Hone Hone

A jeweller’s bench on the canal

Your own bench with extraction, lamp and pendant drill, a shared tool area with a rolling mill, furnace, forge and laser welder, and the light off the Limehouse Cut.

From£190a month
A jeweller at her bench in the jewellery workshop at Hone Limehouse

The bench and the tool area

Every bench comes equipped. The heavy kit is shared, a few steps away, and yours after your induction.

A jeweller’s bench by the window

Your bench

Lamp · pendant drill · tool storage · extraction

Eight benches, each one set up to work from on day one.

The rolling mill

Rolling mill

Shared tool area

Sheet and wire from your own stock, without sending it out.

A jeweller soldering with a torch at the bench

Torches and annealing

At the bench and in the tool area

Soldering at your own bench, with the extraction on.

Delft clay casting on the bench

Casting furnace and forge

Shared tool area

Casting in-house, plus a forge area for the heavier work.

A doming block and hammers

Heavy tooling

Doming · forming · vices · anvils

The kit that doesn’t fit on a bench, ready when you need it.

A pendant drill motor at the bench

Pendant drill at every bench

Flexible-shaft motor

One on every bench, so you never wait for one.

Also in the workshop

  • Laser welderIn the shared tool area
  • Ultrasonic cleanerIn the shared tool area
  • Ventilated polishing areaAway from the benches
  • Pickle, vices and anvilsThe heavy end of the bench
  • Ring sizersIn the shared tool area
  • SLA 3D jewellery printingFor waxes and masters
  • Precious metal safeOn site
  • Benchtop extractionOn every bench

What’s included

One all-inclusive monthly rate. No joining fee, no hidden costs.

The tools

  • Your induction, included
  • The whole shared tool area
  • Laser welder and SLA printing
  • Precious metal safe on site

Your bench

  • Lamp, pendant drill and tool storage
  • Benchtop extraction
  • Ventilated polishing area
  • Bright, spacious, exposed brick

The building

  • 24-hour access
  • Both sites and every workshop across our buildings
  • Communal kitchens and a barista coffee machine
  • Canal-side gardens and free high-speed wifi

The benches

Two ways in, one workshop. Both get the whole tool area, your induction and 24-hour access.

For working here most days

Shared Bench

A bench in the workshop, shared, with everything on it you need to start.

£190a monthAvailable now
  • A shared bench with lamp, pendant drill and extraction
  • The whole shared tool area, after your induction
  • 24-hour access
  • Both sites and every workshop across our buildings

Three-month minimum. Two months’ deposit.

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For running a business from here

Private Bench

Your own bench and your own tool storage, with nobody else’s work on it in the morning.

£360a monthAvailable now
  • Your own private bench and tool storage
  • The whole shared tool area, after your induction
  • 24-hour access
  • Both sites and every workshop across our buildings

Three-month minimum. Two months’ deposit.

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“I can’t imagine the day I would be wanting to leave this place.”

Giulia SannaJewellery workshop · Google review

“A lovely creative environment and amazing facilities which I would not have otherwise had access to.”

Phoebe RichardsonJewellery workshop · Google review

“I love working in this space. It’s positive, lively, friendly and supportive.”

Giovanna MidgleyGoogle review

Who’s here

Jewellers building a name, most of them running the business from their bench. Furniture makers, product designers and architects through the door. In their own words.

“I can’t imagine the day I would be wanting to leave this place.”
Giulia SannaJewellery workshop · Google review
A jeweller working at her bench peg
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How it works

Four steps from reading this to sitting at your bench.

01

Book a tour

Pick a weekly tour below. It’s booked the moment you choose a time.

02

Come and see it

Round the workshop with Jai. Twenty minutes: the benches, the tool area and the building.

03

Choose a bench, or don’t

Shared or private, on a three-month minimum. There’s no pitch at the end.

04

Your induction, included

Run by someone who uses this kit every day. Then the workshop is yours, 24 hours.

Getting here

Canal-side in Limehouse, a short walk from the DLR.

Address

Hone Limehouse
16 Pixley Street, London E14 7DF

By train

  • Westferry DLR · 7 minutes’ walk
  • Limehouse DLR
  • Mile End tube · 5 minutes by bus

By bus

  • Routes 277 and D7

The building

Two Victorian factory buildings on the Limehouse Cut, built in 1911. Brick walls, timber floors, the height and the light kept. Runs on 100% renewable electricity.

Questions

Plain answers. If yours isn’t here, ask on the tour.

What does the price include?

Everything: your bench with lamp, pendant drill, tool storage and extraction, the whole shared tool area after your induction, the polishing area, the precious metal safe, kitchens, coffee, wifi and the gardens. No joining fee, no hidden costs.

Shared or private bench, what’s the difference?

A shared bench is yours to work at most days, shared with another jeweller. A private bench is yours alone, with your own tool storage and nobody else’s work on it in the morning.

How do the contracts work?

Three-month minimum. Two months’ deposit. Notice periods are set out in the agreement.

What are the hours?

24-hour access to both of our buildings for shared and private bench members.

Is my work safe?

There’s a precious metal safe on site. Ask on the tour about storage at your own bench.

Can I use the makerspace and the woodwork shop?

Bench members use both sites and every workshop across our buildings, after an induction on anything with a blade or a bed.

Is there a jewellery workshop in Bristol?

Coming soon, at Hone Bristol in Fishponds: 8 benches at £150 a month.

Can I speak to someone?

Email info@honeworkspace.com or call 020 7987 8328. Or book a tour and ask on the way round.

Come and see it for yourself

The weekly tour takes you round the makerspace, the workshops and the building, with whoever is making things that day. It’s booked the moment you choose a time.

When
Thursdays, 5pm
Where
16 Pixley Street, Limehouse, London E14 7DF
Host
Jai
Takes
About twenty minutes, longer if you get talking
You’ll see
The jewellery workshop, your bench and the tool area, then the makerspace, the woodwork shop and the rest of the building
Then
Choose a bench, or don’t. There’s no pitch at the end.

Weekly tour · Hone Limehouse

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Pick a time. Places are live from the diary.

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