Goldsmiths’ Stories
Stories of craftspeople and creativity
For nearly 700 years the Goldsmiths’ Company has championed the trade and craft by nurturing and promoting the skills, talents and creativity of fine jewellers and silversmiths.
We’re passionately committed to amplifying the voices and stories of those who work in studios and behind benches, dedicating their lives to the creation of beautiful objects. Without this creative process there is no craft.
To celebrate these craftspeople and their creativity, we created Goldsmiths’ Stories - home for tales of the trade and craft of gold and silversmithing that are inspirational, engaging, educational, and true.
The value of craft in the digital age
The Goldsmiths’ Centre is an independent charity founded by the Goldsmiths’ Company, and supported by the Goldsmiths’ Foundation. Our largest single direct investment in the future of our trade and craft, it exists to support the jewellery, silversmithing and allied industries through learning and professional development and by providing workshop space and community to dozens of small businesses within our trade.
For Goldsmiths’ Stories, gemmologist and jewellery specialist Joanna Hardy visits this hive of jewellery-making activity on the edge of Hatton Garden, to find out how four contemporary designers and makers balance traditional hand skills and contemporary technology in a world gone digital. Photography by Tex Bishop.