About DDS
What is Double Door Studios?
We are a creative enterprise established in 2020 in Dundee, Scotland.
Consisting of studios and an exhibition space for jewellers, designers and makers, we occupy small but perfectly formed premises on Ward Road – just across from the historic Howff graveyard in the city centre.
We are home to established jewellery designer makers Islay Spalding, Christina Vernon, Holly McAfee and Ieva Jankovska, who all run their practices from the Jewellery Studios, a fully equipped shared jewellery making space with hot desks and space for workshops.
Alongside this we have two more separate studios, one housing bespoke framer Calum J. Rennie, and one studio currently for rent. We have a small but flexible exhibition space, which can be hired for product launches, exhibitions or pop-up shops, or otherwise filled with the wonderful creations of the designers, artists and makers inside the studios.
Read more in this article by Creative Dundee.
Explore The Space
Exhibition Room
DDS exhibition room is a light and spacious (15.5×13ft) room with high ceilings, through view bunker and a central original safe feature. On a daily basis we use this space for customer meetings and desk work, but our intermittent events programme sees the space transformed in to a gallery, pop-up shop or product launch area (among many thigs). If you would like to rent the space for your upcoming event, get in touch and we can discuss the further availability and come up with a solution for your needs. Please note, the price guide attached here is for reference only.
Reception Room
As you enter the space through the large mahogany double doors you enter the reception room - usually filled with work from our resident jewellers. The space also benefits from a pass-through counter connected to our Exhibition Room.
Jewellery Workshop
Our Jewellery Workshop is home to four jewellers who permanently work in the space - Islay Spalding, Christina Vernon, Holly MacAfee and Ieva Jankovska. Additional jewellery bench is used as a hotdesk space and can be rented out - see the guide price list attached. We have a good selection of tools, such as rollong mills, drawbench, soldering equipment etc., range of hammers and other tools.
Stewart Studio
A dedicated space for running classes was launched in September 2023 - the Stewart Studio. The large custom built central bench comfortably seats 6 jewellers. This space is also used to house our polishing and grinding motors, 10-ton hydraulic press, and two kilns that we use for enamelling and precious metal clay firing.