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School of Jewellery became a host of the ‘New Jade and East Meets West’ exhibition showcasing designs from ten Chinese graduates of the School of Jewellery. Exhibition explores the symbolism of the Chinese ping'an pendant - a piece of jewellery containing jade. As part of the exhibition there has been a series of lectures and talks, as well as jade carving demonstration. So...

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A bit of something different today - kinetic jewellery. Seeing how I need to design something with mobile/moving/moveable elements for Goldsmiths Competition, I thought that kinetic jewellery would be interesting to look into. So there will be a lot of images in this post with links to the websites of respective creators. Kinetic jewellery is characterized by motion or movement. Kinetic jewellery always...

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Last week on Wednesday and Thursday in Birmingham annual TCT Show took place in the National Exhibition Centre (NEC). I was fortunate enough to go, and before I go deeper into my personal experience of it, a bit of background information.  TCT Show, which celebrated its 20th anniversary this year is an international event bringing forth new technologies, applications and innovations. There is...

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My course officially started on Monday 28th after Induction Week, and all I can say about it is - very busy.Well seeing how Design for Industry (DFI) is only one year course it was sort of expected. It's still a bit of shock though - a bit like being splashed with cold water on a hot day- after 3 months of freedom and...

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