Polishing
Polishing is an essential process in jewellery production and maintenance, ensuring pieces achieve the desired finish and retain their appeal for consumers. For UK jewellers, designers, and manufacturers, mastering polishing techniques and staying updated on advancements in equipment and materials is key to delivering quality and efficiency. Jewellery Focus covers polishing trends, tool innovations, and best practices, providing trade professionals with insights to enhance craftsmanship and operational performance in this critical area.
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Apr- 2019 -18 AprilBusinesses For Sale
Business for sale: Burnham-on-sea Goldsmiths – £10,000
Lock-up jewellers shop available in the popular seaside location of Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset. The unit available with vacant possession from 1 May 2019 for a guide price of £10,000 with current rent set at £6,500 per annum. The sale will include: Bandit glass on primary front windows. Electric full shutter. Alarm…
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15 AprilRetailers
Diamond Heaven opens fifth store
Bespoke Jewellers Diamond Heaven has opened its fifth store located at Cardiff’s St. David’s shopping centre. The jewellery brand already has existing showrooms in both Manchester and London’s Hatton Garden, as well as Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter and Glasgow. Established in 2004, Diamond Heaven provides high end bespoke diamond jewellery including…
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Jan- 2019 -23 JanuaryFeatures
Selling advice: Adding on
This month’s section on jewellery services such as engraving, resizing, and polishing is very timely before the holidays because it will give you jewellers a big opportunity to increase your sales. I know what some of you will say: “We’re too busy then.” Perhaps you are if you don’t know…
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Nov- 2018 -23 NovemberFeatures
How to care for antique jewellery
If you’ve invested in antique jewellery, then you are in possession of a little piece of history. To be classed as ‘antique’, the piece must be 100 years old or more. That jewellery has had quite the journey to reach you and has likely adorned many a person’s hand or…
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Oct- 2018 -31 OctoberFeatures
Casting: Are manufacturers matching the retailers into the future?
I am worried that the standard of craftsmanship within our industry is dropping. Of course we still have wonderful craftsmen and women in the UK, and more in training, but unless you are based either in London or Birmingham – how hard is it to find a first class apprenticeship…
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Aug- 2018 -30 AugustQ&A Sessions
Brand Q&A: AG Mounts
How was AG Mounts founded? I established the company in 1996. We manufacture and design jewellery ourselves in our factory. We pretty much do everything from a to z. That includes designing, making, casting, mounting, setting and polishing. We design our own mounts as well, and we take special orders…
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21 AugustFeatures
Voice on the High Street – Jana Reinhardt
How did you get into jewellery? I saw an advert for a jewellery apprenticeship near my hometown in Germany. It was really tough – I almost quit several times – [I] got my apprenticeship and studied jewellery design before qualifying as a master goldsmith in 2003. Shortly after that, I…
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Jun- 2018 -28 JuneInternational
China to use IDE factory to polish large diamonds
Chinese diamantaires will now have their large diamonds polished in a new factory being built by the Israel Diamond Exchange (IDE) and Israel Diamond Institute (IDIIsrael). The IDE president Yoram Dvash and Shanghai Diamond Exchange (SDE) president Li Qiang, signed the “historic agreement” in Ramat Gan, Israel. Representatives on…
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5 JuneUncategorized
Kundan Jewellery – Reviving a dying Mughal art
“Kundan jewellery just isn’t good business anymore, so people are finding other lines of work”, said Ali Azeem, a Kundan craftsman in Lahore. “You work hard all day, only to earn a 1000 rupees (£7) at day’s end. If only our own people value it as much as the foreigners do.”…
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May- 2018 -31 MayProduct Launches
Everledger announces deal with HK Group to track My Diamond Story diamonds
Everledger and Hari Krishna Group (HK Group) have announced a deal that will see Hari Krishna’s flagship private label brand My Diamond Story tracked using blockchain technology. With this new development, Everledger, a global emerging technology enterprise, and the HK Group, one of the world’s largest diamond manufacturers and exporters,…
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