Jewellery Collections, Projects and Commissions

  • An oxidised silver and gold ring set with red gemstones
  • A large silver cuff set with rose quartz
  • A heart shaped pendant with garnets set in teh arrangement of sipder eyes
  • A brooch in the form of a hand set in a silver cuff, with a spider holding the wedding ring
  • A ring in the form of a heart with a funnel, with a larval form curled around the base of the funnel
A selection of book covers by Anastasia Young

Jewellery books by Anastasia Young

Indispensable resources for students and professional makers, these books combine clear, precise instruction with high-quality visual guides. Each title blends step-by-step methods with theory— covering everything from basic tools and metalwork to advanced finishes and contemporary design thinking—so readers can develop practical competence alongside a confident creative voice.

Upcoming Events and Courses

  • Workshop poster featuring Mastermakers Anastasia Young and Paul Wells for a score and fold workshop on November 13, 2026, from 2 PM to 7 PM, including a photo of two people working together.

    Forge Mastermaker

    Friday 13 November, 2026
    2 - 7 PM

    Join us for an exciting MasterMaker with expert makers Paul Wells and Anastasia Young, authors of "New Jewellery Techniques" and pioneers of the curved score and fold technique. Explore the exciting possibilities offered through wire-scoring curved folds in sheet metal to create beautiful three-dimensional forms.

    FULLY BOOKED
  • Fingers holding a hand carved wax model of a signet ring with carved monogram

    Jewellery And Wax Carving Short Course

    20 Feb 2027 to 20 Mar 2027
    (5 x Saturdays 10 am - 4 pm)

    UAL Short Courses
    Central Saint Martins
    London, Kings Cross

    This course gives an exciting and in-depth introduction to the art of wax carving for jewellery. You will learn about the process of lost wax casting, creating models with specialist wax products which are then transformed into silver in the Jewellery Department's on-site casting facility.

    BOOK NOW

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Ten of Hearts : a retrospective . Happily, will be part of the annual CSM Munich Jewellery Week show. I've been teaching at CSM for more than 20 years 🫢 and I'm also a graduate of BA Jewellery Design, 2001. Where did the time go? . TEN marks a de
This is #TenOfHearts. Hopefully all the recent heart-based groundwork makes more sense now! . Engraved plates for printing need to be a mirror image in order for text to appear the right way. This [1] is a photoshopped negative, mirrored version of
The last of the #TenofHearts (almost). This is an intaglio print from an engraved copper plate that I cut, entitled Prologue. Prologue to what? Well, I suppose to the prints that came after, but I did want this to be the start of a series. A bit like
Love Parasite, 2021. . Sometimes you have a clear plan for a piece, and sometimes not.... This piece started as a straightforward #waxcarving of a heart ring. I wanted to carve a large ring for an index finger. I thought about maybe setting a large s
WaspHeart This is the last of the 2019 wax-carved hearts, I think. Finished in 2021, I went all out - Keum Boo (applied 24ct gold foil) 18ct gold settings, topaz and red sapphire. It's a tiny precious object, and makes links between recurring themes
SpiderHeart emerged from a take on the classic Emblemata 'heart-with-an-eye-on-it' [2: 2019] and took on its own iconography in my post-Lily work with some force. The first form was as a wax carving [3:2019], which has been cast [4,5], but remains un
Sin in My Heart [1] Luckily digital photos have a timestamp, or I'd be struggling to place this...it's 2018. I've been teaching wax carving for more than 15 years, which sort of lead me to carve (and cast) pieces that were outside of my usual repert