Art trails: Henley Arts Trail, Oxfordshire Artweeks and Whiteknights Studio Trail plus the V&A!

 It's going to be a busy spring! I'll be at three arts trails and the V&A! 

Events

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Silversmithing demonstration at the V&A Museum
16 May

Join us at V&A South Kensington to see demonstrations by silversmiths whose work encompasses a range of styles and techniques.

Along with other silversmiths, I will be demonstrating as part of London Craft Week at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London on the afternoon of 16 May. I will show my scoring tools and show how to score metal. I will also have some finished pieces to show that I made using the scoring technique.

Exhibitions

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A BANK HOLIDAY SHOWCASE OF CREATIVITY
4th-6th MAY
I will be at venue 13: Oaken Grove Vineyard

From Henley-On-Thames take the A4155 towards Marlow, after approx 1.5 miles turn left onto Benhams Lane and continue for approx 0.8 miles until you arrive at Oaken Grove vineyard.

Parking is available on site.

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18-26 May 2024 

Six great jewellers present a selection of jewellery and silversmithing in silver and gold to appeal to many different tastes. Beautifully crafted using traditional techniques, this gorgeous jewellery includes rings, earrings, necklaces, cuff links and more. There are pieces made with gold, silver, a combination of gold and silver and various gemstones. Our group includes three jewellery teachers and most of us accept commissions, so please come by and have a chat about jewellery and jewellery making! 

Venue:

Peach Croft Farm
Twelve Acre Drive
Abingdon
OX142HP

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Whiteknights Studio Trail
Saturday 8 & Sunday 9 June 2024

Whiteknights Studio Trail is coming! On the weekend of 8th and 9th June, we will open our studios and venues, to everyone who wants to see the art made in and around the university area of Reading.
I will be at 1 Marlborough Avenue.

Henley Arts Trail venue 12: Eyot Centre

 Come visit me and Janet at the Henley Arts Trail! 

See jewellery, buy jewellery, talk about jewellery and jewellery making!

30 April, 1 & 2 May 

10-5pm each day 

Venue 12: Eyot Centre on Wargrave Road, Henley-on-Thames

New jewellery classes in Oxford & Henley and Arts Trail in September

 

 

Henley School of Art

New Classes:

Saturday 25 September – Making Silver Rings

Saturday 23 October – Making Silver Bangles

Saturday 4 December – Making Silver Rings

Learn the basics of silver jewellery making a wear a piece you made yourself by the end of the course! For more information and to book, see www.thehenleyschoolofart.com/courses

 

JASSO
New termly class!
Thursdays 10am - 1pm

Starts 16 September  I will be teaching a 10 week class at the fantastic workshop of the Jewellery and Silversmithing Society of Oxford. To join, you must be a member of JASSO but joining is incredibly good value at £20/year.

 

11 & 12 September 2021
I will be at Venue 10 St. Luke’s Community Hall, Norfolk Road, Maidenhead, SL6 7AT along with six other artists. Come see jewellery, paintings and ceramics!

Henley School of Art jewellery workshop 30 March 2020

Coming soon, a introduction to jewellery making class at the wonderful Henley School of Art! The class on Monday 30 March is definitely running, with just a few places left! Make two silver rings in a day. 

Jewellery class at Henley School of Art


Learn the basics of silver jewellery making a wear a piece you made yourself by the end of the course! Courses are 10:30am-4:30pm and include all tools and materials. For more information and to book, see the Henley School of Art website here: www.thehenleyschoolofart.com/courses

No experience or artistic skills are necessary, as all these classes are for beginners. You'll be introduced to the tools and given full instruction as well as being provided with the silver.  This is a real hands-on opportunity to make something that you might wear forever! 

Introduction to silver jewellery making: make two silver rings: Monday 30 March 2020

Introduction to silver jewellery making: make two silver rings: Thursday 13 August 2020

Introduction to silver jewellery making: make two silver rings: Thursday 29 October 2020

Jewellery class in Henley-on-Thames

I taught a day class on how to make silver rings at the lovely Henley School of Art in August and it was a wonderful day with lots of rings made!


Jewellery class at Henley School of Art



Here are some photos from the ring making day:

Using pliers to twist silver

Jo really getting into hammering

a bit of soldering

a silver ring in progress

learning how to solder

Sawing to form a perfect join

Everyone with one or two of their finished silver rings

You can learn the basics of silver jewellery making a wear a piece you made yourself by the end of the course! Courses are 10:30am-4:30pm and include all tools and materials. For more information and to book, see the Henley School of Art website here: www.thehenleyschoolofart.com/courses

The next course is:

Introduction to silver jewellery making: make two silver rings: Thursday 21 November 2019

Jewellery classes in Henley-on-Thames

I will be teaching a few single day courses at the Henley School of Art in Henley-on-Thames starting in August. A lovely studio location in the heart of Henley!

