Wild Wild Wood

Epping forest on a foraging expedition, what a beautiful forest of magical old trees.

Find of the day! An incredible, what I believe is a part of a Rat skeleton.

Now available at the Wellcome Collection shop

Rather fittingly and following on from my last post, you can now find a collection of my jewellery at the Wellcome Collection in London, just opposite Euston Station. For other stockists around the country see my stockist page: http://www.kategilliland.com/page10.htm

The incurably curious.... The Wellcome Collection

I visited the museum this morning and wanted to share with any one who will listen how great it is. I always go straight to the medicine man collection a fantastic visual education, with the perfectly picked, life and death symbols from history. From memento mori to phallic amulets there are so many fascinating and weird objects, so thought I would share a few faves. 

Half dead, half alive, often these models and paintings are depicted as the rich and imply that death strikes all.

 'seen as either the end of a journey or the beginning of a new one. Death has always been a vital concern to the living'

Reliquary Chest- A reliquary 'bear ones petitions directly to god'

Peruvian mummified male c. 1200- 1400

A great mix of amulets.

I would love to own these.

The display of the artificial limbs looks like a Victorian invention in itself. Some really intricate and decorative limps and some simple wooden carved ones. 

I would love to have visited Henry Wellcome's house!  

Just had to share this too! A nudist cycling outing! Brilliant!

London calling!

So first of all......

Treasure

A very exciting show to be a part of indeed and met so many interesting people. It was great to be part of the Design Space collective once more and we might not have enjoyed the setting up too much but a few drinks at the private view soon sorted us out.

I took several new pieces to the show. Let me know what you think! 

A few new pieces, more photos to come soon.

Theo Jensen's amazing kinetic sculpture

Theo Jenson

Thought this was pretty amazing and worth sharing, look at the video!

One messy 'Design Space'

Its been a while since I last blogged, It seems no time at all since talking about starting at design space and now I am almost half way through. It is great being in a shared workshop with all the girls, we really keep each other going. So I am now busy getting ready for the Britsh Craft Trade Fair in Harrogate, I'm working on  a few exciting new quirky pieces so that's been fun. 

This is my bench in the workshop, looking a a little cluttered at the moment. I prefer the term organised mess.

A small preview of what I'm working on at the moment.

Claws!