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Jewellery Showcase -
Ten of the Best

1st August -
31st October 2003


'Ten of the Best' graduate jewellers from 2002 have been chosen to exhibit a display of their work at The Craft Centre & Design Gallery by Julie Ann Seaman, the Jewellery Co-ordinator at The Craft Centre & Design Gallery.


Beki Dickinson - Vyse "Rings in gold, slate and perspex"


Kaz Robertson "Bubble Gum Brooch"
resin, magnets and rubber
This show intends to promote the work of ten inventive and resourceful newly established jewellers whose fresh and aspiring designs will illustrate a diverse range of materials and techniques.

Harriet Clayton exhibits her tactile jewellery primarily made up of geometric acrylic components. Her work is sophisticatedly playful, made up of multiple parts, joined together by magnets embedded in the plastic.

Harriet Clayton "Fraction Set" pespex and magnets

Exhibiting within the showcase is Ruth Chalmers who displays her quirky and nostalgic jewellery, the fused metals of Donna Barry and Kaz Robertson, who creates work that is interactive yet versatile using a wide range of resins, layered and brightly coloured with matt, opaque and translucent finishes.

 

Beki Dikinson-Vyse uses an unusual combination of slate with perspex, gold, silver and twine. Geographical contour lines, femininity and the aesthetic quality of repetition and layering mainly influence her work.

Adele Kime's woven thread work will be showcased alongside John Moore's native South American influenced metal work, Lindsey Manns' work made from found objects, Livvy Woolton's silver, gold and wooden work and Susan Kerr who combines silver, with other materials less commonly used such as paper and leather.


John Moore "Enamel Brooches"

Livvy Wotton "Ash bangle"


Adele Kime "Pod Necklet" Silver and woven thread

This combination of unusual materials and techniques will make for a very exciting and inspiring showcase and will prove a valuable introduction to a selection of the best up and coming jewellery designers.

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