BAJ x Theo Fennell
A group of the academy’s level 4 Jewellery Design and Manufacturing Diploma students worked on harnessing the power of storytelling through jewellery, guided by iconic London-based jeweller Theo Fennell. The students were challenged to design and manufacture a ring representing “the Circle of Life.” Designs should be invested with real emotional and talismanic weight, but […]
BAJ x Lewis Malka
BAJ x Fuli Gemstones
British Academy of Jewellery and Fuli Gemstones collaborated to give our Jewellery Design and Manufacturing Diploma students hands-on experience working with Fuli’s natural and vibrant peridot. The project challenged our level 5 diploma students to design and make jewellery featuring a Fuli peridot. Fuli Gemstones generously donated a peridot for every student to use in […]
Pride Jewellery Showcase: in aid of The Proud Trust
BAJ held a charity jewellery sale in May 2022, featuring pieces created and donated by BAJ students, tutors, and members of our wider community. All proceeds were donated to The Proud Trust. “At BAJ we really believe in getting our students involved in the wider jewellery community, and encouraging them to use their fantastic jewellery […]
Erasmus – The Future is Our Jewel: Fire and Future
The project “THE FUTURE IS OUR JEWEL” brings together 6 partner schools around a common formation in the creation of jewellery, but whose cultural, heritage and professional histories are multiple. As part of BAJ’s international Erasmus project ‘The Future is our Jewel’, BAJ launched an exhibition on Monday at its London campus. The showcase features […]
BAJ x Alex Monroe
The British Academy of Jewellery collaborated with Alex Monroe in the 2020/2021 academic year on a project titled “Adaptability, Versatility, Longevity”. Aiming to raise awareness about sustainability in the jewellery industry, the project challenged BAJ students to design and make an original wearable jewellery piece, each incorporating a 5mm sapphire generously donated by the Alex […]
Charity Jewellery Auction 2021
The British Academy of Jewellery organised a Charity Jewellery Auction in the spring of 2021, auctioning pieces made and donated by students and tutors at BAJ as well as external jewellers. The auction was in support of Blueprint for All, a non-profit organisation that works to empower young people from disadvantaged backgrounds. Through mentorship programmes […]
BAJ Podcast | Current Obsession at Munich Jewellery Week 2023
BAJ Podcast | Current Obsession at Munich Jewellery Week 2023 https://www.podbean.com/media/player/multi?playlist=http%3A%2F%2Fplaylist.podbean.com%2F7904119%2Fplaylist_multi.xml&vjs=1&size=430&skin=2&episode_list_bg=%23ffffff&bg_left=%23CBC6C6&bg_mid=%23CBC6C6&bg_right=%23CBC6C6&podcast_title_color=%23020000&episode_title_color=%23000000&auto=0&share=1&fonts=Helvetica&download=1&rtl=0&show_playlist_recent_number=10 Listen on Spotify Listen on Apple Podcasts In this episode, BAJ’s Sofie Boons speaks with two members of the team behind the thought-provoking magazine ‘Current Obsession’. With their magazine, and their first ever Jewellery Hub in the centre of Munich during Munich Jewellery Week, […]
The Exhibition Project 2021
A group of our Level 5 Jewellery Design and Manufacturing Diploma students developed commercially viable jewellery brand concepts based around well-defined target markets as a class exercise. In parallel with their course work, students developed commercial jewellery collections for the brands, well-suited to their chosen clients. By practising creating a brand, developing online content, and […]
Tannaz Alizadeh Irani
The project “THE FUTURE IS OUR JEWEL” brings together 6 partner schools around a common formation in the creation of jewellery, but whose cultural, heritage and professional histories are multiple. For the second year of the Future is our Jewel, our students focused on the topics: air and the present; the pivotal themes for the […]
PLE Travelling Exhibition 2020
As part of our ongoing collaboration with the Parlement Lycéen Européen, we launched an international jewellery exhibition at our London campus in November 2020. The exhibition showcased jewellery made for PLE’s annual jewellery design initiative. Jewellery by five BAJ students was on display along with jewellery made by students from PLE partner schools across Europe. […]
BAJ x Alighieri
The British Academy of Jewellery collaborated in 2020 with top London-based jewellery brand Alighieri on a design competition for BAJ’s students. The competition’s brief challenged students to design jewellery pieces inspired by the opening lines of Dante Alighieri’s epic poem, The Divine Comedy: “In the middle of the journey of life,I found myself in a […]
Pins of Praise
In recognition of the efforts made by the medical community during the health crisis, we are united to show our support for ‘NHS Charities Together,’ a membership organisation representing, supporting and championing NHS Charities. The British Academy of Jewellery launched its Pins of Praise design competition in support of NHS staff and volunteers working to […]