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!

Design Space

Things have been going rather slowly recently, but hopefully that is about to change as I am now working in a workshop!!! Its brill because its in the jewellery quarter in Birmingham so its pretty great to be in amongst other jewellers!! I am actually really lucky to have this space as it is free and part of a scheme called - "Design Space is a Business Premises facility, part of Solutions for Business portfolio of publicly funded business support." - Thought it might be quicker to copy of the website. But I moved in today and met all the other people il be sharing with for the next year! So now i can make lots of pretty things and show you some pictures of actual work il be doing - watch this space!!!

These are some pictures taken from the Design Space website of the workshop.

Nursery Rhymes for a Nursery

This is some painting work I' ve been doing for Interiors for Kids, an interior decorating company aimed at kids. So thought id share some of the other work I get up to when I'm not making jewellery!

Humpty

Little Bo Peep