Good news everyone, Russell has been made a Fellow of The Institute of Professional Goldsmiths. This is the highest level of membership of the IPG and normally requires several years membership and assessments to progress through the stages of affiliation to be accepted as a 'Fellow'. Russell was assigned Fellowship immediately upon joining.

What a year. On top of our usual workload, we were forced to relocate from our studio on Hatton Wall. We've now built an entire new studio in historic Clerkenwell, only 5 minutes from our old home.

On top of that, and rather more pleasurably, we were named 'Trendsetters' by Professional Jeweller magazine in their Hot 100 for our work in design consultancy, wax-carving and prototyping. It's nice to get some recognition for all our hard work making others look good.