Rachel Gogerly graduated with a BA honours degree in 1986, which included studying for a year in one of London's leading enamel studios where she was classically trained in the fine techniques and finishing processes of champlevé basse taille and guilloché.
Her career as a successful designer maker of contemporary silver and enamel jewellery has attracted numerous awards from The Platinum Corporation and The Goldsmiths' Craft Council amongst others and she has undertaken a number a major commissions from a variety of patrons including The Lord Mayor of York and The Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths'.
Rachel Gogerly is a member of The Guild of Enamellers and British Society of Enamellers, having been both a Selector (2005-7) and Chairman(2008-9) of The Guild of Enamellers. Rachel is also a member of her local artists group, the Solihull Artists Forum and was Chairman 2001-6. In 2002 Rachel became a Freeman of the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths'.
As a leading contemporary designer and expert in her field, Rachel Gogerly has lectured on the techniques of fine enamelling and taught jewellery and enamelling for several colleges and universities: until recently she was the enamelling tutor at The School of Jewellery in Birmingham. She now offers a programme of private courses at her own workshop as well as visiting selected venues, most recently being her visit to Denmark.
Rachel Gogerly exhibits her work widely in the UK. She is a regular exhibitor at many well established, prestigious shows, including Art in Action in Oxfordshire, The contemporary Crafts Fair at Bovey Tracey, 'Desire' in London and Winchester and The Goldsmiths' Fair in London.
In addition, Rachel receives regular press and media coverage, locally and Nationally, from Crafts Magazine, Craft and Design Magazine, Retail Jeweller and The Goldsmith to Regional TV and she also writes articles for jewellery industry linked journals and websites, most recently doing an article about the technical aspects of enamelling on palladium.