Elements Returns to Lyon & Turnbull for 2022

Scotland’s festival weekend of jewellery, silver and gold returns, 28-30 October 2022.

A stunning array of jewellery, silver and gold will be on display from 47 designers and makers with the return of Scotland’s Elements Festival of Jewellery, Silver and Gold.

Organised by The Scottish Goldsmiths Trust, in partnership with fine art and jewellery auctioneers Lyon & Turnbull, it showcases some of the finest established and emerging UK-based designer-makers.

After two years when Elements was largely digital, the partners today announced its return to being a three-day, in-person event featuring a major exhibition and selling fair.

The exhibition will see award-winning pieces from the Goldsmiths' Craft & Design Council (GC&DC) competition, known as the “Jewellery Oscars”, showcased in Scotland for the first time. Alongside spectacular examples of Cartier and Goldsmiths' Company Award winners, there will also be a display of drawings and jewels to celebrate the vision, skill and extraordinary legacy of GC&DC Lifetime Achievement Award winner, the late Dorothy Hogg MBE.

Ebba Goring, Chief Executive of the Scottish Goldsmiths Trust, said: “It’s great to be able to announce that the eighth Elements festival will be a return to an in-person event after two digital years.

“There’s nothing quite like the buzz of being in Lyon & Turnbull’s historic saleroom and seeing the incredible jewellery and silver produced by some of the very finest designers and makers in the UK.

“We also think it’s important to have a showcase here in Scotland where makers and designers can share their work, and where the public can see and buy pieces of every conceivable kind from all over the UK.”

Ruth Davis, Head of Jewellery and Silver at Lyon & Turnbull, said: “Like everyone else, we are excited to be inviting the makers back for the first in-person Elements Festival in two years. It is so exciting to create such a hub of contemporary design, creativity and craftsmanship in our iconic saleroom. A real showcase of the best of UK jewellery and silversmithing in the heart of Edinburgh’s historic New Town.”