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| 19th century jewelry at the British Museum |
The first stop on my Europe Part 2 trip was London. I spent just two days there but packed in tons of stuff. The first day I arrived very early in the morning and after putting my luggage in storage at my apartment I hopped on the tube and went to the
British Museum. I specifically went to see the wonderful collection of
19th century jewelry and then weaved my way through several more rooms to see as much jewelry as I could from other time periods. My favorite piece was this gold cape from the Bronze Age.
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| Gold Cape at the British Museum |
Later that evening I met up with metalsmith
Mark Fenn and went to the opening reception of
"Spare Parts," a solo exhibition of the work of
David Clarke at
Gallery SO. I know both artists via Facebook so it was fantastic to meet them in person and spend some time. David's show was great to view up close, too.
The next day I went to
Raven Row Gallery to see an exhibition of the work of
Běla Kolářová. I was not familiar with her work until I visited this show and I'm so glad I did not miss it! Her photographs of arranged objects, collages of broken razor blades, and prototypes for jewelry were incredibly appealing to me.
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| Běla Kolářová "Enclosed World" in broken razor blades |
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| Běla Kolářová "The Alphabet of Things" |
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| Běla Kolářová - prototypes for earrings |
Finally, I visited the
Victoria and Albert both Friday and Saturday. On Friday I met up with
Helen Carnac and we looked at the collection of
contemporary ceramics. Then on Saturday I indulged myself with yet another visit just to see
the jewelry which I will never, ever tire of. I got there right as the museum opened so I had about 20 minutes completely alone. It was heaven.
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