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newsCookson Gold launchesbead selection forjewellery makersTop jewellery making supplierCookson Gold has launched anew beads website, offering morethan 2,500 beading products forbeaders of all skill levels.The new beads selectioncomplements Cookson Gold’sextensive range of jewellerymaking materials, such as precious metal clay, Swarovski crystals,kilns and jewellery tools.The new site, www.cooksongold.com/Beads, includes acrylic beads,Preciosa glass beads, Miyuki seed beads and Swarovski pearls – allowingcreative customers to fashion their own jewellery items.There’s also a range of wiring options, including nylon, Tigertail andchain, as well as clasps, fasteners, findings and charms. Shamballa beads,which can be used to create fashionable bracelets, are set to be oneof the most popular products offered by Cookson’s new online beadshop. To accompany the launch, Cookson Beads has created a new emailnewsletter for customers.Adam Hunter, e-Commerce Manager at Cookson Gold, said thebeads launch would improve design options for jewellery makers: “We’reextremely excited about unveiling the new beads section of our website– it feels like a natural progression for us,” he said.“Our customers use Cookson Gold for a whole range of jewellerymaking supplies. Beads were the missing link in our product range.“By adding such an extensive new range of beads and beading products,Cookson Gold is now truly a one-stop shop for all budding beaders andjewellery makers, from beginners to professionals.”To celebrate the launch, Cookson Gold is planning two exhibitions laterthis year. More details of these events will be announced soon.In the meantime, customers can log in to Cookson Gold to browsemore than 12,000 jewellery making products. Cookson Gold offersnext-day delivery on all orders placed before 3pm.Fine Cell Work pops up in LondonThink of prisoners sewing and you probably conjure an imageof men in arrow covered overalls, stitching away at hessianmailbags. Nothing could be further from the truth! Up popsthe highly regarded social initiative Fine Cell Work with a newshop in Grosvenor Street – one of Mayfair’s smartest addresses.Fine Cell Work is a social enterprise that trains prisoners in paid,skilled, creative needlework. The work is – undertaken in thelong hours spent in their cells – to foster hope, discipline andself esteem. This helps offendersthem to re-connect toto societyand to leave prison with the confidence and financial means tostop offending.turn away from crime.Fine Cell Work, which has a new shop on Grosvenor Streetin Mayfair, sells exquisite needlepoint and embroidered homefurnishings as well as a delightful range of home and fashionaccessories. Celebrated designers such as Nicky Haslam,John Stephanidis, Cath Kidston, Emily Peacock and Daisy deVilleneuve have created and donated designs for cushionsand witty shopping bags which are painstakingly stitched byprisoners in the UK. The products are beautiful, desirable andof the highest quality.Katy Emck, Fine Cell Work’s dynamic Chief Executive says:“Fine Cell Work has long dreamt of a retail space to give thequality of work that can be done in prison the recognition andbroad customer base it deserves. What better place to startthan Mayfair?”Fine Cell Work Shop: 5 Grosvenor Street, London W1K,opening hours 10am to 6pm, Monday to Saturday.T: +44 (0)20 7931 9998, W: www.finecellwork.co.ukcraftfocus 11