There are lots of free, and paid for resources available online for jewellers and this series of posts will highlight some of the ones that I think are the most useful...

Next up I'd like to recommend a few people on YouTube - there are of course thousands of jewellery tutorials and videos on YouTube - and some are better than others...

Three of the best ones I've come across include; - 

• Andrew Berry - a skilled bench jeweller, Andrew has a range of free to access videos as well as a paid subscription to access further additional content https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChYy8RQRBeEYHOrK3iNCe1Q 
• Beadaholique - have a range of videos useful for anyone working with beads https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_bUcF0Vda0W0K6Ek7ygorw 
  
• Cool Tools - a US metalclay supplier - has a wide range of good videos for anyone interested in learning more about working with silver, or metal clays https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrM13BPXBCHDUhFrR23saEA 

There are lots of free, and paid for resources available online for jewellers and this series of posts will highlight some of the ones that I think are the most useful...

Ganoksin is an American based site, that hosts all sorts of useful articles and information for jewellers - most of which can be accessed for free...

They do also have a paid membership option where you can access forums, and list your business, as well as gain discounts with a variety of suppliers, but as a free - non-member, you get free access to their huge library of learning resources including articles, videos and some step by step tutorials here at  - https://www.ganoksin.com/learning-center/  

First in a series of mini posts with information and ideas to help jewellers or other creatives looking for inspiration....

One of my first points of call if I'm stuck for inspiration, or starting a new project is often a museum or gallery - there are hundreds of these however, so it really helps to decide on a topic or a theme that you want to look at, to help you choose somewhere that will interest you, and where to start, once you get there... Whether it is just for fun, or with a particular intention (i.e. designing a new collection or piece of jewellery) - give yourself a starting point...

Museums and galleries are of course all closed as I write this, but that doesn't mean we can't access the treasures they hold - all of the big museums, and a lot of smaller ones too, have online collections that you can browse, or search, and many have additional online resources such as virtual tours, podcasts, or films about different elements of their collections...

For example - Victoria and Albert Museum -  https://www.vam.ac.uk/collections?type=featured 
Tate Galleries -  https://www.tate.org.uk/art 
Royal Academy -  https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/articles/tag/videos 
Natural History Museum -  https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover.html 
Museum of Modern Art - MoMA, New York -  https://www.moma.org/collection/ 
Tacoma Museum of Art -  http://tacoma.emuseum.com/emuseum/ 
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam -  https://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/en/search/collection 
Many other places are also offering all sorts of digital options  including online performances or question and answer sessions, even tutorials - if there is something that you're interested in - whether it is - it may well be out there waiting for you - whether you're interested in jellyfish, or contemporary dance, Viking long-ships, or Manga cartoons, start searching a few museum collections, and you may be surprised what you can find...

There are lots of free, and paid for resources available online for jewellers and this series of posts will highlight some oof the ones that i find most useful...

Rio Grande - the giant US jewellery supplier has a massive selection of videos and tutorials on their website, available for free...
This page will take you to a series of videos with jewellers telling their stories and talking about their work, which I particularly liked - but do click further around - if you click on resources at the top right of their website, you'll find all sorts of other useful videos and downloads
https://www.riogrande.com/category/resource-center/search-results?queryTerm=FTLOJ&tags=&contentTypes=&pageSize=32&categoryId=&page=1&searchType=1