Part One

Many years ago, a gentleman by the name of Hafsteinn Juliusson in Reykjavik, Iceland designed a range of Growing Jewellery that was featured in the trade press that caught my eye. Recently in the March edition of the USA Jewellery magazine Art Jewelry, I saw a Window-Box Ring made by Maria Apostolou that reminded me of Hafsteinn’s original designs.

I thought it was a wonderful project to recreate and have a bit of fun with. Let your imagination run wild and you will come up with some crazy ideas to fill in the head of the ring.

In this FreeView film Andrew shows you how to etch a silver bookmark with an etched message.

This bookmark would make a special present for someone and extra special if you could personalise it in some way. How about their name or a motivational message? Andrew uses liver of sulphur to add a patina to the piece as well as making the etched message stand out.

Knowing how to make jewellery isn’t enough these days, you also need to know how to sell your pieces and where to sell them too.

Trying to sell 1 carat diamond rings at a church fete is not going to work and neither is trying to sell your woven beaded bracelets at a fine jewellery fair. You need to define what market your jewellery fits into by conducting your own market research.