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Born -
Received a beautiful hoard of silver jewellery for my christening with my favourite piece being this silver ingot pendant with full hallmark. Must have been a sign!
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Forever taking a secret peek in my mother and grandma’s jewellery boxes and trying on the clip-on earrings and beads.
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Began years of collecting silver rings from my travels across the world including Cusco, Melbourne, Bruges, Buenos Aires, Paris and Isles of Scilly! -
Started weekly jewellery course run by West Herts College. Here I learnt traditional jewellery making techniques and carried on enrolling for a further 7 years creating bold and contemporary pieces of jewellery. -
My first commission was a silver kitten pendant with a yellow gold collar. I used a technique called reticulation – heating up the metal by torch to such a temperature that the silver begins to flow. You have to go with it…every time will give a different pattern.
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My first collection. Loving the reticulation method and the beauty of silver and gold together I made my first collection of pendants to be displayed in my Mum and Dad’s shop in Cornwall. The sense of achievement was enormous when people bought them.
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Contacted the Assay Office to register for my own maker’s mark for hallmarking. You can choose the design of your mark and it can include your initials. Unfortunately, I couldn’t use my full initials (JFK) as all stamp designs with these initials were taken but very happy with JK in my square. So happy in fact that I have based my logo on my mark.
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Began my Foundation certificate in Gemmology course with The Gemmological Association of Great Britain. The course focused on identifying gemstones, both real and artificial using specialised equipment. I passed in June 2016.
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Fantastic opportunity to make my jewellery hobby my business and with much enjoyment set up my workshop, bought my tools and spread the word.
Jude Karnon Jewellery was born!
