Unique Christmas Gift Ideas

Every page of the Christmas Gift Guide is positively oozing with fantastic gift ideas, which practically have any jewellery maker salivating! Most jewellery makers will have a lot of jewellery making equipment and own loads of tools, but there are still new and exciting products out there which they would love to own.

So, if you’re thinking of what to get this Christmas, here’s a couple that may be on their wishlist:

Artisan Multi Mandrel Forming Anvil Set – 999 6817

This is such a great idea and a fabulously useful set of mandrels. Whenever you use a standard vice and mandrel for shaping, there is always some movement when the hammer comes down, no matter how securely the jaws have been tightened (in most workshops anyway). This system alleviates those problems as the formers are clamped into place with simply nowhere to go!

Artisan Doming Dapping Set Of 21 – 997 1643

These are the sort of sets that always look so very appealing. Beautifully displayed in an organised and labelled wooden holder (a Godsend). This is something that many jewellery makers may be saving up for. You get 21 punches ranging in size from 3mm – 43mm plus the corresponding indents in the block itself, all made from high quality CNC tool steel, beautifully polished and finished to ensure great results. Once you get something like this you are unlikely to need another one for a very, very long time. Making it a great investment piece.

Orangemonkie Foldio 2 Plus Photography Studio Box Small – 997 1216

As a designer/maker when you have spent hours making something, the last thing you then want to do is spend yet more hours trying to get decent photographs. But with online selling the photo can make or break an item, so it has to be done. Therefore, anything that makes that process easier is a must and this foldable studio box offers a clever and practical solution. This unit is fully collapsible and made of lightweight Polyethylene sheeting, so it can be easily stored away when not in use. As not many have room for a permanent set up. It has triple LED daylight lighting which minimises shadows to create a more professional finish, as well as a built-in diffuser. Two backdrops are included to minimise any background issues you may have, so the guess work has truly been removed from the entire process which I am a big fan of. This setup is suitable to use with any type of camera you have, even if you are using your phone so there are no worries on that front. If you are finding photography a problem this is a great bit of kit to invest in.

View more potential gift ideas in our Christmas Gift Guide

Written by Joanna Varney

Joanna has worked in and around the jewellery industry for well over 20 years. She has designed and created her own pieces as a designer maker, as well as working in jewellery retail on a much larger scale, producing designs and NPD for some of the UK’s largest high street retailers

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