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During the month of September, we hosted ‘Found in Translation’  in our gallery as part of London Craft Week 2020. This special event celebrated the unique qualities of handmade jewellery at its core. We featured the individual works of five artisan jewellers, connected by a special working relationship. The jewellers had their own unique way of translating precious and non-precious materials into their recognisable style, or “voice”, as an artist, as well as acting as jewellery ‘translators’ for Romilly Saumarez Smith - a master craftswoman who is no longer able to make pieces using her own hands due to a...

Found in Translation Jewellery Exhibition  at Gill Wing Jewellery for London Craft Week 30th September - 18th October 2020 Designers: Romilly Saumarez Smith, Lucie Gledhill,  Anna Wales, Laura Ngyou, Rachel Jones     Gill Wing Jewellery is delighted to announce that we’ll be holding a special jewellery exhibition in our Islington gallery as part of London Craft Week 2020. The event celebrates the unique qualities of handmade jewellery. We’ll be featuring the individual work of five artisan jewellers, connected by a special working relationship. This event is going to be one of a kind, so not to be missed by jewellery...

On Thursday 16th July, we had the pleasure of meeting jewellery designer Ruth Tomlinson at our beautiful Islington gallery to talk about the inspiration behind her new summer collection. GW: Hello Ruth, What would you say was the most influential time of your life? Years of exploration and self discovery and inspiration during my gap year age of 19 traveling through Australia and SE Asia. Then returning to the UK fully charged and full of inspiration, to get creative during my BA at Manchester Metropolitan University, where I studied 3DD, wood metal ceramics and glass. Also during my MA at...