Bloomin’ Jewels Talk: Christine Lalumia, Executive Director of CAA

Bloomin’ Jewels

Venue

Contemporary Applied Arts , 89 Southwark Street London SE1 0HX

When

Audience

Open to the Public

Category

Exhibition Talk

Bloomin’ Jewels
The blossoming of the floral in contemporary jewellery
Special exhibition and talks programme

Bloomin’ Jewels’, is a new selling exhibition at Contemporary Applied Arts in Bankside, which sows the seeds for a regrowth of the floral motif. This special exhibition spotlights cutting-edge, imaginative and technically accomplished modern work whilst celebrating the long and esteemed tradition of depicting flowers and foliage in jewellery. Over 20 respected contemporary jewellers have been invited to offer work using the botanical as a starting point for the creation of jewellery. The results will surprise and dazzle anyone interested in contemporary jewellery, decorative arts, fashion, design and gardening. 

Talks Programme - Special event for London Craft Week

Christine Lalumia – Flower symbolism and its use in jewellery and other decorative arts

Executive Director of CAA; garden and design historian; formerly Deputy Director of The Geffrye Museum, where she created the period gardens in 1998.

Date

Saturday 6 May, 2017

Times

3.30pm - 5.00pm

Tickets

£12 each.

Tickets are free but must be booked and include a welcome drink.

 

Participating Makers in the Exhibition

Jewellers exhibiting include

Zoe Arnold,
Flora Battachary,
Kelvin J Birk,
Jonathan Boyd,
Donna Brennan,
Sonia Cheadle,
Gill Galloway-Whitehead
Anna Gordon,
Dorothy Hogg,
Andrew Lamb,
Kathie Murphy,
Lina Peterson,
Wendy Ramshaw,
Kayo Sato,
Hans Stofer,
Rie Taniguchi,
Christopher Thompson Royds,
Maud Traon,
Silvia Weidenbach and
Rebecca Wilkes.

Dates

27 April – 3 June 2017

Open

Monday - Saturday 10am-6pm 

Tickets

Admission is free

Venue

Contemporary Applied Arts, 89 Southwark Street, London SE1 0HX

www.caa.org.uk