Events Archive - Goldsmiths' Fair

Breakfast Talk | 24 September 2025 | 9:30 am

New Directions in Jewellery

Trend forecaster and jewellery expert Kathryn Bishop, and Bella Neyman, founder of NYC Jewelry Week (NYCJW), open this year’s Goldsmiths’ Fair with a conversation exploring new directions in jewellery through the lens of materials, culture, emerging technologies, and marketing.

Breakfast Talk | 25 September 2025 | 9:30 am

Stony Jack and the Lost Jewels of Cheapside: Treasure and Ghosts in the London Clay

History author Victoria Shepherd shares a dazzling tale of awe, superstition, and lost treasures, following the journey of enigmatic antiquarian George Fabian Lawrence, known as ‘Stony Jack.’ Hear how, at the height of the British Empire, Stony Jack trafficked the treasures of the Cheapside Hoard, recently discovered by labourers in a cellar in the City of London, into high society.

Breakfast Talk | 26 September 2025 | 9:30 am

Rachel Garrahan in conversation with Alice Cicolini

Join Rachel Garrahan, jewellery director of EE72, in conversation with British jeweller and Goldsmiths’ Fair exhibitor Alice Cicolini, exploring the diverse architectural inspirations, ancient techniques, skilled craftsmanship, and colourful evolution of Alice’s jewellery over the last two decades.

Breakfast Talk | 27 September 2025 | 10:00 am

The Jewelry Book: 200 Years of Freedom in Design

Author and curator Melanie Grant introduces new title The Jewelry Book, charting 200 years of fine and high jewellery design through the lens of creative freedom.

Breakfast Talk | 1 October 2025 | 9:30 am

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.

Breakfast Talk | 2 October 2025 | 9:30 am

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.

Breakfast Talk | 3 October 2025 | 9:30 am

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 […]

Breakfast Talk | 4 October 2025 | 10:00 am

The Three Queens: From Jewellery to Sculpture at Goldsmiths’ Hall

Hear a captivating talk on the collaborative making process between artist jeweller Ella Fearon-Low and wood-turning partnership Ash and Plumb, and the story behind The Three Queens.