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Joanne Haywood

Joanne Haywood
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Joanne Haywood is a jewellery artist, author and craft education specialist. She holds a BA (Hons) in Jewellery Design from Central Saint Martins. Her work incorporates both traditional jewellery, metalsmithing and textiles techniques alongside innovative and personal processes.

She established her own London studio in 2001 and a decade later moved to the Kentish countryside where her studio is surrounded by woodland, orchards and wildlife.

Alongside her own creative practice, she also supports the craft sector, through a number of roles, most recently as Head of Programmes and Advocacy for the ACJ.
Recent and upcoming

2024 Recycled Jewellery Exhibition - @Work – London
2023 Scrap Merchants Live – Ivy House Peckham
2023 Awe and Alchemy – Armagh Market Place Theatre
2023 Meanings and Messages – ACJ
Goldsmiths’ Centre – London
New Brewery Arts Centre – Cirencester
Milano Jewellery Week – Italy
2022 Meanings and Messages – ACJ
St Georges Arts Centre - Kent
Exeter University – Exeter
Vittoria Street Gallery – Birmingham
Mission Gallery - Swansea
2022 ACJ Open call showcase – Anne Morgan Jewellery Gallery - Penarth
2022 Silver Spoon Collective - Lancaster
2021 Domestic Disturbance - Mobilia Gallery – USA
2021 Amulets and talisman - Mobilia Gallery – USA
2020 Inspired By Warhol - @Work – London
2020 Colorfield - Mobilia Gallery – USA
2020 MADE – YSP - Yorkshire
2020 Jewelry from Paintings - Mobilia Gallery – USA
2019 Inspired by Van Gogh - @Work – London
2019 Nature Redefined - Mobilia Gallery – USA
2018 New York Jewellery Week – represented by Mobilia Gallery – USA
2018 I am my own Muse - @Work – London
2018 Mixed Media Jewellery - Morley College – London
2018 Cornucopia – RSBA – Birmingham
2018 Occasion Spécial: Celebratory Adornment - Mobilia Gallery – USA
2001-Present Jewellery artist
2023-Present Head of Programmes and Advocacy, ACJ
2002–Present Teacher / craft education specialist
2007-Present Freelance writer and author

2020-2023 Education Manager, Crafts Council
2021-2024 Exhibition and Events Manager, ACJ
2016-2020 Project Manager / Make Your Future, Crafts Council
2011-2016 Jewellery Tutor Coordinator, City Lit
2010-2011 Short Course Tutor, Artscom Ltd. @ Central Saint Martins
2008-2011 Associate lecturer, WAES
2004-2007 Programme Leader BTEC First Diploma Art and Design, NWKC
2006 Research study trip, Oslo, Norway
Image 1
Auricula Brooch. Materials: silver, brass, Italian silks, felt.
Image 2
“Woolgathering” A neckpiece for Patti Smith. Hand felted surface, Italian silks, silver, gold, English paper pieced patchwork, faceted blood (stones).
Image 3
Blàth Brooch Materials: merino felt, silver, Italian silks, shell, lapis, Harris tweed.