Paula Lindblom's collaborative project with Eva Zethraeus

"Since November 2011 ceramist Eva Zethraeus and jewelry artist Paula Lindblom have had an experimental collaboration."

"Eva Zethraeus ceramic twigs are unique and have become jewelry that Paula Lindblom has worked on with her humour and characteristic materials creating a combination of their aesthetics." Välkommen – welcome to Sintra Konsthantverk and the window exhibition 22/9 -16/10 2012

Highlights from the Pitt Rivers

I always enjoy my trips to Oxford and come back home with a big stash of photos, itching to draw, think and test ideas. My last visit in late summer was the first time I have been since the Pitt Rivers and Ashmolean had re-designed their displays. The Pitt Rivers upper floors were open again. In the same building you can also visit the Museum of Natural History. I thought I would share some of my favourite objects from this visit.

Carving

Again at the Ashmolean Museum, this Viking wood carving was something I had not noticed there before. Such beautiful carvings and what looks like stylised oak leaves. It was presented in the same room as other objects from that time and area. I have added a few detailed photos so you can see some of the leaves closer up. I can't wait to go back there again. So much to see and take in.

Music

"Music" 1894, Sir John James Frampton. A model for a relief, cast in plaster. One of the most significant sculptors of the Arts and Craft movement. He is better known for his Peter Pan sculpture in Kensington Gardens. I found it interesting that the same sweeping shape of the instruments are used in both. This work can be seen in the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford. At first I thought it was a wooden panel, but on closer inspection I saw that it was polychromed plaster. The pigments were very beautiful. I have not seen the silver panel it was to become, but I wondered if I would prefer this model as the colour would be lost in the translation to silver.

Door

This beautiful door can be found in Oxford, near the Radcliffe Camera. I go and see it every time I visit. It is such a contrast to the architecture around it, you feel like it might be part of a treasure hunt!

Zoe Robertson

Over the Summer Zoe Robertson was selected for two prestigious exhibitions. The first being The European Prize for Applied Arts, Worlds Craft Council, Mons, Belguim. The second being selected for Premio Fondazione Cominelli per il Gioiello Contemporaneo, Italy, with an Honorable Mention. Zoe Robertson commented " I am extremely delighted to be selected for this prestigious exhibition and to be amongst such esteemed company alongside applied artists of the highest calibre is a great honour" A huge achievement to get both, Congratulations Zoe!

"Its Sublime" Series of magnetic brooches

Rings @ City Lit

As there were so many beautiful rings produced in the City Lit Live Project with Annoushka I thought I would share some more with you. You can read more about the project on the Annoushka blog here

Images from Top: Katherine Clark, Tomoko Takai, Yeenham Chow, Linda Godfrey, Louise Scholefield.