Eight names to watch in jewellery and silversmithing

Discover the early-career craftspeople selected for the Goldsmiths’ Centre’s Spotlighting Getting Started 2027 programme

By Amy Wakeham

Every year, the Goldsmiths’ Centre selects a small group of emerging jewellers and silversmiths for Spotlighting Getting Started, a development programmes for early-career makers that culminates in a public exhibition at the Goldsmiths’ Centre in January and February 2027.

Eight makers have been named as the first cohort of Spotlighting Getting Started 2027: Alexander Budd of 35.35, Jorge Mario Agudelo of J Mario Jewellery, Kung-Hsuan Chang, Misha McLean, JiangLing Wang, Céline Munisso, Xiaoyu Li and Karen Moon. The judging panel included jewellery journalist Rachael Taylor, fine jeweller Darren Sherwood, and members of the Goldsmiths’ Centre team. Each of the craftspeople had taken part in Getting Started earlier this year, the Goldsmiths’ Centre’s annual week-long training programme focused on running a creative business. A second cohort of participants will be announced this autumn.

As well as being part of the 2027 exhibition, Spotlighting Getting Started makers will be given further training on how to best present their work to the public. This will include taking part in online talks organised by the Goldsmiths’ Centre in September and October that will offer audiences insights into the makers' creative practices, inspirations and ambitions.

“Spotlighting Getting Started provides UK-based early-career makers with the chance to translate their learning into real-world practice,” says Charlotte Dew, head of public programmes at the Goldsmiths’ Centre. “Through a series of assignments, participants build core professional skills – such as interview preparation, effective photography and promoting their work online. Each year, we see their confidence grow, helping them expand their businesses and present their work at events across the UK and internationally.”

Spotlighting Getting Started 2027: Meet the first cohort

Alexander Budd

A graduate of Kingston University’s MA Product & Furniture Design course, Budd reimagines household objects with a fresh eye through his 35.35 brand. He won the Worshipful Company of Cutlers’ Contemporary Cutlery Design Competition 2025, and the Goldsmiths' Centre’s One to Watch Prize at New Designers the same year.

J Mario Jewellery

Jorge Mario Agudelo of J Mario Jewellery is a goldsmith with over 25 years of experience. Jorge blends traditional craftsmanship with modern artistry, inspired by Art Deco, geometric forms and the symbolism used in pre-Hispanic jewellery. He won the Silver Award (3D Craft & Design Senior) at the GC&DC Awards 2025.

Kung-Hsuan Chang

Contemporary London jeweller Kung-Hsuan Chang takes inspiration from the natural world for her pieces, often crafted from mixed materials like silver and glass. She won the Bronze Award (2D Design Conceptual Jewellery) at the GC&DC Awards 2025.

Misha McLean

Glasgow-based jeweller Misha McLean graduated from Glasgow School of Art with a bachelor's in Silversmithing and Jewellery in 2024. Her most recent collection of art jewellery, Repeat Prescription, explores the visuals of medication and pharmaceuticals. She won the Goldsmiths’ Company Recognition Award for Jewellery at Shine 2025.

Céline Munisso

Specialising in art jewellery and objets d’art, Céline Munisso creates pieces rich in depth and symbolism. She uses carving to realise her designs, incorporating materials like wax, tagua nut, silver, pearls, and gemstones. She won the Bronze Award at the GC&DC Awards in the 3D Craft Junior Modellers category.

JiangLing Wang

A graduate of MA Jewellery Design at Central Saint Martins, JianLing Wang’s art jewellery focuses on the relationship between tools, materials and maker, often inspired by textile craftsmanship. She won the Preziosa Young 2026 competition and the GC&DC Silver Award (Wire Innovation).

Karen Moon

Focusing on contemporary metalwork, enamel, jewellery, Karen Moon’s work is inspired by everyday natural and man-made forms, which she strips back to their essential elements. These are then reimagined in a variety of materials, including base metals as well as recycled silver and gold.

Xiaoyu Li

A jewellery artist and maker based in London, Xiaoyu Li specialises in stone carving and Jin Yin Cuo (gold and silver inlay). She won Gold Award in Lapidary & Carving at the GC&DC Awards in both 2025 and 2026, and has an MA in Jewellery & Metal from the Royal College of Art.

Find out more at goldsmiths-centre.org

Main image: Stone Set Stone nephrite ring by Xiaoyu Li.