June 2, 2011 | Posted by Kate
It takes time to create a bespoke piece of jewellery, from deciding to commission a piece and meeting the designer to selecting the final design, being involved with the gemstones selection, and following the production processes; including modelling the patterns, casting the precious metal, cleaning up, Assay, setting and polishing. But I think it is [...]
Categories: Gemstones and Precious Metals | 
Tags: 18ct, bespoke, design, designing, Diamonds, earrings, gold, Kate Thorley, precious, Sapphires, Unique jewellery | 
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May 4, 2011 | Posted by Kate
Kate and Zoe are renoun for making beautiful bespoke jewellery but they have another string to their bow – mentoring students and new graduates. They are looking forwards to presenting a marketing seminar for the jewellery designer / makers; of the incubation support programme ‘DESIGN SPACE‘ set up by Birmingham City Council. The scheme provides [...]
Categories: Nest Creates News, Short courses | Tags: Design Space, designing, Jewellery, Kate Thorley, marketing, mentoring, Nest Creates, seminars, supports, Zoe Youngman | Comments Off
March 30, 2011 | Posted by Kate
For the past few weeks Zoe Phillips and I have been collating all the trend information that we have gathered to identify what we think will be the 2012 trend directions. Why were we doing this? We were invited by the Interior and Lifestyle Futures action group to deliver a short course on the impact [...]
Categories: Inspiration, Nest Creates News, Short courses, Trends | Tags: 2012, creates, futures, ILF, interior and lifestyle, Kate Thorley, nest, Nest Creates, nestcreates, short courses, Trend, Trends, Workshop, Zoe Phillips, Zoe Youngman | Comments Off
February 23, 2011 | Posted by Kate
5th July 2011 – SHORT COURSE: EMERGING TRENDS: EXPLORE AND EXPLOIT On this interactive workshop you will learn how to identify and interpret emerging trends and develop this information into winning designs. This one day course will start with a short seminar covering where trends emerge from, how to map them as they develop and [...]
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September 28, 2010 | Posted by Kate
Nest Creates jewellery featured in the latest issue of the World Wide Weddings magazine as the first step to A-list Style. “Having anything specially created for you and knowing that it is completely unique, feels like the ultimate luxury, but can be more affordable than you think,” say Kate Thorley and Zoe Youngman
Categories: Nest Creates News | Tags: commissioned, design, engagement, Jewellery, Kate Thorley, nest, Nest Creates, nestcreates, proposal, Unique jewellery, wedding, World wide weddings, Zoe Youngman | Comments Off
