer launches new diamond solitaires

Bucherer Fine Jewellery has announced the launch of its new diamond solitaires as part of the Joy, Heaven, 1888 and Allure collections. All the pieces in the Joy Collection boast sparkling details and can be customised. The colour, carat, cut and purity of the diamonds can be individually selected, as…

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Lala Salama launches the ‘Hoop Collection’

Lala Salama has launched its new ‘Hoop Collection’, comprising three different versions of the timeless hoop earrings – one set with a hammered finish, one polished finish and one mini. The earrings are made solely of brass, and the metal alloy is made of copper and zinc. Additionally, they have…

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Maria Black becomes first luxury brand to join Fairtrade programme

Maria Black has become the first “luxury” jewellery brand to join the new Fairtrade Gold Sourcing Programme (GSP) on 3 December 2021. In 2021, which marks 10 years of Fairtrade Gold, the programme was launched to enable more jewellery brands and businesses to source from an “ethical supply chain”. Maria…

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Ernest Jones to launch ‘Thank You’ NHS support pin

Ernest Jones has announced the launch of the ‘Thank You’ Pin in support of the NHS front-line workers on Friday 2 July 2021. Created by TMB Art Metal, £10 from every sale will be donated to NHS Charities Together with the hope that the pin will raise a minimum of…

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Hean Studio resumes operations

Hean Studio has revealed it is now reopen for business. The precious metal castings specialist had initially stopped operations in light of the ongoing pandemic. However, it has now reopened with a team of skeleton staff in order to keep employees safe and enable social distancing in line with government…

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Yossi Harari launches new 31 piece collection

Jewellery designer Yossi Harari has launched his latest collection comprising of 31 unique, handcrafted, individual pieces of jewellery using Shefa Yamim’s rare and unique suite of gemstones found in the Kishon Mid-Reach area. Harari is a world-renowned jewellery designer and three-time winner of the Couture Design Award. Harari has been…

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Is the clock ticking for traditional watchmakers?

Apple has form in the game of entering markets very late and changing the game. That much is certain. The iMac was not the first self-contained PC, but it caught the imagination of the late Nineties tech-adopters. The iPod was not the first MP3 music player, but it was somehow…

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