Christine Davies
Christine Davies is an award-winning jewellery designer. She completed her degree at the acclaimed Birmingham School of jewellery in 2010 gaining rapid recognition from The Goldsmiths Association and has since worked for over 15 years at the heart of the Birmingham Jewellery Quarter rising rapidly to managing production for the Betts ring manufacturing department.
Alongside this professional workshop experience, Chris has continued with her own collections and has exhibited her intricate geometric work in galleries both in the UK and Ireland. Her time in business sees her also teaching traditional hand making skills at many levels, from university, within public schools and doing summer retreats. She is passionate about passing on her love and knowledge of making beautiful jewellery.
Meet the team…
Michael Lin
Award winning jeweller Michael Lin completed his degree and Gem-A gemmology diploma at the renowned Birmingham School of Jewellery and remains there as an Artist in Residence. Shortly after his graduation, his was also elected as the Early Career Representative at the Association of Contemporary Jewellery.
His work explores the boundaries between narrative art jewellery and commercial jewellery, creating pieces that can not only be used as wearable art but also as objects and installations. His work combines different and unconventional materials, such as biomaterial or recycled media, alongside conventional materials to create pieces that are fun, stylish, and modern. Michael also combines traditional hand-making techniques and digital manufacturing processes to explore the mixture and contrast of geometric and organic forms.
Michael shares his expert knowledge of the Japanese art of Mitsuro Hikime wax with students here at the jewellery school, leading specialist classes that immerse students in the intuitive making philosophy of Japanese craft.
Sara Preisler
Sara Preisler, has been creating since 1989. A post graduate from Birmingham’s famous Jewellery School, Sara also comes from a long family history of jewellers, clock makers and iron workers dating back to the 16th century France, her own father was a renowned diamond cutter and precious stone expert in the Brighton Lanes, England. Sara is an international multi award winning jewellery designer.
Since establishing her jewellery business, Sara has designed and made jewellery which has been sold all over the world creating notable collections for clients such as The Van Gogh Museum Amsterdam, The RSC, The V&A and Selfridges London to name but few alongside making and selling her own collections in various shops and galleries internationally.
To add to this, Sara has been an established university lecturer for over 20 years where up until recently she had tenure at Liverpool Hope University, on its Bachelor of Design Course and specialises in the teaching of Professional Practice in their School of Creative Arts.
Louise Collins
Louise has always been drawn to making and began her creative journey by running hands‑on workshops in schools and community venues. It was during this period that she discovered silver clay, a material that immediately captured her imagination. She immersed herself in learning the medium, ultimately achieving the Higher Diploma in Art Clay and becoming an accredited senior instructor. Louise has been teaching silver clay since 2016.
Silver clay is a recycled material formed by combining silver particles with water and a natural binder to create a workable clay. Once fired, it becomes solid silver of hallmark quality. Louise works with pure and sterling silver clay, as well as copper and bronze. She values the way the material records fine detail and can be sculpted into imaginative, expressive forms.