Overall, the show looks great. I'm very pleased with what the students have done, and I am absolutely delighted with the way that a couple of them have pleasantly surprised us with their work. Because the students don't yet have their results - and won't have until after tomorrow's marathon exam-board meeting - I can't show you any photographs of their shows, but I can show you these pictures of some of my favourite pieces which they have produced over the year!
The degree is quite unique in that we are offering a programme which specialises in the production of "fine" jewellery using new technologies...
We can start off with my favourite piece by any of the students in the whole year:
This ring was made by fellow Crafthaus member, Iain Baird and is not wholly typical of his usual work. It was made using and SLA system to create a model which was then cast by direct burnout.
Louise McNeely created this fantastic ring by milling out wax models directly from a block of wax, casting it in gold and then setting it with black diamonds:
Ishbel Watson used the same techniques to make a whole series of pieces based on optical illusions, highly successfully, I think:
And Nadia Baptie produced this ring using the SLA/direct burnout process:
The central stone has come out very dark in this photograph, but is actually a very strong blue tanzanite.
I'll post more photographs on Friday when the show opens to the public.