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Wed 08 Aug 2012Meet the Maker: Vicki Ambery-Smith
Tom Bowtell goes to East Finchley to visit the attic-workshop of Who’s Who in Gold and Silver subscriber and award-winning architectural jeweller, Vicki Ambery-Smith.
There is a stand at Goldsmiths’ Fair (usually on the ground floor, around to the left) which always has a group of engrossed customers around it, eagerly discussing the work and asking to see pieces up close. S... -
Wed 01 Aug 2012Meet the Maker: Jane Adam
Tom Bowtell visits the leading contemporary jeweller, and esteemed Who’s Who in Gold and Silver subscriber, Jane Adam, to talk about a fascinating 3-decade career which has been driven by an obsession with experimentation and a fascination with the relationship between object and wearer.
Sitting in her elegantly cluttered workshop, expertly shaping an aluminium earring while she talk...