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Absolutely thrilled to share that my Lanceolate Brooch 2020 has made it the pages of Vogue for the January 2021 issue. Gilt Complex shines a light on all that is golden … and black. The Lanceolate Brooch is in great company with two of my favourite makers also included - Grainne Morton (working with vintage finds) and Jaqueline Cullen (carving Whitby jet and setting it with diamonds). The Lanceolate inspired two new brooches for my selection for Goldsmiths’ Fair Christmas Pop-up.

In the run up to The Goldsmiths’ Fair and the Brooch Unpinned Exhibition I spoke to Charlotte Dew, Public Programme Manager at the Goldsmiths’ Centre, about Brooches. This 12 minutes talk covers a bit about my jewellery journey as well as detail about my design and making process and why I love brooches so much. Watch it here.

Beyond delighted to have been selected by the Jewellery and Watch Director of British Vogue, Rachel Garrahan, as one of her top picks of the Goldsmiths’ Fair 2020. A very fine group to be part of with the amazing jewels of Shimell and Madden, Jaqueline Cullen and Ruth Leslie to keep me company. Visit the Fair to see work by 136 of the best contemporary jewellers in the UK right now.

I have been busy making a series of new brooches for Goldsmiths’ Fair. The brooches will join others in my linear collection Aquifolium Sequence and will be available from the Goldsmiths Fair website and on my own website from Thursday 24th September when the fair opens. Click here to register for free online.

The Goldsmiths Fair is moving online for the first time in its illustrious history. There will be lots of talks, studio tours and an exclusive online shop to let you delve into all the delights of the Fair. I am thrilled to be exhibiting for the first time this year and am one of eight recipients of the Graduate Bursary for 2020. I hope to cross paths with you at the online Fair. Click here to register online for free.

Next weekend sees Cockpit Arts fling open its virtual doors and invite you to join its makers for an online Festival of Making. As part of this you can join artist Ekta Kaul and I as we take a journey into each other practices on Sunday 21 June at 11:30am on Zoom. We will discuss inspirations, techniques and the landscape of our practices. Bring your cuppa and questions along. Email me at ella@ellafearonlow.co.uk to register.

Find the full programme for the weekend here.

I am thrilled to share that I won an award at yesterday’s Goldsmiths’ Craft and Design Council Awards (GCDCA) ceremony at Goldsmiths’ Hall. Nick named the ‘Jewellery Oscars’, these prestigious awards are blind judge by a panel of industry experts. I am delighted to have been given a Bronze Award in the Fashion Led Conceptual Design category of this year’s GCDCA. It is such a privilege to be selected, and I was blown away last night by the extraordinary calibre of entries across the board. You can see my work alongside that if all the winners this week at Goldsmiths Hall. The 3D entries are exhibited in my favourite room at the Hall, well worth a visit if you have time, full details below.

Goldsmiths’ Hall, Foster Lane, London EC2V 6BN

Tuesday 25th - Friday 28 February 2020 10.00 to 5pm, (Wednesday 26 February, open late until 8pm)

I love the way Isabelle Fish has framed my work as ‘Feminist Jewellery with a Medieval Twist’. Isabelle is passionate about contemporary art and fine jewellery and shares this passion and her discoveries on her ‘Rue Pigalle’ blog. Read her take on my work from our meeting earlier in the year when she visited my studio. There is also some video of our chat if you would like to see me talking about my process and inspirations. I am looking forward to sharing my jewellery with Isabelle and her guests when she comes to the UK for London Craft Week next year.

I am looking forward to welcoming you to Cockpit Arts this weekend as we host our annual winter open studio. This is a fantastic chance to meet a huge array of talented makers and artists who make up the well known community at Cockpit Arts. You can find me and a selection of exciting new pieces in Studio E3. I look forward to seeing you.

Come along to the beautiful Goldsmiths’ Centre next week to visit the Future Icons and Goldsmiths Centre collaborative Pop Up. This promises to be a beautiful show of carefully curated fashion, art, jewellery and finely crafted objects from top artists. The private view is 5-8pm on Weds 20th and then we are open 12-8pm on Thursday 21st and Friday 22nd. All welcome but please take a moment to register here to come along. I hope to see you there.

I am thrilled to be part of this annual showcase of new talent at the Centre. Selected as one of 10 emerging jewellers and silversmiths you can see all of our work at the Centre in Britton Street, Clerkenwell until the 1st of November. You can also purchase the work online until the new year through the Centre’s new online shop here.

The exhibition highlights a fantastic cross section of contemporary practice ranging from 3D printed boxes of tricks by Will Sharp, to Akansha Sethi’s beautiful use of coloured stones inspired by India, and the playful punk animals of Aurelie Dellasanta. Do pop along if you have a chance.

Earlier in the summer I sent some new pieces to The Scottish Gallery in Edinburgh. I was inspired to work in a palette of sumptuous reds and greys. The consignment included this new brooch and its sister statement pendant inspired by the elegant designs of Robert Adams’ iconic ceiling roses. You can peruse and buy my work from The Scottish Gallery here.

These candy coloured summer mismatch pairs of Cloud Arch earrings and studs are available throughout the Edinburgh Festival at the Dovecot in Edinburgh. They are part of this year’s iconic Dazzle showcase of contemporary jewellery with many of my favourite jewellers on show it will be a real treat. You can also catch a solo show of work by the wonderful Grayson Perry at the Dovecot - so a stop well worth putting on your festival itinerary. Enjoy x

A couple of weeks ago I moved into my new studio for the year at Cockpit Arts Holborn site. Alongside contemporary embroiderer and artist Richard McVetis I am thrilled tho have been selected as one of the inaugural recipients of the Cockpit Arts and Newby Trust Craft Excellence Award. I am going to use my time at Cockpit to focus on developing a new body of work inspired by my many collections of found and acquired objects. I am really looking forward to being a part of this thriving community of makers and I look forward to welcoming you to their famous open studios at the end of November.

Over the last few years collector Joanna Sterling and I have forged a lovely relationship over our shared passion for the ‘brooch’. I am pleased to let you know that my 3 Queens from The Modern Rococo Collection is the Brooch of the Month on her website this April. Click here to link to her lovely write up about the 3 Queens and how we met. This is yours truly wearing an early prototype, one of my favourite brooches to wear, it is always complimented for its quirky energy and graphic lines.

This week I am pleased to share that I have joined LoveDazzle.com - the online showroom curated by the team responsible for the Dazzle contemporary jewellery shows. I am featured maker this month for the newsletter and on the blog. Read the interview with me here.

My jewellery has been selected for 3 high profile seasonal gallery shows over this Christmas. As a long time admirer of Dazzle, the annual curated contemporary jewellery show at Oxo Tower Gallery on London’s Southbank, I am delighted to have been invited to exhibit for the first time this year. As well as the fantastic Dazzle@oxo I am also showing alongside talented designers at both the Craft Centre and Design Gallery in Leeds and at New Ashgate Gallery in Farnham. Do pop along and check out these shows if you are in the area. Full details can be found on my CV page.

My work is now being showcased at the gorgeous Gill Wing contemporary jewellery shop in Islington, London - who describe my jewellery as ‘sumptuous silhouettes in mixed materials’. This beautiful showroom is home to many of my favourite jewellers so you should go along and check it out. I will have work there over Christmas and into the new year.