16/07/2026
Let me introduce myself! I’m Julia, founder of Julia Thompson Jewellery, a mum to a young teenage boy and fur baby ‘Peanut Butter’, our lovely slightly bonkers lurcher. We currently live in rural South Somerset, a absolutely gorgeous part of South West England, and have a passion for walking in nature, traditional crafts, art in all it’s forms and anything that sparkles. I also have twenty plus years experience as a jewellery designer maker and female lead small business owner.
Truth be told, it’s not always been an easy ride and it’s definitely a struggle in this current climate, but I’m determined with your help and the wonderful community around me to dig deeper into the soil of these challenging times…
I have a skillset worthy of sharing and communicating, this is what keeps me ticking along. I also have a passion to continuously learn from others too!
SKILL SHARING…
This brings me nicely onto skill sharing. I believe one of the major building blocks of community is the ability to skill share. It’s practical yet creative and fun. Skill sharing can enrich one’s life and bring a sense of joy.
I want Fool’s Gold Jewellery Studio to be accessible to all. It’s an inclusive space where one can come and play, relax, meet other like minded people, skill share, swap creative and problem solving ideas, escape the day-to-day, get offline, learn something new, try your hand and enjoy getting lost in the art of making. There’s something magical about truly focussing on what your hands can make with simple tools of the trade.
Developing a jewellery school was always going to be a natural progression for me to help pass on the skills I possess, whilst bringing in like minded tutors covering other fields of expertise. We will soon be offering wax carving classes, alternative texture surface play with fusing, the art of reticulation and rolling mill embossing, plus more advanced stone setting courses with guest master goldsmiths and gemmology workshops with leading industry experts whom I’m very proud to call my friends, you know who you are!
Read more from where this extract came from here: https://foolsgoldstudio.substack.com/p/fools-flower-offerings
Fool's Gold Jewellery Studio, where the journey begins at the bench…
Welcome to all, and thanks for being here!
Xx
