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JOHN GARLAND-TAYLOR BESPOKE JEWELLERY


John Garland-Taylor originally trained as a smith and restored armour for the likes of the National Trust and Warwick Castle, he developed his expertise over 55 years on the hammer with the last 35 years being dedicated to turning his collective skills to focus on the design and development of jewellery.


David and John


From his rural Warwickshire workshop, John has created a very successful family business. His son David joined the company around 8 years ago, with John teaching him how to design and make jewellery, all of which is handmade and finished in the workshop by the highly skilled team.


Today, David plays a leading role and has helped to expand both the shop and workshop area over the last couple of years, whilst also taking their designs to major UK jewellery shows to sell to other high-profile UK retailers.


Jemma


Demand for both their jewellery collections and skills has meant that the company has had to expand their team and most recently have taken on the talents of Jemma Daniels, who learned her skills at the heart of Birmingham’s world-famous Jewellery Quarter.


A graduate of the University of Creative Arts in Rochester, Jemma was a former ‘artist in residence’ within the School of Jewellery in the Jewellery Quarter and taught first year BA students the finer arts of working with precious metals and gems, before turning her hand to the expanding business with repair work and commissions.


Jemma explains; “I love restoring beautiful pieces of jewellery to their former glory and talking to customers about the pieces that they want created – and then exceeding their expectations when you show them the designs!” Jemma has taken on many commissions since starting at JGT Jewellery and has also designed a range of jewellery for the shop and introduced wedding bands and rings in her style. She enjoys the variety of the job which involves everything from stone setting to mounting diamonds and she specialises in the remodelling of vintage and heirloom jewellery.


Johns collection has always been inspired by nature - especially leaves and flowers, he is also an old romantic and loves a classic heart design which is demonstrated within their collections displayed in the shop. John explains; “We have always found success with our unique bangle designs, which are all hand forged and can be fitted to the customer. We like to design bangles for both every day wear and special occasions and hope that we have the ideal collection for everyone. Our earring and pendant range can vary from long standing classic designs to contemporary silver collections and due to evolving trends we have also moved into creating pieces with rose and yellow gold in mind”. The shop at Hatton now stocks a wide variety of jewellery from such designers as Alex Monroe, Kit Heath and Hazel Atkinson alongside John’s classic collections, having something for everyone’s style.


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