I am Hamed, a jeweller from Iran, making a life in Birmingham. This is the honest weekly record of the bench, the studio, and everything I am still learning.

Not following the crowd

Rhino is the industry standard. Everyone tells me to teach it. I chose the harder, stranger tool instead, and I want to write down why before I forget the reasons.

The Work Behind the Work

A Saturday night notebook entry about building the machinery of a business whilst the craft waits its turn, and the patience that asks for.

Choose an operating system

For a year and a half a screen asked me to choose between two things, and only one of them still existed.

Nine Years Under British Skies

Nine years after landing in Britain with empty hands: a 4:49 AM notebook entry, a first studio in the Jewellery Quarter, and a blog beginning again.