About Dazzle
Dazzle Contemporary Jewellery Exhibitions is dedicated to showing the best of contemporary designer jewellery. We organise three exhibitions a year in Edinburgh, London and Manchester, showing work in a wide range of materials from gold and silver to paper and plastics. We are committed to showing young makers at the point of graduation alongside internationally renowned designers.
Our latest project is lovedazzle- selling contemporary designers online
Dazzle@Dovecot
We return for the third year to our lovely Edinburgh venue, Dovecot Studios on Infirmary Street. This year we will be back upstairs in the Ladies Baths. We will soon be inviting our designers, our mix of regulars and some exciting recent graduates. Downstairs will be an exciting new commission from Dovecot - Immersion, created by Dundee based artists Dalziel+Scullion.
Dates 1-25 August. Opening preview Thursday 31 July.
Image Leaf Pendants in anodised aluminium by Jane Adam - photo Joel Degen
London Exhibition Report
2013 was a year of change for Dazzle. Following our untimely ejection from the National Theatre after thirty two years, we were faced with finding a new London venue at short notice. We were fortunate in being offered the gallery at Oxo Tower Wharf, keeping our presence on the South Bank. The exhibition looked fantastic, although it was very stressful getting it together at short notice and entailed a lot of capital expenditure. We hope that we will return, to build up support at the venue over the coming years and that our National Theatre regulars will stroll along the South Bank to visit us and the shops and restaurants at the Oxo Tower Wharf.
Image Dazzle Neon at Oxo Tower Wharf.
Manchester Exhibition Report
We also faced change in Manchester, where we decided that the disruption of the many daytime performances at the Royal Exchange Theatre, made the exhibition unviable. We moved to Manchester Art Gallery in Mosely Street. The extra space meant that we could invite some very special makers. We showed couture hats, silversmithing, sculptural paper jewellery and handwoven scarves from Japan, alongside our regular Dazzle jewellers. It is a great space and our customers appreciated the proximity of the very tempting Art Gallery cafe and shop.
Image Jewellery by Angela O'Kelly.
New at lovedazzle
lovedazzle has introduced some new features to the site for 2014 to make your buying experience even better .You can now zoom and magnify the jewellery, giving incredible close up details of the pieces. This is only one of the changes, aimed at making the site faster and more dynamic.We will, of course, keep introducing new makers, so keep your eye on the regular emails.
For inspiration remember to check the What's New section on the site. We welcome back Gail Klevan. one of our most popular Dazzle jewellers. Her range of brightly coloured acrylic chokers, cuffs and earrings are perfect to brighten up a Winter day.
New Maker
Katie Clarke
We are delighted to introduce Katie Clarke to lovedazzle this month. Katie was a regular Dazzle Exhibitions exhibitor for many years. She stopped making to bring up her family and has now returned to show her work online. Katie works with feathers and precious metals creating stunning and wearable pieces. This unusual ring is just perfect for Christmas cocktails!
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Gift Vouchers
If you can't decide what to buy for a present we offer two types of Gift Voucher. lovedazzle gift vouchers are available online and can only be spent online with lovedazzle.
Dazzle Exhibitions Gift Vouchers ,in denominations of £10 and £50, are available at our exhibitions or from us by phoning 01580 852503. These can only be spent at Dazzle Exhibitions.