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Press: GZ Magazine Germany

A bit of promo before Inhorgenta. The Forum Silversmith stand got a couple of pages in the German GZ Magazine!

 

GZ Magazine, Issue: January 2011

www.gz-online.de

a little bit more of Germany

A few more highlights from my trip to Germany...

The British Silver Week were exhibiting a huge range of work from 20 British silversmiths. It is an organisation dedicated to the promotion of Contemporary British Silversmiths both within the UK and abroad. They kicked off the 2011 program at Inhorgenta and were lovely stand neighbours who had so much useful information to share!

 Gordon from the British Silver Week selling up a storm!

After leaving the trade fair and Munich behind I headed to northern Germany... Berlin, Hannover, Lübeck and Bremen. I met silversmith Maike Dahl in Hannover and spent an amazing day tinkering and chatting... and eating some delicious home cooked food!

 

Maike's studio - such a great working space!

I then headed to the quaint town Lübeck where I met another silversmith, Beate Leonards. Being away from my own studio for five weeks was a bit strange and the chance to see the ways other silversmiths work and their studios was very inspiring!

Holstentor (the city gate) in Lübeck

 

Beate's wonderfully organised studio space! 

I was lucky enough to get a sneak peek and tour of one of the last operating silver factories in Germany. Koch & Bergfeld has recently moved into a new space on the river in Bremen. It is large open plan workshop equipped with an enormous array of tools and machinery and has master silversmiths and their apprentices still working away on finishing individual pieces.

 

Look at all those spinning mandrels!

Let's go backwards to go forwards...

As this little blog is pretty well brand new, I have missed posting about an exciting adventure earlier in the year!

Wayyy back in September I was invited as one of twelve international silversmiths to exhibit at Inhorgenta 2011 at the special stand Forum Silversmiths - very exciting!

And so after some mad making time over the New Year I packed my bags and headed for Munich in February… 

Inhorgenta is the largest international Trade Fair for Jewellery, Watches, Design, Gemstones and Technology.. and it certainly didn’t disappoint. SIX exhibition halls full of everything you could imagine related to jewellery – from precious stones and tools to multi-national companies and university stands – they had it all! It was absolutely incredible!

Here are some pics of the stand I was part of…

There was a great mix of silversmiths including Olivia Lowe (UK), Koichi IO (KOR), Marit Bindernagel (DE), Corinna Loelgen (DE), Sabine Zimmermann (DE), Thalen & Thalen (BEL), Helena Schepens (BEL).

I also had some pieces in an exhibition Table Culture within the trade fair (and right next to the Forum Silversmith stand). It was beautifully set up and decorated by Sigrun Hohl with delicate porcelain pieces from Porzellan Manufaktur Nymphenburg.  That's my little silver Sake Set on show below!

More stories from Germany to come soon!

Bowerbird Bazaar Design Market - Adelaide

Held in the beautiful Queen's Theatre, Adelaide, Bowerbird Bazaar was a  fantastic three day design market with plenty of eating, drinking, shopping!  

 

www.bowerbirdbazaar.com.au