RHS Garden Wisley, May Bank Holiday

I am showing my jewellery and silverware with British Festival Silver at RHS Garden Wisley over the Bank Holiday weekend. We will be in the Glass House - call in and see the best of silversmithing, jewellery and craft in the UK.

New Collection 2014 at Johnny Rocket's

My new collection in silver and rose gold makes its debut at Johnny Rocket's Gallery this week. 

More additions to the collection to follow - and will be available in my other outlets later in the year. 

Rose Gold Branch Wrap Ring

Rose Gold Branch Necklace

Angels at the Royal Academy

We had to climb high to see them, but it's not often you get such a close up look at these details in the Royal Academy. We loved looking through one of the portholes of the enormous wooden installation to unexpectedly find a golden angel.

The Sensing Spaces exhibition was interactive and peaceful to walk around. Busy as it was the last night, but fun - and for a non-architect like me it opened my mind to new ideas of 3-D space. 

Favourite quote by Li Xiaodong: 'Allowing room for the visitors imagination is essential if a space is to become a satisfying physical experience'

   Favourite installation was Kengo Kuma's  for the atmosphere he created

Kengo Kuma at the Royal Academy

Jasmine Tea

At last we made it to Ping Pong, the Chinese restaurant at Southbank which I've often walked past and wanted to go to. The range of dim sum was excellent, we sat out in a heated terrace and I loved the flowering jasmine tea. Served in large thermos glasses, they kept the heat in constantly. 

It reminded me of the first time I had this tea at Huxingting, the oldest teahouse in Shanghai, back in 2008. You could get flowering jasmine tea in the UK a few years ago, but it was not as easy to find it back then. Not a problem now - another sign of China emerging in London.  

Flowering Jasmine tea at Ping Pong

Flowering Jasmine served in glass teapots at Huxinting Teahouse 2008