[Jewelry making - Article 00332] - [Orchid] Going to Working in the UK

[Raymond Lees]

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    Howdy Orchidians, My name is Raymond Lees, I am a qualified jeweller
    and for the past 10 years I have been working in a few different
    workshops in Sydney and the Central Coast of Australia trying to get
    experience in as many different area's of the jewellery industry as
    possible. For the first 8 years I was doing mainly handmade work and
    repairs with some wax carving aswell as some workshop management, and
    for the past 2 years I have been wax carving full time at work and
    handmade work at home. 

    My wife and I have decided that we need a bit of adventure, so we
    are coming to the UK on a working holiday, most probably London.  We
    arrive in London on the 7th of April and so far the only thing we
    have fully planned is to go to the Vicenza trade fair in Italy in
    June. 

    What I'm wondering is where around London would be the best place to
    start looking for work???  We have never been to the UK before so I
    don't know where the bulk of Jewellery workshops would be or even the
    type of work that most of the workshops do.  Also, is it normal for
    most people to be full time employee's or do most work on contract
    with a Limited Company????  Or is contract work more feasible in
    corporate office and IT jobs???  

    So if anyone out there has any pearls of wisdom they could offer I
    would be very grateful, or even if some of you out there would
    appreciate a visit from a fellow Orchid member, I would love to make
    as many contacts as possible (I don't want to be the typical Aussie
    in London hanging out with other Australians) 

    If anyone would like to know more about me please feel free to email
    me and hopefully I'll have my web gallery up soon (It's a work in
    progress that is nearing completion.) 

Thanks in Advance 
Raymond Lees


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