Sunday 1 February 2015

Life of a Jeweller, 2014.

Wow, so a lot has happened over the last year!
and admittedly blogging wasn't a huge part of that..... but it is time to look back over 2014 and summarise parts of my last year.

I spent a lot of time working at Primavera and learning about all the amazingly talented makers that are housed in store, as well as selling my own work through the Cambridge based gallery.
 


I had a great time making a piece to be swapped in the Contemporary Jewellery Exchange with talented maker Gabrielle Desmarais. Click the link above to see the exchange.



As well as taking part in the Cambridge Open Studios in July at Primavera Gallery. This is where I launched a new range of work the 'Origins Collection'. These pieces all come from the same mould, the same origin, but warp and tear due to the high pressures used to form them.


The next jewellery adventure came in the fantastic form of becoming a member of the jewellery collective Fluxed Up. 
Jenny Gilbert, Hannah-May Chapman and I formed this collective as friends and fellow UCA graduates, to show our diverse work at events together.



Our first event as a collective was the East London Design Show a new platform for us to get our work out there and have a great time catching up and sharing our experiences since graduating.
After the mad Christmas rush was over, it was great to be contacted by Sara Preisler Gallery and have work featured in their 'New Life' exhibition in Birmingham.



All In all, a great year with different challenges and new beginnings! Very excited to see where the rest of 2015 will take me.