Jewellery @ London: A Celebration
With the show quickly approaching we are excited to announce our talented jewellery exhibitors! Our Jewellers have found inspiration for their pieces all over the wonderful city of London. We are so excited for them to be a part of our show from May 10-13th 2012 at the gorgeous gallery@oxo overlooking the river Thames!
Anne Morgan
Anne Morgan is a Welsh jewellery designer. Anne makes her jewellery using reticulated silver and combining it with semi-precious stones. Her new work, "Coast", which is supported by the Arts Council of Wales uses a combination of her own work and both natural and manmade objects found from various UK coastlines. Anne has been particularly inspired on her trips to the Thames where she has collected pieces of driftwood that she has incorporated into her pieces making them extremely unique. She has also been selected to make the crown for this year's Eisteddfod in the Vale of Glamorgan, which will be revealed in August 2012.
Louise O'Neill
Louise's work is characterised by simplistic lines and pure forms. Louise is inspired by the architecture of London's buildings, skylines, boats, and bridges. The majority of Louise's work is in 18ct gold and often incorporates precious and semi precious gemstones, notably tourmaline, aquamarines, sapphires or diamonds. Louise selects stones that she finds particularly beautiful, an unusual colour or shape, and sometimes has them cut to meet requirements where the design demands. Louise is interested in light and how it is reflected from, and refracted through the stones and often she highlights edges of the metal elements to draw attention to a particular aspect of the piece.
Jenny Llewellyn
Jenny Llewellyn is an East London based jewellery designer. Jenny spent countless hours wandering around London Aquarium, taking inspiration from the luminous colours and shapes of underwater life, She also gained inspiration from her visits to the Kew Gardens where the vibrant colour palettes of nature sparked her imagination. Jenny creates vibrant, playful pieces that move with the wearer and glow in the dark by using translucent silicone in her jewellery. Colour has always been a significant feature of her jewellery. Jenny feels that by introducing the translucent qualities of silicone with bright pigments, alongside the shifting reflective surfaces of precious metal and plastics, she conveys the qualities of underwater life forms. To celebrate the year of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, Jenny is showcasing her unique take on the traditional Pearl Necklace at Handmade this year.
Marianna Hadass
Marianna Hadass believes that jewellery should express the wearer's feelings and emotions while having an intimate relationship with the wearer as well. Her jewellery is meant to be a luxurious embellishment enhancing and accentuating the wearer's best features in an understated manner. Marianna's jewellery consists of attention grabbing, colourful yet funny statement pieces that are unique and hand-made. Marianna finds inspiration by keeping an open mind and finding relationships between shapes and colours so abundant in London. She mainly uses silver as the framework for her pieces and adds colour through semi precious stones, enamel, Keum Boo or Perspex.
Harriet Knightley
Harriet Knightley's unmistakable work is influenced by 60's London fashion. To Harriet, the 1960s was the most iconic period in fashion that suited her experiences and the flare of London. Her latest collection, "I wish I was Born in the 60's", pays homage to the vibrant fashion prints of the 1960's, mixing bold bright colours and fun floral shapes. This collection is a marriage between research at the Kew gardens and the unique London fashion vibe. She has created light, playful pieces to highlight the fun and vibrancy of the city. Each of her pieces is made from anodised aluminium in vibrant tones that are mixed and matched to create show stopping, alternative jewellery.
Jewellery by Priya
Priya, develops modern Indian design by researching London's large Asian population in areas such as East Ham and Tooting, combined with investigating traditional artefacts found at the British Museum. Concentrating on repetitive patterns seen in historic Indian arts and crafts, Priya's Blue and Star Lotus collections take on a form of the lotus flower, symbolic in many Eastern countries. The three-dimensional lines seen in her Blue Lotus collection was inspired by the modern architectural delights of London: The Gherkin and London Eye. Priya works with precious materials to create statement wearable pieces.
Kerstin Laibach
Kerstin Laibach, ethical goldsmith, will be creating a brand new Thames and Pebble collection just for the show. She is deeply inspired by the city of London. Kerstin feels that in order to tune into the pulse of London means understanding its unique rhythm, and the unmistakable groove that has arisen from such a truly iconic city. According to her, London's unique style, design and immersive inspiration from within its own vibrant aura, and a self-paced attitude cease to exist elsewhere. Kerstin believes that her jewellery captures the essence of London as well as its uniqueness. With strong emphasis on the environment and genuine sustainability in jewellery making, Kerstin's pieces can often reflect how a simple uncut, unpolished stone picked up somewhere in the city can be integrated into a jewellery design that synchronises manmade architecture with raw nature. In this collection made just for the show, Kerstin uses pebbles found in the Thames and others gathered throughout the city of London.
Rosemary Lucas
Rosemary Lucas, has created a signature London 2012 Silver Ring series specifically for this year. This series explores the eastern reaches of the Tames as it flows through the City and out to sea past the Olympic Park at Straford. The centrepiece of her collection, pierced River Cuffs, is made of oxidized, frosted and polished silver. She has also created a new range of earrings and pendants inspired by the Thames for her current collection. Rosemary loves refined, sleek lines and fluidity. Silver is her medium and she often combines silver with gorgeous usual stones.
