Talks programme 2025

Unpicking the Relationship Between Jewellery and Textiles

Charlotte Dew and Greg Parsons, curators of the recent Goldsmiths’ Centre exhibition Interwoven, are joined by Fair exhibitors Caitlin Murphy and Gilly Langton to explore the creative connections between contemporary jewellery and textiles.

Annie Warburton in conversation with TF Chan

Annie Warburton, Clerk and CEO of The Goldsmiths’ Company, is joined by TF Chan, the recently appointed director of Collect, for what will be a thought-provoking conversation centred on luxury, artistry, and craftmanship.

Metals, Myths, and Meaning: From Ritual to Craft 

Across time, space and culture, humans have invested gold and silver with meanings that far outweigh their physical properties. This lively conversation, chaired by writer and editor Debika Ray, explores how precious metals became symbols of power, purity and transformation, and the stories, rituals and histories that have imbued them with divine qualities. At a […]

Jewels for the Hall: Scaling Jewellery into Interior Adornments

What happens when jewellery leaps off the body and onto architecture? That’s the design challenge artist-jeweller Ella Fearon-Low took on for Jewels for the Hall, this year’s bold intervention at Goldsmiths’ Hall. In this energising session, Ella discusses the making of over 150 jewel-like adornments and sculptural, hand-carved wood forms that have transformed the hall with colour, texture, and scale.

Ella will be joined by acclaimed wood-turning duo Ash & Plumb to share the story behind their collaboration on The Three Queens, a trio of bejewelled wooden sculptures that greet visitors at this year’s Fair — part of Jewels for the Hall. This talk offers an intimate look at how disciplines collide, ideas evolve, and scale transforms craft into spectacle.