How did that happen?

So, we held our grand opening on the 15th of March. There was fizz, there was music, there was fantastic jewellery on display. And then we closed on the 16th of March. Yup, we were ‘officially’ open for one whole day. Honestly, you couldn’t make this up!

Running a small business and being self-employed are risky endeavors at the best of times and undoubtedly the current situation we find ourselves in creates a significant challenge for the School and all of the tutors who teach here.  I am confident that the School will be able to weather the current disruption and we will let you know as soon as possible when we expect to be open again to the public.

Creativity through adversity

As the dust is slowly settling we’ve committed ourselves to helping you have a creative period of self-isolation. Learning a craft has many different benefits to your health and well being – including your mental health!  There are links below to some interesting articles that discuss the positive effects of craft. To help you along the way we’ve put together three amazing tool kits. The Ultimate Tool Kit (based on the skills we teach in the evening classes), a Precious Metal Clay Starter Kit and a fantastic Wax Carving Kit. We have negotiated a brilliant bulk discount with our tool supplier and these kits provide significant savings on buying the tools individually.  You can find them all online at  https://cssj.co.uk/product-category/buy-jewellery-tools-and-materials/  We have 3 of each kit currently in stock and can arrange for them to be collected or posted as needed.  We’ve had a steep technological learning curve these past few days but we can now purchase and print postage online in order to limit contact with our very valuable mail service workers at this time.

Keep in touch!