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Sunday 8 March 2015

Finding Inspiration in London.


On Thursday me and Kerry travelled up to London in search of jewellery & display inspiration for our final collections... 



First we visited Studio Fusion Gallery in the Oxo Tower. Studio Fusion is "the first applied art gallery in the UK specialising in a contemporary approach to enamel, whilst also promoting non-traditional materials and techniques." Although only a small gallery it was really inspiring to see the variety of different techniques on display there, so if you are interested in enamelling I'd definitely recommend a visit!


After having a look around Chelsea (couldn't not visit Anthropologie while we were there!) we were lucky enough to have a look around the private view of Desire Jewellery & Silversmithing Fair in Chelsea Old Town Hall. 

 

It was brilliant to see all of the beautiful jewellery on display & to talk to some of the makers there. It definitely inspired me for the future! 

Here are some of my favourites...


Shelley Thomas




(photos from www.shelleythomas.co.uk)

I absolutely loved Shelley's pieces, she often works with found objects, casting them into precious metals or adding stones. It's this contrast which I'm especially interested in and something I'm hoping to replicate in my work! 


Almost Perfect - Rose Cecil



(photo from www.almostperfect.co.uk)

These patinated copper bangles were lovely, definitely one of my favourite colour combinations & I loved the usual texture of them.


Barbara Webster



(photo from Barbara's Twitter)

Barbara had some lovely quirky rings with tiny little sculptures on top, I loved the shape of them and they were very wearable! 

You can see all of the jewellers who exhibited here at www.desirefair.com  


Wednesday 4 March 2015

[ Weekend away ]


Last weekend I spent a few days in the Lake District with my family, mainly relaxing & not doing much, having a break from uni work. However I did get a chance to take a look around the house my parents are in the process of buying. Its on a area of land at the foot of the mountains with lots of open space. While the house itself is lovely I spent most of my time looking at the old outbuildings, many of which had rusty, worn features!







Rusty hooks & chains on the sides of the barn (which I've already checked out as a potential part time studio, I'd never run out of inspiration there!)




In the woodland behind the house there was also some brilliant fungus & lichen growing on the trees, including this bright orange piece which almost looked like delicate, folded fabric.








These photos remind me of the lovely ones I've seen from Elaine Bolt's Instagram feed before that have inspired me in the past.  


I also spent some time watching this little field mouse below stuff himself with nuts from the bird feeder & managed to capture this picture before he ran away!