Author Archives: Kirsten

Jewellery Business Tips, Setting Up, Tips

Jewellery Business Development: Pricing Your Jewellery Designs By Kirsten Hendrich

Posted on by Kirsten
17
Feb

Costing is something many designers get so, so infuriatingly wrong.

It can be incredibly frustrating if you are a professional maker who relies upon their business to pay their way in life- mortgages, rising bills, etc, when there are other sellers out there barely charging the cost price of the materials because it is their hobby and not something they rely upon. It devalues the industry as a whole and it doesn’t make them popular with those trying to forge a genuine business.

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Setting Up, Tips, Tools

A Guide to Buying Jewellery Tools for New Starters

Posted on by Kirsten
14
Apr

This is actually quite a tricky blog post to write. Tools come with lots of variation of opinion, there are various brands to choose from, lots of price variation, and our needs as jewellers vary. However, I have put together a bit of an introduction to developing your own tool kit which will hopefully help […]

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Industry News, Tips

Setting Up a Jewellery Workshop at Home

Posted on by Kirsten
02
Apr

Hello everyone, I thought I would write a few blog posts about setting up at home. It seems like a good time as we are all currently in Corona lockdown. While it’s a bit depressing not being able to go and see our friends and family and visit our favourite places (eherm pub), it is […]

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