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 JanuaryProduct Launches
Robinson Pelham launches Arcadia Beads collection
Robinson Pelham has launched the Arcadia Beads collection for a starting price of ยฃ490. The jeweller was founded in 1997 by friends when they met within the jewellery community. For 16 years, the trio worked from their Pimlico Atelier, solely on bespoke and private commissions for their clients. In 2012,…
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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 brandโs new collection is made from gemstones and silk and is described as โโthe modern womanโs rosaryโโ.ย 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 โsuperb and innovative craftsmanshipโ, 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 UKโs largest independent art, craft and design gallery – is launching โRhythmโ, a new jewellery collection debuting on 6 September that spotlights the โart of rhythmโ…
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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 weโve 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 Yamimโs 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 Valentineโs Day
South Wimbledon-based independent jewellery brand Bea Jareno is launching a pop-up store in time for Valentineโs Day at West Brompton Crossing on Lillie Road. As well as offering the companyโs own products, Bea Jareno will invite a select group of ceramic artists so their goods can also be displayed and…
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