My intentions of writing this blog on a regular basis have already managed to slip! The last few weeks have been fairly busy, not to mention all the fun-time sunshine 
bank holidays we have had. New collections of work are finished and about to land in various galleries and shops, and this weekend is the Centrepiece open studios www.centrepiece-jewellery.co.uk. I will be showing my work alongside fellow Centrepiece jeweller Glenn Campbell in his workshop, no doubt we shall engage in plenty of tea drinking and biscuit munching throughout! The Urban Coffee Company in the Jewellery Quarter are kindly offering our visitors a 20% discount on hot drinks during the event so as well as admiring and buying lots of fab jewels you can also enjoy delicious coffee.
I managed to take a trip down to london to see the recent ‘Collect’ which as always proved very inspiring. Its great to see such a range of work from British and European galleries in one place and this years newcomers space for selected individuals was equally inspiring. I can always find lots of jewellers work that I admire at Collect, but this year Lesley Craze Gallery from London really stood out for me, I particularly liked Emmeline Hastings perspex and titanium jewellery and Helen Carnac’s enammeled and drawing collages.
My mind is a buzz at the moment with new projects I am trying to find the time to further. The Contemporary Craft Fair in Bovey Tracey will be my next event in early June so I am busy working on some new pieces for that and also hoping that I might make a start on some non jewellery pieces to introduce to the world there, watch this space…