Jewellery Now: The Curators’ Edit

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Jewellery Now presents Elizabeth Goring and Gregory Parsons’ selection of work made (with some special exceptions) within the last three years, by some of the best and most interesting designer jewellers in the four parts of the UK. They have selected 64 highly accomplished and interesting jewellers from England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, working at a range of levels from the most experienced to those making exceptional work in the early stages of their careers. Among the most senior, they have included a number of those who broke the jewellery mould, and who passed on their skills to subsequent generations, from as early as the 1960s. Many are still creating work to the highest of standards, still surprising us with their creativity, innovation, and expertise. Without their contribution, the work in Jewellery Now would look very different. This publication accompanies the exhibition by the same name at Ruthin Craft Centre, July 5-September 21, 2025.

Includes work by Jane Adam, Malcolm Appleby, Eve Balashova, Alice Biolo, Heather Blake, Caroline Broadhead, (Martin) Cameron & (Laura) Breen, Elizabeth Jane Campbell, Xinyi Chen, Kevin Coates, Rachael Colley, Susan Cross, Jacqueline Cullen, Michelle Currie, Ute Decker, Alison Evans, Sian Evans, Ella Fearon-Low, Gerda Flöckinger, Alice Fry, Gill Galloway-Whitehead, Eileen Gatt, Lucie Gledhill, Anna Gordon, Jed Green, Faye Hall, Jo Hayes Ward, Dorothy Hogg, Kumiko Kihara, Daphne Krinos, Andrew Lamb, Gilly Langton, Ruth Leslie, Qiang Li, Lindsey Mann, Jeremy May, Graeme McColm , Jacqueline Mina, Jane Moore, John Moore, Grainne Morton, Caitlin Murphy, Poppy Norton, Mark Nuell, Louise O’Neill, Jo Pond, David Poston, Sarah Pulvertaft, Wendy Ramshaw, Pamela Rawnsley, Kayo Saito, Romilly Saumarez Smith, Castro Smith, Rie Taniguchi, Joanne Thompson, Jessica Turrell, Iona Turner, Samuel Waterhouse, David Watkins, Eleanor Whitworth, Emma Louise Wilson, Yen (Duong), Huimin Zhang

Title: Jewellery Now: The Curators’ Edit
Author(s): Elizabeth Goring, Philip Hughes
Topic: Art jewellery in the UK
Publication Year: 2025
Institution: Ruthin Craft Centre Denbighshire Wales UK
Discipline: jewellery, jewelry
Relevant Country(s): England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales
Material: mixed materials

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