Friday 12 November 2010

Thank you!


Just wanted to say a HUGE thank you to EVERYONE who either helped, donated and especially those who bought pieces from our pop-up shop.

We made an impressive £3000 and thanks to a large number of you I only have 4 left in stock!! This is a huge milestone for us and with your money we are well on our way to raising funds for our degree show. If you're interested in following our progress and want to hear of other news and events including our degree show please leave an email address and we'll put you on our mailing list.

Here are a few pictures from the shop and our open evening and some pieces which proved popular :)

Anna Heasman, Me, Rachel Boston
Anna Heasman, Rachel Boston, Pip Jolley
Me with my rings



My stock after 2 days sales
Anna Heasman's Barter Bangles
Jing Jing's poppy rings which around remembrance day proved quite relevant and therefore received a lot of interest.
Pip's lovely brooches and hat pins
Sammie Jo's power coated brooches

Rachel's embroidery rings


Kasia's nipple brooches



Wednesday 3 November 2010

Work 2009/10

Newest work: 
Cool Diamonds
This is a project sponsored by Cool Diamonds and will run in a competition between our class. This piece is using chain mail as its a new technique I am interested in working with.


This was a piece made for a catwalk at our end of term show. It's based on 'Swansong' and is made from pheasant feathers.


This piece was an experimental project with materials. It is predominantly made from tin plate.
Inspired by european armour and constructed with rivets.




This next ring is a piece I made to represent the 'Value of marriage'
The main stone in this piece was simply a stone I found on the street, I shaped it to a silhouette of a diamond. Also there is a very small stone at the bottom of the ring which represents the real diamond. I'm playing around and looking at materialistic values, is the ring really the main importance to getting engaged?


My next assignment was to make 30 pieces, which were all different but held the same theme.
My collection was looking at manipulation of heat. The pieces show decaying of metal and the burning of feathers. I'm pleased with the results if these and the manipulation created some very interesting forms.


Finally, this is an extension from my previous collection. It's a collection of 30 identical silver plated rings. These have been etched to portray the theme of decay from the previous collection which created the feather like qualities to the metal. These pieces are currently on sale on 42 Theobalds road in london to raise funds for our final degree show.




2008/09 Work

This piece I made for a Swarovski competition...
The category I got to work with was Avant Garde, from this I based my designs on showgirls.
This garment includes a diamante covered bra, with guinea fowl and white goose feathers smothered in Swarovski elements.
I won the award for best interpretation of category and my piece was displayed in the Swarovski Crystallized Lounge on Great Marlborough Street


This beaded set was inspired by Charles Dickens' Great Expectations. I'm modelling this piece as the character Miss Havisham.
There are over a thousand pearls sewn onto lace to make this flowing collar. The cuff was made of similar technique.


Momento Mori ring
This was inspired by the greek story of Icarus.
Taking the theme of wings and feathers and the fact that icarus made these out of wax, I have tried to incorporate these in the ring. Using a feather like form and the use of red sealing wax as the main construction of the ring.
Inside is engraved 'Icarus eram letalis' which is latin for 'Icarus was mortal'



Work 2007/08


This piece was my for my final exhibition on my art foundation course. It was inspired by hidden treasure, small pearls are hidden within the necklace in wire balls, which themselves are enclosed in a mixture of materials and forms to give it a dynamic feel.

CSM pop up shop

Our Class is running a 6 day pop-up shop at 42 Theobalds Road London
This is a chance for us to sell some of our previous works in order to help fund our final degree show later on in the year.
We have an opening evening on Thursday 4th Nov 19.00 - 21.00
We appreciate any support and donations given to us and our event.


We have had press from vogue.com and have lots of interest so far!