I am an EC one finalist...

http://www.econe.co.uk/blog/2010/09/unsigned-top-ten-emily-margaret-hill-jones/

I got to the final 10 of the EC one competition to be their "Unsigned" jeweller and be stocked in their shop this Christmas..I then got down to the final 3 and had to meet the judges this Tuesday. Results on the 28th October!

http://www.retail-jeweller.com/products/designers/finalists-of-ec-one-competition-chosen-via-facebook/5018160.article

Come find me at Liverpool Design Festival...

Liverpool Design Festival, 19th-21st November at St.Georges Hall will showcase some of Britains most interesting design talent and is part of a week of festivities across the city...you can buy tickets online!

http://www.liverpooldesignfestival.com/exhibitors/emily-jones

Origin London

I visited Origin in London a week or so ago and really enjoyed the new location in Spitalfields. A few designers that I had seen and heard of were there so I got a good chance to get a closer look!

http://www.momocreatura.com/worklist-1.html

Love love love this work by Momocreatura. The little axe earrings are my favourite but I love these rings too! A little dark but then aren't we all??

I have seen Jacqueline Cullen's work before and after a recent trip to Whitby I though only apt to mention her work. I love the modern use of a material that was traditionally used for mourning the dead.
http://www.jacquelinecullen.com/jewellery.php

Also love a bit of Laura Bennet, particularly as she makes containers/vessels aswell!
http://www.laurabennettjewellery.co.uk/page10.htm

All together I was quite suprised at the cautiousness the show revealed in it's exhibiters this year, most work had been shown before or was of a traditional/commercial nature. I really hope to be at Origin myself one day, the atmosphere is electric!

Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair

Now on the Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair website. The show is in Manchester 22nd-24th October and I will be showing my new collection there...
Come for a day out, the work looks amazing!

http://www.greatnorthernevents.co.uk/jewEmilyMargaret_HillJewellery.html

Amazing..that's it.

These photos were shot between 1863 and 1944 and were taken by Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii during a photographic survey of the Russian Empire. "He used a specialized camera to capture three black and white images in fairly quick succession, using red, green and blue filters, allowing them to later be recombined and projected with filtered lanterns to show near true color image". I can't actually believe some of them were taken over 100 year ago. The vibrancy of the fabric is just amazing, it is so rare to have any examples of colour of that period in time except in paintings.


http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/08/russia_in_color_a_century_ago.html

Amber Albrecht

http://www.amberalbrecht.com

Ok so I know I am a sucker for anything magical but these really are beautiful, I wish she would draw me some insects!

Amber Albrecht is based in Montreal and her surreal works are inspired by folklore, literature, topography and a struggle to remember stories and drawings she saw when she was young.

I am feeling very Russian/Eastern-inspired at the moment so expect more of this type of posts..If only I could fit this in with my Victorian style memorial jewellery..maybe some odd mash up?

Liverpool Deisgn Festival

Wohoo, now on the Liverpool Design Festival website. The show is on the weekend of 20th and 21st Novemeber in St.Georges Hall.

http://www.liverpooldesignfestival.com/exhibitors/emily-jones