Remodelled jewellery

The road less travelled

My name is Klaudia Slaninova. I am originally from a small town in Slovakia called Prešov. When I was 14 I left school to study the art of Jewellery design and manufacture in a specialist college in Prague. I studied there for 4 years, I then worked in a jewellery shop for 3 years until I opened my own shop in Prešov. I was 21 years old. Everybody said “She won't last,” and “It will never work!” I was determined to prove them all wrong which I did when I stayed in business employing 10 people and opening a second shop.

Finding success in new places

I have since sold the shops, which continue trading to this day. I then moved to Scotland where I worked in a jewellers for 3 years before opening my own shop in Glasgow. I have now relocated to Wirral, England where I design and make unique, bespoke jewellery and remodelled jewellery with an exquisite Slovakian twist!

About myself

My journey as a jewellery designer began in Czechoslovakia (before separation), where I trained as a goldsmith in Prague starting in 1983. After four years of vigorous training in all aspects of jewellery craft, I then commenced an apprenticeship in my home town of Prešov in what is now Slovakia. From there I founded my own jewellery business, which I ran for many years in my home town, employing ten people and establishing a great reputation for innovative design and remodelled jewellery.

From Slovakia to Scotland!

Having achieved all there was to achieve in the jewellery business in Prešov, I sold the business to an employee, and emigrated from Slovakia to Scotland to gain more experience and discover something new. There I worked for a number of jewellers, learning new techniques, and working more with diamonds and different stone settings before moving to Liverpool to become the Workshop Manager of a prestige jewellery shop. I now work independently here at Dia's Jewellery.