Lesley Craze Gallery in Clerkenwell must have been my favorite. The jewelry there were quite amazing. I couldn’t take any pictures but you can see more on their website.
Image via Mar de Color Rosa
At Flow in Notting Hill, there was an exhibition about contemporary uses of enamel. Pictures weren’t allowed inside but there are plenty of images that you can find here.
Studio Fusion Gallery is located on the 1st floor of the Oxo Tower. The gallery is packed with wonderful jewelry. I especially loved the ones which combined silver and bamboo. On the same floor you can also visit a variety of design shops and boutiques selling handmade objects.
Our hotel was very close to the British Museum. On the first day I noticed this particularly interesting exhibition, called “Adornment and Identity”. Besides costumes there were also various jewelry exhibited, mainly from Oman.
“Salwa” necklace, worn by unmarried girls. “Salwa” means “amusement”. The focal piece is a red bicycle reflector.
Set of ten ring from northern Oman, not all of them are pictured here. Each ring corresponds to a different finger.
Tools acquired from a 70-year old silversmith from Niswa, Oman.
Victoria & Albert Museum also has a wonderful jewelry collection. I bought this poster, which features some of the rings from their collection and I placed it right in front of my workbench.
If this doesn’t motivate me to work on my stonesetting skills, I don’t know what else will!
Besides the actual jewelry, I also enjoyed two demonstration videos, showing the stages of making an enameled brooch and setting a diamond ring.
Their collection of prints is huge. I was immediately drawn to the botanical prints. Here are a few of them:
I missed a few more galleries that I wanted to visit but there’s always next time!
Thank you for reading!
