What happens when you put Katherine Jenkins, Ruth Mary Jewellery and a team of producers and cameramen together in a secret room inside St Paul's Cathedral in London? To find out, watch HEAVENLY DESIGN, first aired on BBC1 in September 2023.
In the meantime, here's some behind-the-scenes snaps from two days of filming for BBC 1's quintessential Sunday viewing, 'Songs of Praise'...
The programme will shine a spotlight on Sir Christopher Wren, the architect behind St Paul's Cathedral. When Katherine Jenkins asked Ruth about how architecture inspires her work, her answer lay in the sculptural details above the decorative arches in this magnificent building. Like Wren, who started out as a scientist before turning to architecture, Ruth was a chemist before becoming a jeweller – perhaps the perfect illustration that art and science need not be separate subjects!
The day before the interview at St Paul's was the hottest day of the year; not the perfect conditions for filming the jewellery studio! But Ruth thankfully made it through without melting. Don't forget to watch the end result of all this hard work on the BBC website!
