Mat Collishaw

http://www.vam.ac.uk/collections/contemporary/mat-collishaw/index.html

Beautiful and fascinating, I had never heard of this technique before...

Collishaw has created a Zeotrope. These were designed in 1834 to create an illusion of action from a rapid succession of images..
He has created the impression of huge fluttering moths that will be visable from dusk in the uppermost dome...
I am very excited to see this and there will be a smaller version to get closer to in the John Madejski Garden. What a good excuse to visit the V&A, or do you need one?

Kelly Mccallum

Wonderfully weird and witty work. I LOVE the taxidermy animals with "accessories"..the rabbit with the moustache!! Kelly is inspired by decay, preservation and also sentimentality so some ideas that are close to my heart.. She describes her work as
"Melodramatic scenes of mortal stillness"

Erica Weiner

http://ericaweiner.com/category.php?category_id=21

Oooh i would love to visit this shop..lovely treasures. I like that she is not afraid of having only one of each piece... 

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