The Goldsmiths' Centre Launches Fifth Spotlighting Getting Started Edition, Culminating in Spring 2026 Exhibition

Delivered through live webinars, self-paced training, and practical assignments, the free programme equips participants with essential industry skills, which they put into practice through live events, digital promotion, and a final curated exhibition at the Goldsmiths’ Centre in Spring 2026, offering valuable exposure and a platform to connect with audiences and the wider industry.

Spotlighting Getting Started is an initiative designed to celebrate and champion early-career jewellers and silversmiths from its annual Getting Started Online introduction to business programme. This year’s cohort of seven exceptional makers will be supported over the coming months as they put their learning into practice, grow their confidence, and develop their creative and professional identities – culminating in a public exhibition in Spring 2026.

Selected from the 2025 Getting Started Online participants, the new cohort, Liu Yang, Deniz Turan, Amelia Appleby (Amelia Appleby Jewellery), Lois Lo, Helen Dugdale, Joey Zhong (Joey Zhong Jewellery) and Bethany Chesser (LEVEE Jewellery), reflect through their pieces the diversity, innovation, and ambition that the Goldsmiths’ Centre is proud to nurture. Delivered through live webinars, self-paced and practical assignments, the free training programme equips these rising stars with the essential skills to establish their place in the industry. The course covers how to prepare for interviews, photograph work professionally, and promote a creative practice through social media. Makers also apply these skills through a live Meet the Maker online event, promotion on the Centre’s Instagram channel, and participation in the final physical exhibition – offering valuable exposure and the opportunity to engage directly with new audiences.

Spotlighting Getting Started Exhibition Celebration Copyright: The Goldsmiths' Centre. Photographer: Julia Skupny, 2025.


'This initiative has become an essential platform for emerging talent – not just to gain visibility, but to be actively supported in their growth,” says Charlotte Dew, Head of Public Programmes at the Goldsmiths’ Centre. “Spotlighting Getting Started continues to grow as a launchpad for some of the most exciting new voices in jewellery and silversmithing, offering valuable exposure and meaningful connections with wider audiences and the industry.'


To attend one of the upcoming Meet the Maker events or to learn more about the programme, visit www.goldsmiths-centre.org


At the Goldsmiths’ Centre, we support the jewellery and silversmithing industry to embrace learning as an essential lifelong practice. Our mission is to foster capability at every link in the chain, making ongoing professional development visible and accessible to all. Through technical courses and business support, affordable workspace, funding opportunities and events we aim to close the industry’s skills gap, so that creativity, craftsmanship and community can thrive.

Spotlighting Getting Started Exhibition Celebration Copyright: The Goldsmiths' Centre. Photographer: Julia Skupny, 2025.