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Flux Open Studios from 1st Dec

Only five days to go until Flux Open Studios. Check us out! Browse! Engage! Find perfect gifts!

If you’re a Vogue and Harpers reader you will know some of these names. Come and meet us

Barbara Yarde / Ilona Guest / Kyle Hopkins / Maggie Laing / Bev Holden
Natascha Kotsoupoulou / Claire Hart / Imogen Belfield / Vicky Forrester
Yuki Sasakura / Alex Yule / Becky Dockree / Dickie Wilkinson
Commission your favourite jeweller to make something unique.
We have lots of new work to show you – catch a glimpse of the new season’s collections from our group of hip, happening jewellers; get it here before it hits the high street!
Claire Hart's new Butterfly Lovers' Collection and newly engraved sterling silver blossom spoons will be on show for the first time

Winter Collection

 We are proud to present the latest addition to Claire Hart Design Winter Collection: the Mother of Pearl Rose Ring. 

Each beautiful carved rose is set in a hand-sculpted sterling silver claw, on a silver stem which wraps perfectly around the finger.

There are now only five days left before exhibiting at Collect 2011 at Castle Ward!

Jazz-Live @ The Rivoli Ballroom



Giant Chinese lanterns and Austrian chandeliers



What better way to spend a Saturday night than at the Jive Party at the famous

vintage Rivoli Ballroom in Crofton with a live band playing? It felt like we were celebrating the 

end of the Blitz! 



Forties Birthday Girl




The ballroom before 600 people descended on the dance floor



Only Fools and Horses @ Frank's

The last week of Frank's Bar (yes, it was a few weeks ago) on top of the Peckham multi-storey car park, was as cool as ever.  Dingy stairwell to walk up, giant awnings stretched across to make a tent-like roof, superb views across London, and gigantic art from Camberwell college. I had the best burger ever, we were entertained by dancers and I got a photo of the iconic Trotter-mobile 'New York - Paris- Peckham', which I see around Peckham occasionally - though the last time I saw it , it was being towed....can it really be on its last legs?

Shaun Leane @ Goldsmith's Fair



Leane's Hawthorne Cuff

I walked up the stairs at the Goldsmith's Fair Private View this evening and the very first person I spoke to was my most favourite designer, Shaun Leane. I've seen, and tried on his jewellery in Selfridges, at IJL and I've read about him, but wasn't expecting to meet him. Putting on his jewellery is like wearing cool silk, it is so smooth and beautiful.
He showed me his latest work, the Bound Collection, inspired by Masai tribespeople. He absolutely loves going to Africa. He told me that he has an outlet in Hong Kong and is soon opening in Beijing and Shanghai. I wish him lots and lots of success in China! He looked so busy the rest of the evening, so the opportunity to chat with him was a real treat.

Shaun Leane exhibits every year, but I hadn't registered him before as I only discovered his incredible work earlier this year.......Better late than never!

Other work and makers I enjoyed seeing this evening were
Wright and Teague and the stunning pared down
minimalist works of art by Vladimir Bohm.

Kanji + i



Japanese Embassy on Piccadilly



Another trip to the Japanese Embassy, this time for a Sake (and Sushi) evening, in aid of victims of the Earthquake earlier this year. There were over 300 people present, listening to speeches and seeing videos about help being given in Japan. There was also a heartfelt and moving exhibition of paintings and cards made by pupils in London schools, sending their best wishes to Japanese people in the aftermath of the earthquake. The book of condolences in the Embassy continues to grow with entries from around the world.

Vessels

Getting back to painting once more, with the gorgeous hand-made oil bars I bought in Sweden, plus a few more from Bradbury Graphics in Belfast.

Cloud Busting Day

There's nothing like a bit of Cloud Spotting on your birthday on the beautiful Swedish island of Gotland !



Visby arch

Colour Saturation

Colours have been my joy and I felt that they loved my hands

Emil Nolde

The Emil Nolde exhibition at Nordiska Akvarllmuseet was a feast for the eyes and surpassed all our expectations.

Oppet Hus

Loved seeing the sculpture on the west coast of Sweden this month.

Lots of summer exhibitions, now coming to a close. Favourites were the Villa Bro Skulpturpark, with monumental works by Viktor and Ann Korneev, paintings by IngerWihl and textiles and paintings by designer, Annika Wihl.





Bivaxoljekritor

Rosehips



Puer tea cup

Two days spent in a creative workshop on the west coast of Sweden, led by my friend, the artist Eta Hedman. Fantastic inspiration where we played with colour. So absorbed that we all lost track of the time.

We had the opportunity to use chunky handmade beeswax oil crayons, made by a local artist. Beautiful rich colours and thick textures that you can move around the page with a knife.

I splashed out and bought some to play with, back home.
This should see me through the grey London winter.

miniature landscapes



Shadow