Beads
Beads are a versatile and enduring element in jewellery design, used across fashion and fine collections to create personalised, vibrant, and trend-led pieces. For UK jewellers, designers, and wholesalers, beads offer creative opportunities and commercial potential, from bespoke commissions to mass-market ranges. Jewellery Focus covers the beads sector with insights into design trends, supplier developments, material innovations, and market analysis that help trade professionals leverage this popular category effectively.
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Jan- 2021 -28 JanuaryFeatures
From the Bench: HEAVEN & HELL by Arabel Lebrusan at Lebrusan Studio
Sometimes my work treads a fine line between art and jewellery design. Merging traditional craft with modern-day narratives, I create one-of-a-kind jewels that serve as social commentaries, telling the stories that tend to fall through the cracks of our capitalist society. For decades, the international media has called for attention…
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Sep- 2020 -29 SeptemberProduct Launches
The Alkemistry launches Cinta collection
The Alkemistry has launched Cinta, a colourful bead collection which is inspired by mindfulness and manifestation. The London-based jewellery brand’s new collection is made from gemstones and silk and is described as ‘‘the modern woman’s rosary’’. Split into three sections with 18ct gold discs, pieces from the Cinta collection are…
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Jan- 2020 -6 JanuaryEvents
Desire Fair comes to London
The Desire Fair has announced that its 2020 show will be held in Chelsea, London, between 28 February and 1 March. Some 90 individual jewellers and contemporary silversmiths, selected for their “superb and innovative craftsmanship”, will be showcasing their work at the jewellery and silversmithing event. Visitors will also be…
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Nov- 2019 -25 NovemberManufacturer Files
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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Sep- 2019 -19 SeptemberE-Commerce
Burhouse Limited launches new website
Burhouse Ltd., the well known wholesale distributor of jewellery making findings, gemstone beads and cabochons has relaunched its website www.burhouse.com. Burhouse Ltd. has supported the jewellery design industry for over 45 years in West Yorkshire, supplying high quality plated findings, chains, gemstone beads and cabochons as well as featuring one…
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Aug- 2019 -14 AugustDesigners
North East gallery reveals new jewellery collection
A jewellery collection inspired by pattern, repetition and movement takes will be unveiled at a Newcastle gallery this autumn. The Biscuit Factory – the UK’s largest independent art, craft and design gallery – is launching ‘Rhythm’, a new jewellery collection debuting on 6 September that spotlights the “art of rhythm”…
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May- 2019 -13 MayFeatures
What do changing gender norms mean for the jewellery industry?
After a January that lasted about a decade, it feels like we’ve raced through the year and collided into spring with its promise of longer days, lighter moods and renewed energy. With spring comes the Met Gala, held on the first Monday of May, which punctuates the time of year…
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Feb- 2019 -26 FebruaryProduct Launches
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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Jan- 2019 -15 JanuaryRetailers
Bea Jareno launches pop-up store and workshops for Valentine’s Day
South Wimbledon-based independent jewellery brand Bea Jareno is launching a pop-up store in time for Valentine’s Day at West Brompton Crossing on Lillie Road. As well as offering the company’s own products, Bea Jareno will invite a select group of ceramic artists so their goods can also be displayed and…
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10 JanuaryFeatures
Three-Minute Interview – Miglio Designer Jewellery
Describe yourself in three words? I have been described as energetic, approachable and hard-working. When you were at school, what did you want to be and why? I have always wanted to be an archaeologist, having always loved antique jewellery. In the early ‘70s, watching my mother getting dressed taught…
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