sorry this post is late, I sent it yesterday but it clearly never went through :0(
I love Anna Gordon's work. She graduated the year before me (from Edinburgh College of Art, not the same as me) and both her degree show and her postgrad show the following year were filled with little pieces of perfection. I'm also fairly sure she was showing at New Designers the same year as me (1994) though for her that would have been with her Postgrad work.
If I remember rightly I saw her work and Grainne Morton's at the same time at the Edinburgh Degree Show, so I must have been pretty overwhelmed by the loveliness of it all.
Interestingly their work, though different at the time, is becoming more similar as time goes on with both of them working on twig-ish pieces these days.
For those who are in the area this years ECA show starts on the 17th of June and runs till the 27th. Infact, Edinburgh arty bloggers (or those who will travel), shall we meet up and see the show together? If you fancy it post your interest here and I'll contact you in June to sort a date.
Ineke Heerkens crochet mushroom-like pieces.
This work was shown last year at an exhibition called Fools Gold at The Embassy Gallery in Edinburgh featuring a variety of works by many jewellers described as "Worn Art & Useless Jewels"
Calling all parents and children, Vegas and Venice has revealed to us (and she was nervous to do it so a big round of applause) her Shy Monsters Colouring story book. I tell you, if I'd had a book like this as a child I might not have needed my special pyjamas to make me feel safe from the dark space under the bed.
Scottish jeweller Marianne Anderson had a really piece at New Designers (I think) that caught my eye, it was similar to this brooch but was a necklace with a very intricate filigree section and no grid behind it. It was much larger than this and hung from a pearl necklace if I remember correctly.
Sorry to be vague, her site is very minimal and I don't have time to go hunting through Google today, my strawberry plants are waiting patiently to be moved to their permanent home and I need to sow more lettuce and some spinach. My oriental salad seedlings have grown out of their baby first leaves now and are getting very distinctive hairy/spikey grown up leaves. Very exciting but it will be a long time before they are ready to be munched.
My trip to the dentist went well, I'm such a suck up, full marks for my teeth and I'm pleased as punch. The sun shone all day so I walked very slowly home, taking pictures of things I love like blossom, shadows and textures, which I'll post later.
My recent jewellery posts have reminded me that my archives are bulging with jewellers that I like BB (before blogging) and have never blogged about. So strange how life Before Blog seems like a distant memory, and anything I haven't blogged about from then, it's like it doesn't exist. So I'm digging around in my archives for old faveourites (and a few new-ish ones) and then finding what they've been making since I last looked so I can share with you.
Sebastian Buescher is someone I spotted last year when I saw one of his 'Pipe' necklaces as shown here. The piece below it is a brooch. He uses natural materials like moth cocoons and bits of termite nest to create his unusual jewellery.
Well that last link to Ann Little then led me to Emma Gale. I have seen Emma's work in galleries before but not since I've been blogging so I forgot to post about her.
After saying I wouldn't be blogging here I am at 3.20am posting this beautiful necklace by Scottish jeweller Ann Little that I found thanks to Kath over at Whipup. Thanks Kath.
And hey, the dentist will probably be glad I've had no sleep because if I yawn he can get in at my teeth more easily.
I had a computer free weekend and, apart from this quick post, Monday will be pretty blog free too as I'm heading into Edinburgh for the dentist (just a check-up, hopefully). But I wanted to say a special hello to KATE who is the first of my friends to discover my blog. Ok, I admit I gave her clues, but she lives so far away now (Norway) and we don't see each other much so I wanted her to be able to keep tabs on me. I haven't told anyone (apart from MrP) because I wanted to see how long it would take people to chance upon it, the net being such a small place really. So remember Kate, don't tell anyone we know.
I see from my email that lots of you have posted comments which I haven't had time to look at, but thank you, and I will read them on Monday evening (unless dentist turns nasty) and reply to any that need replies by Tuesday night. Until then here are some snaps of sights I saw on Sunday while doing the shopping, I feel so lucky that my shopping takes me to such nice outdoor places and though it was mostly wet and misty we did get a momentary bright period while we were out buying veg.
