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The guild is a collaboration of British jewellery designer artisans ranging from part time enthusiasts to dedicated full time professionals offering support and networking. The guild is a collaboration of British jewellery designer makers ranging from part time enthusiasts to dedicated full time professionals offering support and networking.

30/10/2026

Keep an eye open on your email inboxes for news about the addition of a new GoJD Supplier Partner offering a discount to Gold and Gold Plus members (a clue is in the image! 🙂 ) and the ability to embed videos directly in to your member public profile. https://gojdconnect.org/members/argentium

30/10/2026

Bespoke packaging: a box made for your pieces and your brand.

The box becomes part of how your piece is presented and remembered.

Our test: you know whose box it is before opening it. If it could be any maker's, it's stock packaging.

Guild supplier Fleet Luxury Packaging has over 40 years in retail packaging, specialises in jewellery and watches, and tailors to each client.

28/10/2026

In the UK, your design rights turn up automatically the moment you make something. The proof that you got there first does not.

Copyright covers your original 2D work: sketches, technical drawings, photographs. Design right covers the 3D shape, configuration and appearance of the piece itself. Both exist without a single form being filled in.

If a piece is copied, you have to show when the design existed and what it looked like. A dated, third-party record makes that far easier. "I definitely sketched it first" carries a lot more weight with a timestamp attached.

That's what the Copyright Vault is for. Register your designs with blockchain-anchored, time-stamped proof of authorship. It works as a deterrent, and as evidence if you ever need to show you're the original creator.

Registrations live in your member dashboard, where you can generate QR codes or serial numbers so others can verify them. Our team doesn't open your files unless you ask us to.

The Vault is on every tier, free Silver included. The best time to register a design is well before anyone needs the evidence.

26/10/2026

Finishing a piece is one moment. Photographing it well is a second job entirely, and that second job is where finished work tends to sit and wait.

So we've taken that moment apart.

The trigger: the piece is done. The listing can't go live without pictures.

The signal: the photo job keeps sliding down the to-do list while the piece waits in a drawer.

The story underneath: my work only looks as good as my photos, and jewellery photography is its own craft.

The choice: run the images through AI Photo Editing in GoJD Connect and stop putting them off.

The outcome: studio-quality jewellery images in seconds, ready to list. 📸

AI Photo Editing is newly listed and included on every GoJD Connect membership tier, free Silver included.

The drawer will have to find something else to hold. 😉

More at gojdconnect.org/membership

23/10/2026

Mention selling on a marketplace to a jeweller and the same worry comes up again and again: undercut everyone or get ignored.

It's a fair assumption. Odissa was built with it in mind.

That race to the bottom has a source. It starts on open marketplaces, where anyone can sell anything.

Odissa is the Guild's member-only selling platform. Every seller on it is a verified jeweller, and the people browsing come to support independent makers.

Without a race to the bottom built in, you can price for the work itself. The cheapest listing next door stops setting your number.

As pre-Christmas selling begins and you decide where to list, this is the assumption worth dropping first. Ideally before the tinsel goes up. 🎄

21/10/2026

A Serial number: a code a piece carries that gives it a route back to its owner if it is ever lost.

Every maker knows serial numbers from bench tools, kit and paperwork. In jewellery, they earn their keep after the sale, once a piece has left the bench and gone out into the world. Rings slip off. Earrings go walkabout. 😉

That's where Jewellery Reunited comes in. It's our lost and found registry. Pieces are assigned a Jewellery Reunited serial number, and that number is how a lost piece finds its way back to its owner.

It's available on every membership tier, free Silver included. Free Jewellery Reunited tokens are allocated based on membership, so you can start registering pieces without an extra purchase. 💍

19/10/2026

Fair season. Same question, every year: can we see your proof of insurance?

Organisers across the UK often ask for it before you can sell a single ring. Having cover is one thing. Finding the paperwork quickly is where makers get caught out, usually while digging through old inboxes at the last minute.

Public liability insurance isn't a legal requirement for jewellery makers, so many go without it or struggle to find cover that fits the trade. For a sole trader or small studio, a single claim could end the business.

Gold Plus membership includes craft fair and exhibitions PPL insurance. It protects you if a member of the public is injured by your stall or has an issue with your products.

Every Gold Plus member gets a customised certificate of insurance eligibility. Your policy documents appear in your account dashboard as soon as signup and subscription are complete, ready to pass to an organiser. Cover can be set up quickly too, even for an event that starts tomorrow.

Before your next fair, download your certificate and keep it somewhere you can send or show in seconds. The gate is a terrible place to start searching.

16/10/2026

A membership badge is easy to scroll past. So let's slow down and peek at what sits behind one. 🔍

Lee Wyke runs Infallible Jewels in Bristol, a studio specialising in fine jewellery. Lee is a Gold Plus member of the Guild of Jewellery Designers. Swipe through for what that tier means for the person buying from him.

A verified seller. Gold and Gold Plus members can sell on the Odissa Marketplace, our member-only platform of verified jewellers. The checking is done before a buyer sends the first message.

Pricing that respects the craft. Odissa is set up to avoid race-to-the-bottom pricing, so fine jewellery there is priced for the work that went into it.

Clearer pictures. Every tier, Gold Plus included, comes with AI jewellery photography that produces studio-quality images in seconds. A buyer can judge a piece properly before getting in touch, no squinting required. 📸

A fair word on the badge. It covers what the membership includes, and that's all. How Lee uses those tools is his story to tell.

Next time you're browsing for a jeweller, look out for the Gold Plus mark. And while you're there, say hello to Infallible Jewels. 💎

14/10/2026

A finished piece of jewellery is never made by one pair of hands alone.
Behind every bracelet, ring or pendant is a chain of specialist work: the supplier providing the metal, the caster bringing a form to life, the maker at the bench and the designer creating the finished piece.
This carousel follows one silver bracelet from raw metal stock to a piece ready to sell.
Each stage depends on the one before it. And each person in the chain needs a reliable way to find the next.
Since 2010, our network has connected more than 1,500 active UK jewellery-trade members: suppliers, casters, manufacturers, designers and retailers. It helps the trade find the skills, services and products that turn an idea into something customers can wear.
Then comes the sale. Members can link products directly to their own selling pages, while suppliers and makers can open product feeds to retail members for wholesale opportunities.
Swipe through the journey—from silver stock to finished bracelet—find your place in the chain, and meet the people who help keep the trade moving.

12/10/2026

Great jewellery gets noticed. But getting noticed is only the beginning. 💍
Take these two GETi titanium rings: one with a dark wood inlay, the other with a textured coloured inlay. Both turn heads. But an interested retailer still needs to know who makes them and where to see more.

That’s where 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 makes the difference.

First, help people find you.

Our public, searchable Member Directories put Gold and Gold Plus members’ work in front of buyers, shops and customers.
Then, tell the story behind the work.
With photos and a brand bio, your profile gives people more than a beautiful piece to admire. It introduces the maker, the ideas and the craft behind it. 😉
Finally, make the next step easy.
Every profile has a unique web link and social media links, giving anyone who likes your work a clear route to explore more and get in touch.
Good jewellery speaks for itself. Your member profile helps the right people hear it.

Address

44 Hockley Street
Hockley
B186BH

Opening Hours

Monday	7:30am - 5:45am
Tuesday	7:30am - 5:45am
Wednesday	7:30am - 5:45am
Thursday	7:30am - 5:45am

Telephone

+441215070994

Website

http://www.guildofjewellerydesigners.co.uk/

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