Sunday, 15 June 2008

The 4th day

Today I headed towards another London landmark, The Oxo Tower. "Jewellery 3 at Oxo" comprised of 3 independently run galleries, they have a partnership with Coutts London Jewellery Week and have opened shop with some special exhibitions specially for this week. 

The first gallery I checked out was D'Argent, the gallery mainly showcased silver, gold and diamond in they're ranges and they're were some particularly beautiful pieces by Louise Sherman. 

Alan Vallis at Oxo showed some amazing Red Sea marine themed pieces, you could really tell he has been hugely inspired by Middle Eastern culture as it really shines through when you look at the detailing in his patterns, colour and form on his pieces.

Studio Fusion specialised in enamel work, it was all very contemporary with some really beautiful pieces. Esther Knobel combines the beauty of the rose with some enameling and produced delicate necklaces, earrings and pendants. They almost looked fossilised and those beautiful pieces would be well worth preserving. Another designer that really shone was Alex Ramsay, whose glass and silver condiment servers showed another side precious design work. The detail and precision of his designs shines and they would simply smash your current set clean off the table.

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