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Goldsmiths' Hall with a featured installation by Ella Fearon-Low for Goldsmiths' Fair 2025

Goldsmiths’ Fair Review 2025

It was a pleasure to reconnect with family, friends and colleagues, and meet new makers at this year’s Goldsmiths’ Fair.

Max Danger’s “Smutte” bejewelled gold pufferfish ring, presented by Goldsmiths' Fair

Metalwork at Collect 2025

The profusion of designs showcasing precious metals at the Collect Fair warranted a dedicated article.

Julie Arkell's mixed media line up, peering into the CAA space, all sold at the show

Collect 2025 Review

Celebrating its 21st year in 2025, the Craft Council’s Collect Fair, which ran from 28th February to 2nd March, never fails to delight and surprise.

Memento, hand carved ceramic by Halima Cassell, presented by Joanna Bird

Collect Art Fair Preview 2024

London’s Collect Art Fair celebrates its 20th Anniversary later this week, opening to the public, in the West Wing of Somerset House, on March 1st.

Penguin Pool brooch, 2002, silver with frosted perspex, 46x29x16mm deep

Book Review: Jewellery & Silverware

Jeweller and designer Vicki Ambery-Smith’s stand, at any show, has been on my ‘must linger’ list since first pausing to admire her exquisite architecture-inspired creations.

Mottled Spectral Slice by Graeme Hawes Glass

Craft Festival Cheltenham 2022

Last weekend’s whistle-stop tour of Craft Festival Cheltenham was particularly inspiring and prompted this quick review.

Tailored by Primefit shirt, detail shot taken at the Fashion and Textile Museum Beautiful People Exhibition 2021-2022

Sartorial Sixties

‘Beautiful People: The Boutique in 1960s Counterculture’, an exhibition at the Fashion and Textile Museum in London, explores how a handful of Chelsea boutiques sparked a fashion revolution in the...

Chinoko Sakamoto, Sculptural Vessels, Flow Gallery, photo: Emma Boden

Collect 2019 Review

Presented by the Crafts Council, Collect, at the Saatchi Gallery in Chelsea, London, showcases exceptional modern craft and design works produced in the last 5 years by living artists.

Cloudscape Buckle, 2008, Damascus iron and gold, engraved with silver inlay, H 4.6 x W7.2 cm © Philippa Swann

Preview: Malcolm Appleby – 50 Golden Years in Scotland

The Scottish Gallery in Edinburgh are hosting a celebratory show for master goldsmith and hand engraver Malcolm Appleby, marking the 50 years since he first set up his studio in...

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