2010 | London

London | 2010

The London National Theatre Dazzle will run from 6th November 2010 to 8th January 2011. We will be open from 9.30am until 10.30pm Monday to Saturday. There will be some Sunday openings to be announced later. Provisional Private View dates are 4th and 5th November.

We always like to introduce recent graduates in our London show and this year we will be showing the work of Gillian Harvie from Glasgow School of Art, Megan Adair, Jeehyun Chung, Emma McCallum, Seonaid Rafferty and Heather Woof, all graduates of Edinburgh College of Art. We hope that they enjoy the experience of exhibiting with us as much as you will enjoy seeing their work. Fortunately this year we also have a number of last years new graduates exhibiting again with us including Kirsty Sumerling and Stacey Bentley. It is good to see that these young designers are able to survive in the tough current climate.

Also new to the National Theatre exhibition this year are An Alleweireldt, Adele Brereton, Yvonne Gilhooly, Sally Grant, Lindsey Mann, Kate Smith, Misun Won and Yen. These designers have exhibited with us in other Dazzle Exhibitions and we know that they will be a great success in London. We are also pleased to welcome back to Dazzle Gill Forsbrook, with a stunning new range of necklaces and bangles in polypropylene and silver and Mark Nuell with his rings and earrings, using sumptuous stones with silver and gold.

To see images by the above designers please click on their name in the list of exhibitors on the right.

Three Printmakers

Following the success of our Scottish printmakers last year, we have invited three printmakers based in the South East who we think will provide an interesting and varied exhibition. Jackie Field specialises in unique woodcuts and relief prints. Her recent work could be categorised as topographical, featuring the Glass Houses at Kew Gardens,the Eden Project Biomes and other glass houses throughout the world.

Pamela Hare is an artist and printmaker living in Islington. Her recent work is inspired by the urban landscape, not only in the City and London but also in Venice and Marrakesh, capturing moments and images in the man made environment.

Our third printmaker, Davida Smith is an etcher living and working in Rye, East Sussex and it is this landscape and environment that is her primary inspiration.

Images by all three designers can be viewed by clicking on the links.

Designers
	MEGAN ADAIR Megan Adair is a jewellery artist graduating this year from Edinburgh College of Art.
	JANE ADAM Jane Adam is one of Britain's leading studio jewellers. Graduated from the Royal College of Art in 1985, she has taken part in hundreds of group and solo exhibitions in Britain and abroad. In many major public and private collections, including those of the Crafts Council, London; Victoria & Albert Museum, London; Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery; Cooper Hewitt Museum of Design, New York, USA; and Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, USA.
	AN ALLEWEIRELDT A graduate of the Royal College of Art, An Alleweireldt won the Armourers and braziers prize for innovative work. As a Belgian designer she has established herself in London for the last ten years, selling internationally at private exhibitions, shops and galleries. Her jewellery is challenging, engaging and tell stories beyond appearances.
	MARIANNE ANDERSON Glasgow. Precious metals including precious and semi-precious stones specialising in rings. Worked with top textile designer Tomoko Hayashi. Outlets include : Aaron Faber, New York; Design Yard, Dublin; Electrum, London; The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh; Flow Gallery, London; Mobilia Gallery, Massachusetts and Orro, Glasgow.
	ALAN ARDIFF Dublin. Silver and gold. Major international name. Commissions include for "Riverdance"; Eurovision Song Contest & Dublin Regional Authority. In the collection of Billy Connolly, the Danish Embassy & Arthur Anderson. Exhibitions and outlets include Electrum, London and Rubicon Gallery, Dublin. Exhibited in Jewellery Moves, National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh.
	JAHYUN RITA BAEK A recent Graduate from Royal College of Art, Jewellery designer and maker Rita Baek makes contemporary jewellery using plastics and polymer combine with precious metal. Light and movement of the pieces are emphasized when the jewellery is worn.
	DONNA BARRY Edinburgh. Precious metals mainly silver. Outlets include Diana Porter, Bristol, Ruthin Craft Centre, Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen, Lesley Craze, London & Edinburgh Printmakers Gallery.
	NICOLA BECCI My work is really an exploration of decoration using many sources of inspiration, the main ones being the rich symbolism of the Catholic Church, the trappings of royalty, playing cards and chess, calligraphy and the language of symbolism. Food and confectionary are the source for some of my most recent pieces.
	STACEY BENTLEY Stacey Bentley is an Edinburgh based jeweller where she is currently studying an MA. Works with enamel combined with iron, steel and precious metals. Explores and experiments with new possibilities that enamel can bring to contemporary jewellery.
	KELVIN BIRK Accomplished jeweller, Kelvin J. Birk has developed an intriguing collection of work where valuable gemstones are ruthlessly crushed and then reconstructed to create dynamic jewellery and objects.Consciously disregarding what is traditionally considered precious, Birk revels in a lack of control, allows chaos to take over and the nature of the precious materials to dictate the final outcome of the pieces.