Danny Ries
Danny finds inspiration for her jewellery throughout London. She aims to make modern jewellery to compliment the modern city of London. Danny hopes her jewellery takes its wearers on a journey since she feels experiencing the journey is the most important part of life. She enjoys experimenting with materials and techniques - combining traditional metalwork and hand-knitting skills with contemporary design. The result is bold, contemporary jewellery in precious metal and mixed-media incorporating clean lines, magnetic clasps and cotton cord. For her, finding simplicity and avoiding the 'fussy' is what she strives for in her work.
Fly Karoline
Fly Karoline was founded by British designer Karolina. Karolina finds inspiration in different kinds of creatures, particularly insects due to her wonderful childhood experiences. Karolina collects naturally-dead insects such as butterflies,which are the focus of her latest collection, from all around the world to make her stunning jewellery pieces. By using an innovative technique, discovered during many hours spent crafting jewellery in her workshop, her pieces give eternal life to them by capturing and maintaining their living beauty even after they have passed away. Karolina's "Madam Butterfly" collection utilises the natural beauty of the butterfly in a way that has never been done before. This is due to an original technique, created and developed by herself, which transfers the actual pattern of the butterfly wing onto metal mesh to form a stunning jewellery piece.
MIRPURI
Johnny Mirpuri is a former City banker turned independent jewellery designer. He designs jewellery for the London's style-conscious professionals whose work hard, play hard ethos makes the City of London the vibrant, global financial hub it is. Johnny has a keen appreciation for the sleek, elegantly understated contemporary designs which appeal to these discerning, quality conscious individuals. He draws on this insight to create attention-grabbing, yet functional pieces which tastefully strike that fine balance between workplace-appropriate subtly and evening glamour. His collections comprise of both stone-set and plain ranges, including several pieces with a strong unisex flavour.
London: A Celebration
gallery@oxo , Oxo Tower Wharf, London
10-13th May
Open Daily, Admission Free
Organised by Handmade in Britain
For the full list of exhibitors who will feature at our show visit www.handmadeinbritain.co.uk/exhibitors
If you have any questions email us at admin@handmadeinbritain.co.uk, or tweet us @handmadebritain
Don't forget to add #LondonACelebration to any tweets on contemporary craft and the inspirations of London in the lead up to the show
Anne Morgan is a Welsh jewellery designer. Anne makes her jewellery using reticulated silver and combining it with semi-precious stones. Her new work, "Coast", which is supported by the Arts Council of Wales uses a combination of her own work and both natural and manmade objects found from various UK coastlines. Anne has been particularly inspired on her trips to the Thames where she has collected pieces of driftwood that she has incorporated into her pieces making them extremely unique. She has also been selected to make the crown for this year's Eisteddfod in the Vale of Glamorgan, which will be revealed in August 2012.
Louise's work is characterised by simplistic lines and pure forms. Louise is inspired by the architecture of London's buildings, skylines, boats, and bridges. The majority of Louise's work is in 18ct gold and often incorporates precious and semi precious gemstones, notably tourmaline, aquamarines, sapphires or diamonds. Louise selects stones that she finds particularly beautiful, an unusual colour or shape, and sometimes has them cut to meet requirements where the design demands. Louise is interested in light and how it is reflected from, and refracted through the stones and often she highlights edges of the metal elements to draw attention to a particular aspect of the piece.
Harriet Knightley's unmistakable work is influenced by 60's London fashion. To Harriet, the 1960s was the most iconic period in fashion that suited her experiences and the flare of London. Her latest collection, "I wish I was Born in the 60's", pays homage to the vibrant fashion prints of the 1960's, mixing bold bright colours and fun floral shapes. This collection is a marriage between research at the Kew gardens and the unique London fashion vibe. She has created light, playful pieces to highlight the fun and vibrancy of the city. Each of her pieces is made from anodised aluminium in vibrant tones that are mixed and matched to create show stopping, alternative jewellery.
Priya, develops modern Indian design by researching London's large Asian population in areas such as East Ham and Tooting, combined with investigating traditional artefacts found at the British Museum. Concentrating on repetitive patterns seen in historic Indian arts and crafts, Priya's Blue and Star Lotus collections take on a form of the lotus flower, symbolic in many Eastern countries. The three-dimensional lines seen in her Blue Lotus collection was inspired by the modern architectural delights of London: The Gherkin and London Eye. Priya works with precious materials to create statement wearable pieces.
Fly Karoline was founded by British designer Karolina. Karolina finds inspiration in different kinds of creatures, particularly insects due to her wonderful childhood experiences. Karolina collects naturally-dead insects such as butterflies,which are the focus of her latest collection, from all around the world to make her stunning jewellery pieces. By using an innovative technique, discovered during many hours spent crafting jewellery in her workshop, her pieces give eternal life to them by capturing and maintaining their living beauty even after they have passed away. Karolina's "Madam Butterfly" collection utilises the natural beauty of the butterfly in a way that has never been done before. This is due to an original technique, created and developed by herself, which transfers the actual pattern of the butterfly wing onto metal mesh to form a stunning jewellery piece.
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