CAD
Computer-Aided Design (CAD) has become an essential tool in the UK jewellery trade, transforming how jewellers, designers, and manufacturers create, prototype, and produce intricate pieces with precision and efficiency. From custom commissions to large-scale production, CAD enables professionals to streamline workflows and meet evolving consumer demands. Jewellery Focus provides expert coverage on CAD innovations, software developments, and practical applications, helping trade professionals stay ahead of technological advances shaping the jewellery industry.
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May- 2014 -8 MayTaking Stock
Bespoke by Baskerville – Personal CAD design
Fenella at Bespoke by Baskerville provides a personal CAD design service and with 20 years of expertise in the trade under her belt, she will ensure that your fine jewellery requirements are met. With strong attention to detail and the ability to design anything you may need, whether it be…
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Apr- 2014 -22 AprilEditor's Blog
Private equity kills the romance of our industry
The artisanal flare that characterises much of the UK jewellery industry couldn’t feel further away from the numerical mustard of the City. A CAD design programme is about as close as the jewellery world gets to digits flashing across the stock broker’s screen. But this week brings the news that…
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17 AprilCurrent Affairs
Holts Academy to expand offering with new course
The Holts Academy of Jewellery is set to expand its educational offering to include ‘Higher Education for Industry’. The higher national certificate and diploma courses come as the academy is developing a ‘Jewellery Degree for Industry’, set to launch in September 2015. Students will be able to enrol on its…
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9 AprilEvents
Holts Academy to celebrate apprenticeship pilot scheme success
Holts Academy has announced it will host an event celebrating the success of 14 apprentices recruited through the Holts Birmingham ‘apprenticeship pilot scheme’. The event, which will be held on May 14 at the Birmingham Institute of Art and Design, will give local employers a chance to network and find…
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Mar- 2014 -14 MarchEvents
Weston Beamor to sponsor New Designers’ Award
Birmingham casting and rapid-prototyping firm, Weston Beamor, has announced that it will once again be sponsoring an award at New Designers, the annual exhibition showcasing work of newly graduated designers from the UK’s leading universities. The Weston Beamor Award for ‘The Most Innovative Use of CAD in Jewellery Design’ will…
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Sep- 2013 -17 SeptemberRetailers
Jacobs the Jewellers wins Reading’s Independent Retailer of the Year
This year’s winner of Reading’s Independent Retailer of the Year has been announced as Jacobs the jewellers. The award was presented at the Reading Retail Awards gala dinner by a panel of independent judges in front of a packed ballroom at the Hilton Hotel in Reading. The family-run Berkshire jewellers…
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Aug- 2013 -21 AugustRetailers
77Diamonds relocates to Mayfair
Diamond e-tailor 77Diamonds.com has relocated its head office and showroom to Hanover Square in Mayfair. Originally launched in 2005, the firm is at the forefront of the diamond market selling loose and set diamond jewellery online. Its new larger showroom boasts a new interactive experience for customers, mixing high tech…
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Jul- 2013 -30 JulyManufacturers
Arabesque collection wins top Gemvision Matrix prize
A graduate at the School of Jewellery at Birmingham City University (BCU), Hannah Kimber, has been presented this year’s Gemvision Matrix Award. The annual award is open to students on the school’s B.A (Hons) Design for Industry one-year top-up degree level course that teaches Gemvision’s award winning Matrix CAD jewellery…
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May- 2013 -9 MayDesigners
Weston Beamor to sponsor CAD design award
Weston Beamor, the Birmingham-based jewellery casting and rapid-prototyping company, has announced that it is to sponsor an award at this year’s New Designers exhibition.
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Apr- 2013 -24 AprilManufacturers
Behind the scenes at Stephen Webster
Stephen Webster Ltd’s head of CAD, Edward Slater, has revealed the processes used to create the brand’s globally recognised jewellery designs, utilising Delcam’s ArtCAM JewelSmith software.
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