“Over time I’ve tried to develop basically a language, which describes in abstract form movement in nature or the repeat that you see everywhere. There’s something meditative in that”. For Goldsmiths’ Stories, Kate Youde talks with jeweller Sarah Pulvertaft about creating delight with kinetic pieces, the spareness of the cube, and weaving jewellery from silver, gold, and gemstones.

“Independence goes beyond having power and choice, it’s about allowing others into your life and asking for help.” For Goldsmiths’ Stories, Curtis McGlinchey talked with silversmith Rauni Higson about finding a home in the mountains of Snowdonia and a place in the industry.

From the ancient civilisations of Egypt and Greece to the here and now, botanical motifs have been a prominent theme in jewellery design for as long as there has been jewellery. For Goldsmiths’ Stories, writer Janice Hosegood explores the work and practice of three makers who draw inspiration and abstraction from the beauty of the natural world.

For Goldsmiths’ Stories, Melanie Grant delves behind-the-scenes of the jewellery industry to share the secret ways and wisdom of its pioneers in a three part series – The Secret World of Jewellery. For the third and final installment she spoke with jeweller Glenn Spiro about a life at the heart of the London jewellery trade.

“We’re all on a journey all the time; learning and making go hand in hand.” – For Goldsmiths’ Stories, jeweller Ella Fearon-Low spoke with artist-jeweller Lucie Gledhill for the final instalment of her three part series on inspirational women using the intersection between jewellery and art as a way to access female creative identity.

“The work we make, whether we like it or not, acts as our autobiography, circling our career.” – For Goldsmiths’ Stories, jeweller Ella Fearon-Low spoke with artist-jeweller Donna Brennan for the second instalment of her three part series on inspirational women using the intersection between jewellery and art as a way to access female creative identity.

“I like leaving people with questions rather than answers simply because I think that's what I enjoy in other people's work as well. I like not understanding something.” For Goldsmiths’ Stories, jeweller Ella Fearon-Low spoke with artist-jeweller Zoe Arnold for the first instalment of her three part series on inspirational women using the intersection between jewellery and art as a way to access female creative identity.

“The hand of the engraver is the hand of mistakes. You need the errors to give the image character — I started engraving down the shank because my hand slipped once while I was working on a ring – Some of the best engraving is done by mistake.”. For Goldsmiths’ Stories, writer Kate Matthams talks to Castro Smith about his creative inspirations, making magic in precious metal, and the power and joy of making mistakes.

In 2023 The Hugo Burge Foundation opened a state-of-the-art silversmithing workshop on their Marchmont campus supported by a generous donation of tools, machinery and books by the late Master silversmith Graham Stewart. For Goldsmiths’ Stories, Eleni Bide learns how this workshop on the Scottish Borders provides mentorship and support to early career silversmiths.

David Clarke has gained a reputation as the 'bad boy' of British silversmithing, carving a distinct route through the world of contemporary craft. For Goldsmiths’ Stories, writer Rolf Hughes reports on this contemporary alchemist, who rejoices in unlikely connections.

In the studios of Stuart Jenkins, Seth Kennedy and Callum Partridge, you’ll find subtle clues that their work with metal extends beyond the precious, and their tools beyond those of their respective trades.

For Goldsmiths’ Stories, writer Janice Hosegood explores the passion that these three accomplished metalsmiths share for the restoration, maintenance and enjoyment of vintage vehicles and the communities that form around them.

“Through my pieces, I try to instil a renewed sense of discovery that is sometimes lost in the seriousness of life, although the most important thing for me is always to say something compelling about the animal in question. Sometimes, a deeper abstraction serves that purpose.” – For Goldsmiths’ Stories, jeweller Clio Saskia talks to Kate Matthams about her background in sculpture, fossiking for sapphires in the Australian Gemfields, creating animal magic in precious metal, and the responsible and ethical use of materials.