When antique dealer Jeff lent his daughter Deborah several antique diamonds to remake into a collection, a family business was born. Sarah Royce-Greensill spoke with the duo to find out what makes their dynamic so special.

Everyone knows what a wedding ring should look like, right? Maybe not. As Sophia Tobin shows, there is a continual evolution happening that runs parallel to our own changing definitions of how to memorialise commitment.

In 2008 Jeweller Hélène Thomas spent time in China learning traditional craft skills from a local Master. But as she would later learn, some skills are just pathways for a deeper understanding of life.

“People used to say to me – why do you want to make jewellery? There were so few of us doing it back then, it just wasn’t something people did.” - For Goldsmiths’ Stories, jeweller Catherine Mannheim talks with Curtis McGlinchey about the origins and constants of her design and practice, from the 1960s to today.

When goldsmith Jacqueline Mina agreed to help investigate fragments of ancient gold thread found on a buried Roman skeleton, it was clear it would become one of London’s most significant archaeological finds. The remains of the woman would come to be known as the Princess of the City and would help define some of Mina’s best examples of contemporary jewellery.

For Ndidi Ekubia, silversmithing has become a means to channel emotions and harness the power of elemental forces. Curtis McGlinchey spoke to her about the origins and development of her elemental creativity.

Finding a sense of authenticity in our work can be challenging. The enforced solitude of the 2020 lockdowns gave designer-maker Shivani Patel – who works under the name Shivani Chorwadia – the opportunity to search for answers.

Following on from her first book Coveted: Art and Innovation in High Jewelry, Melanie Grant examines the evolution of jewellery as art with a new five-part series created during lockdown with some of jewellery’s modern masters.

For his series on early career jewellers and silversmiths, writer Jonathan Foyle speaks with Francisca Onumah about fusing her unorthodox and poetic style of making with a profound sense of place and identity.

“Jewellery is packed full of meaning and can take on new significance as you go through life.” - For Goldmsiths’ Stories, jeweller Naomi Tracz, talks with Curtis McGlinchey about rediscovering the complex ways people and memories live in the jewellery we wear.

Describing her practice as “a celebration of geometry in all its poetic forms”, Yvonne Gilhooly uses traditional goldsmithing skills to create sculptural pieces both as adornment and as standalone objects. For Goldsmiths’ Stories, she spoke with Sarah Jurado about a unique commission spanning three generations.

“If I can get curious, I can get creative” - Writing for Goldsmiths’ Stories, artist Simone Brewster finds a kindred spirit in fellow creative wanderer and cerebral silversmith, Juliette Bigley.