It's nearly time!

Here's three more designers that will be exhibiting with us this weekend.

Adrian Murray - Side Light Pendant

After graduating from Duncan of Jordanstone and specialising in Jewellery and Metalwork, Adrian has spent time playing and experimenting with various materials to produce one off works of design and has been involved in some projects that have been given the name of technocrafts. For the Christmas Extravaganza Adrian has generated drawings based on the numbers 25 12 09 (Christmas day) to produce pieces of jewellery that are in harmony using the lines of Christmas Day.

Allison Lynn
www.allisonlynn.co.uk

Allison is a textile and ceramic artist originally from Ayrshire and now based in Carlisle at The Yard Studios. By recycling fabrics and examining everyday objects Allison creates organic looking pieces that contain remnants of everyday life, making the mundane become unusual and exciting. She is able to show and exploit the age of the materials and by combining them with silver, porcelain and silks, the way they are perceived is altered. Her jewellery pieces show the delicate nature of the materials and are designed to be decorative, both on the body and as stand alone items on display.

Ruth Gordon - Silver, Nylon, Amazonite and Pearl Necklace
www.ruthgordonjewellery.co.uk

Ruth Gordon graduated with a BDes (Hons) Jewellery & Metal Design from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design in 2004. Ruth shares a WASPS studio with Genna Delaney where she makes designs and makes contemporary jewellery in both precious and non precious materials. Using a variety of materials Ruth takes inspiration from the colours, textures and patterns found in cakes and sweets as well as from the materials themselves. Sterling silver, gold, hand dyed nylon monofilament, enamels and plastics are just some of the materials used to create her pieces that are exhibited in Britain and Japan.

Jewellery Raffle

We are holding a raffle with prizes donated by each of our exhibiting jewellers. This is to raise money for future exhibitions with 50% of the proceeds going to Maggie's Cancer Centre, Dundee.

Tickets will be available to buy at the exhibition or directly from exhibitors, if you can't attend our show but would like the chance to win a piece of jewellery from one of our talented jewellers please email your request to acj-scotland@googlegroups.com. Tickets cost £1 each or £4 for five.

The raffle will be drawn on Sunday 29th November at 4.30pm in the exhibition space, Wasps Artist Studios, Dundee. Winners will be contacted after the draw.

Here's just some of the jewellery you could win!

Three more artists, 16 days to go!

Only 16 days to go until the Christmas Extravaganza! This unique exhibition of jewellery, art and design will combine the attractiveness and ambiance of a gallery space with the opportunity to meet and buy direct from the makers and artists. It's only on for two days (Sat 28th and Sun 29th Nov) so come along and get involved! This is your chance to meet some of Scotland's top young (and some not so young!) designers and artists, many of them local and all keen to answer your questions and show you their work. To tempt you even more here's three more artists who will be exhibiting and selling their creations.

Michael Kay
www.michaelkayjewellery.co.uk

Michael Kay graduated from Edinburgh College of Art in 1970 specialising in Silversmithing and Jewellery Design. He began teaching in 1971 as a way of combining a general interest in Art and Design with an opportunity to teach his specialism, as well as providing a regular income. Michael became Principal Teacher of Art & Design at Monifieth High School in 1993 and since retiring in 2008 has been active in designing and making. His creations range from small scale jewellery to larger scale silversmithing using silver, gold and precious or semi-precious stones. "All the work I do aims to exploit the natural properties of the materials I use."

Gill Ross
www.gillross.com

Gill Ross recently graduated from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design and was awarded a Goldsmiths Company Precious Metal Bursary. A practicing jeweller and illustrator, Gill is inspired by the character of our skewiff and weather battered skylines in Scottish towns and cities. Using observational drawing these qualities are captured in jewellery to celebrate the unique culture we all share.

Joanne Campbell - Orchid and Porcelain Bird

Joanne graduated in 2001 with a first class honours degree in Illustration and Printmaking from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design. She currently teaches Art part-time at the High School of Dundee and exhibits artwork both locally and nationally. The inspiration for her work comes from her surroundings and she enjoys visiting and interpreting new and different environments, recording these scenes using photography and quick sketches in a variety of media, which are later developed into final artworks. Joanne’s work is predominantly produced using the medium of screen-printing using strong colours, layers of imagery and experimentation with collage and the opacity of inks to create fusions of colour, texture and pattern.

Two More Jewellers!

Dianne King - Sea Serpent's Pearl

www.dianneking.com

Dianne King is an award-winning Scottish jewellery designer-maker based in Fife. Originally a sculptor and art historian, she lectured at Edinburgh College of Art for 25 years before retraining as a jeweller. She exhibits regularly in UK galleries and currently has a solo show in Sweden. Each piece of jewellery is a one-off, hand-made with natural materials. No two pieces are the same. “For me, jewellery must be a personal statement, not just decoration. The feel of each piece and the meaning behind it are as important as the visual impact.”

Sarah Spalding

www.sarahspalding.co.uk

Sarah graduated from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art earlier this year and has already won the Goldsmiths Precious Metals Bursary Award and the Victoria and Albert Museum Jewellery Design Competition. Her designs are influenced by patterns and structures found in and around cities worldwide, reflecting architectural aesthetics through the use of straight lines, geometric shapes and grid. These concepts have been developed to create sculptural yet wearable jewellery.