Jewellery class at Henley School of Art


Learn the basics of silver jewellery making a wear a piece you made yourself by the end of the course! Courses are 10:30am-4:30pm and include all tools and materials. For more information and to book, see the Henley School of Art website here: www.thehenleyschoolofart.com/courses

Introduction to silver jewellery making: make two silver rings: Thursday 8 August 2019

Introduction to silver jewellery making: make a silver pendant: Thursday 19 September 2019

Introduction to silver jewellery making: make two silver rings: Thursday 21 November 2019

Exhibition and news

There is an exhibition on in Didcot in which you can see the lovely work of one of the Caversham Artists, Julie Simmonds. Details below on the flyer, just click on the image to get a larger, legible version.

Also, the Jelly has acquired a new home - today (10am - 6pm) is the last day to help paint and fix up the new location. If you're free, it's at the Coopers Arms in Reading town centre, across the street from the main post office and NatWest.

And lastly, it's a hard time for arts centres, and several are struggling to hang on in the face of "cost cutting", reduced funding, or relocation. If you are interested in keeping The Fire Station in Henley as an exhibition centre, then move fast - attend the meeting at the Council Chamber of the Town Hall, Henley at 7.30 this Tuesday, 5th July.

South Hill Park in Bracknell has also lost a lot of funding - this is a thriving arts centre that hosts numerous exhibitions of painting, drawing, conceptual art, ceramics, jewellery, to name but a few. Many people attend and enjoy the courses in all manner of artistic fields. Hopefully it will still manage to do all these things, but of course a big chunk of funding gone means cuts have to be made somewhere! To support South Hill Park, please sign the petition here (we have 681 signatures, we need at least 1000): http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/save_our_south_hill_park/

Reveal in Henley

Reveal is on this weekend at Henley's Old Firestation Gallery - see www.revealshowcase.com for details. I will be there 10-12 tomorrow morning. Unfortunately I got a little overzealous when I put my display stuff back in the car after Desire, so I've sprained a muscle in my back. So I was dreading setting up at Reveal yesterday because I knew it would hurt. Luckily Lauren (of the beautiful ceramics) and another Caversham artist very kindly carried my cases inside. I am pretty sore today from all the shlepping around yesterday, but jewellery is up at Reveal and even have a small case up at South Hill Park (also for sale, just ask the reception). I have to say, though, that I am super tired. I've been running around since October doing a ton of things and now I'm ready for a rest. Today I had a major lie-in after my last class of the term at South Hill Park. There's more snow in Bracknell than there is in Reading so I guess people were nervous about driving, so there were only three students in the last class!! Oh well, Emy kindly brought biscuits so we had biscuits and made stuff anyway! Hope everyone's keeping warm, it sure is cold out!!!

Desire and Reveal

Desire is nearly here - the jewellery and silversmithing fair in Winchester. It starts tomorrow and the private view is tomorrow evening 6-8.30...
Next week is Reveal in Henley, in the lovely old fire station behind the town hall. I always like to go Henley, preferably by walking there. If you walk from Reading to Henley, then you arrive in Henley on a long walkway over the river. It's very pretty...and then there are all the super cozy pubs! I bet that, given the layer of ice on the cars outside, rather a lot of those cozy pubs will have lovely warm fires!
Today is packing for Desire. I say packing, I mean just repacking and adding some extras - like some posters I made for the behind me on the shell scheme. I also need some more boxes and some more stickers and some more postcards and so on. Nearly there, also want to finish some earrings that I'm still working on. I only have one pair of each left, so making a few more which will hopefully be ready in time for my early departure tomorrow morning.
It's a hectic time of year, so to those of you across the pond, enjoy your day off - happy thanksgiving! Enjoy your long, lovely meal!!

beautiful flyers

All the beautiful flyers for the craft fairs are arriving - like this one (click on it to get a larger image):

exciting stuff going on....

1. Reveal - a fantastic showcase of talent right in the middle of Henley. Private view this Thursday evening. Details on this flyer or on the Reveal website. (I'm at this show!)


2. My lovely friends over at ToDryFor (tea towel experts) are giving away FREE TEA - can it get better than that? Go check it out over here.


3. Art show displaying the talents of artists who live in Caversham, Reading. Caversham Artists present "Exhuberance". Details on this flyer (click for larger view)! (I'm not at this show, but the lovely Lauren is!)