Hi all - I have been in bed with cold all day, very frustrated not to have been able to work but have been lurking about on the forum in the hope of trying to soak up some knowledge at least! :-)

having read all the recent posts now ... and in case anyone else is twiddling their thumbs, I thought I would start a discussion topic - what is your favourite style of jewellery from history? do you have a favourite designer or a particular style? if you had to be a jeweller in another era, when or where would it be?!

for me, I love Art Deco but also viking and Egyptian - i am starting to collect books on the history of jewellery (they seem to be pretty specialist and expensive so I only have a couple) but every time I get a new one, that era becomes my new favourite!

I love to try to figure out how ancient goldsmiths made things with no flex shaft / microscope etc :-) and just learn about the lore and symbolism of it all.

anyway hopefully this topic appeals to someone and isn't just a weird rambling as a result of too much paracetamol 😆