TREND-WATCH
Isabelle Busnel
Karina was chosen as an emerging
designer in the 2018 IJL Kickstart
program, and was also selected for
Shine at The Goldsmiths’ Centre
until 20 November.
(www.blushbashful.com)
The London-based Swedish
jewellery brand, Phine, aims
to make jewellery that can be
worn from morning to night and
is ‘fierce, daring and strong.’
The current Feminist & Fierce
collection features two very strong
looks - long chain necklaces like
the Lioness necklace, bold Spike
Bosslady bangles in the Morning
Star collection, and the chunky
chain bracelet from the Forever
Interlinked collection, all in
recycled sterling silver and fair
trade gold. (www.phine.london)
Many leading makers are
exhibiting
jewellery
at
this
time of year, starting with the
Decimus collective pop-up of
10 award-winning designers at
The Goldsmiths’ Centre on 2
November: Flora Bhattachary, Max
Danger, Alma Gronli Geller, Lucie
Gledhill, Kyosun Jung, Vicky Lew,
Shivani Patel, Melissa Rigby, Ana
Thompson and Samuel Waterhouse.
(www.goldsmiths-centre.org)
The Craft Centre and Design
Gallery Leeds’s annual Christmas
Jewellery Show, from 3 November
to 5 January 2019, showcases the
distinctive work of 10 outstanding
designer makers alongside ‘In the
Spotlight’, displaying jewellery and
keepsakes that are unique pieces of
contemporary craft.
(www.craftcentreleeds.co.uk)
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Jacqueline Cullen
SIERAAD, the international
jewellery art fair, takes place in
Amsterdam from 8-11 November.
Taking chains as the theme of this
year’s exhibition, the book, Chains,
by Alba Cappellieri, director of
the Vicenza Museum of Jewellery,
(Silvana Editoriale 2018) is the
most comprehensive publication
dedicated to chains in jewellery,
and demonstrates that the chain is
the most widespread and versatile
element in the history of jewellery.
(www.sieraadartfair.com)
Chelsea Old Town Hall is the
venue, from 9-11 November, for
the twelfth Handmade in Britain –
the contemporary craft and design
fair that includes the work of many
talented jewellery makers, like
Joanne Gowan of Gowan Jewellers
distinct organic style and dramatic
shapes, and Scarlett Cohen
French’s modern enamel designs.
(www.handmadeinbritain.co.uk)
Kath Libbert describes the latest
exhibition at The Kath Libbert
Jewellery Gallery at Salts Mill,
Bradford, as “fizz wiz popping
candy”. Titled The Playground, 10
top new graduates, cherry picked
from jewellery courses around the
country, explore unknown territory
and try out fresh ideas in what is
the twentieth year of this gallery’s
graduate shows that demonstrate
the Gallery’s aim to promote
Emily Kidson
‘jewels that push boundaries’. The
exhibition runs from 15 November
to 27 January 2019.
(www.kathlibbertjewellery.co.uk)
Contemporary Applied Arts,
based in London SE1, and a trusted
authority on British craft, holds its
annual Christmas show, Present &
Collect, from 15 November to 24
December, featuring a wealth of
work from members, all leading
craftspeople, including jewellery,
at accessible price points, as well
as high value collectors pieces.
Among the leading makers
here is Alison Evans, who has
an international reputation for
distinctive contemporary jewellery
based on the ancient techniques
of chainmail.
“My work is totally based on
movement, which is achieved by
using fine chainmail, in gold, silver
or titanium as a basis. Hundreds of
links are made by hand every day in
the workshop and put together to
make fluid comfortable jewellery.
The Basket ring, in 18ct yellow
gold with a large pink tourmaline
is from my current collection of
movable rings, where all parts
move including settings, creating
an interesting contrast in that most
rings are rigid.” (www.caa.org.uk)
(www.alisonevans.com)
And Cosmima, at Clerkenwell
Gallery, London from 22-25
November, presents the work of
the collective’s five fine jewellery
designers, and of four guests - two
jewellers working in non-precious
materials and two silversmiths.
(www.cosmima.co.uk).
‘‘
The London-
based Swedish
jewellery
brand, Phine,
aims to make
jewellery that
can be worn
from morning
to night and is
‘fierce, daring
and strong.
‘‘
JANET FITCH
November 2018 | jewelleryfocus.co.uk