Getting Started 2020 Course Participants Announced
Today, we are announcing the names of the emerging designer-makers in jewellery and silversmithing that have been selected for our free week-long introduction to business course Getting Started.
The course, which is open to recent graduates from a certified UK Precious Metal course, will also see two former Goldsmiths’ Company Apprentices, jewellers Abigail Buckingham and Sharon Alvarez from EC One, take part for the first time this January.
The successful cohort, who will be attending a series of immersive business skills workshops and presentations led by industry experts, includes:
• Abigail Buckingham
• Amanjit Dhami
• Danniella Jayne Wilde
• David Hay
• Eleanor Whitworth
• Ellina Pollitt
• Eloise Kramer
• Emily Drabble
• Emily Smith
• Francesca Urciuoli
• Harriet Jenkins
• Huub Boekhorst
• Jessica Trafford
• Kate Morton
• Katharina Kraus
• Kit Garnett
• Lorna McNaught
• Lorna Romanenghi
• Megan Brown
• Mingze Zhang
• Neung Wi Kim
• Niamh Duddy
• Noura Al Serkal
• Olivia Taylor
• Rebecca Oldfield
• Rebecca Phelps
• Sharon Alvarez
• Trudi McVey
• William Romeril
“This intensive business skills taster course gives access to industry-specific expertise, invaluable resources and networking opportunities. Getting Started helps emerging designer makers in jewellery and silversmithing to build their business knowledge post-graduation. We can’t wait to get started helping the 2020 intake realise their potential and fulfil their ambitions.”
– Chris Oliver, Head of Professional Training, The Goldsmiths' Centre
Getting Started's 2020 participants will be addressed in a key-note speech by world-renowned British designer Solange Azagury-Partridge and mentored by a line-up of industry experts, which includes Jos and Alison Skeates (Founders of EC One); Lorna Watson (Former Creative Director of Astley Clarke); Zoe Cooper (Luxury Retail Sales Trainer); Rachael Taylor (Freelance Jewellery Journalist and Co-Founder of The Jewellery Cut), Ben Crump (VIPA Designs) and Martyn Pugh (Gold and Silversmith).