Not only did I bump into Lisa Furno, but on our last day Luke and I caught up with the talented Shirley Cho who is on a 3 year scholarship, studying her masters at Tokyo University – what a lucky girl! She seems to have settled in and seems right at home. She looks a bit spaced out here – she’d just finished a Japanese language exam! I’m looking forward to seeing the work she produces over there!
Hi,
Bridget here – in Japan. I LOVE IT! was cruising the fish markets tasting lots of yummy food and checking out the knife shops while waiting to get into a sushi restaurant that had been recommended to me when who do I bump into??? LISA FURNO from Enmore! Lisa is a practitioner, recently graduated from the Design Centre, who after spending some time working in the tool store, is currently travelling the world! ummm….what’s the population of yokyo?? I think 10 million! yep, it’s a small world…………in Kyoto today and off to visit Rui (another great contemporary jeweller) and to meet Fumiko
Tsubo who is an instrumental figure in the jewellery community in the Kansai region….and then we’ll take the train to Itami and see the school and the Japan Jewellery Competition exhibition at the Museum of Arts and Crafts…….then tomorrow night we’ll be sleeping on the ‘Art Island’, Naoshima….
0ur new exhibition opened on Tuesday night. Titled ‘winter brooches’ the show features work by 12 makers including Bridget and myself. Thank you to all the makers -
alida cappelletta
joungmee do
emma fielden
francine haywood
karin jakobsson
rik juod
daehoon kang
todd turner
emma wood
melinda young
We’ve had great feedback and the beautiful work is what makes the show.
This week, we had a few forced days off due to unexpected building renovations in the complex. We temporarily located back to our home studios, and I took the opportunity to do some gardening and plant out a winter veggie patch (the weather was too lovely to be stuck inside). Mels made some gorgeous ’sketch’ brooches for the exhibition that opens on Tuesday night and yesterday and today we spent the day changing the space over for the new ‘winter brooches’ exhibition opening on Tuesday night.
