Been to visit Origin, the London Craft Fair in it's new venue. Spitalfields is a great area, but the tent itself was a bit of a let down after the great structure they had in Somerset House last year. Terrific makers as usual though.

I particularly loved the work of Wycliffe Stutchbury who makes amazing wall pieces from old timber.

What was also wonderfully different and imaginative was the work of Joanne Tinker, who creates art works from materials that are normally thrown away. I loved the collections of tiny sculptures made from colourful sweet wrappers, all origamied and lined up!

Recycling, reclaiming, and re-appropriation were definitely still the flavour of the day, which isn't surprising given the zeitgeist I suppose. Suits me, as I love reinterpreted materials and things with layers of meaning, or that are just plain fun.

Thought I'd add a couple more images from my display at Origin.

The first is my chine colle bird etchings: two of my pet chickens, and the middle one of birds in London zoo.

The second is a new 'wattle' pendant that was much admired! I made it by using an adaptation of the technique of tatting, working silk thread on to a silver pendant. Tatting was never meant to look like this!

A quick image showing me at my stand in Origin. Those are my bird etchings that I made at the London Print Studio on the wall. You can also see a row of my new silver star Christmas decorations hanging up below them!

Well after working for months towards Goldsmiths' Fair and Origin, they're finally over! Hard to believe.

After being out for a continuous 14 adrenaline-packed days, it's really good to have a day back at home again. Lots of tidying and sorting to do to get the studio properly operational again, and catching up with emails and post fair admin. Plus making: commisssions and preparation for Lustre!

It was really good to have a comfort-food lunch (spinach soup and goats cheese toastie) in 'Good for Food', my favourite local cafe today.

Oops - been a bit busy recently and haven't had time to blog! Week 2 of Goldsmiths' Fair starts on Tuesday, and set up is Monday, so it's pretty full on here.

I went to see the week 1 exhibitors earlier this week: helps to get in the mood! I'm on the stand that Vicki Ambery-Smith has had for 5 years now and she likes it, so that's good. I've lots of new work to show so it'll be good to get some feedback and hopefully some sales!

Goldsmiths' continues till Sunday 11th October, and then we set up for Origin on Monday 12th! No time to fill any gaps in my stock or revise the display, so I have to do all the preparation for both shows now.

I'll be showing more new work in Origin too, including silver pendants. One of pendants is shown above, along with some stud earrings. The image is my new postcard (yet to arrive!)

If you're able to please come and visit:

6th - 11th Oct: Stand 5, Goldsmiths' Fair, Goldsmiths' Hall, Foster Lane, London EC2V 6BN

13th - 18th Oct: Stand I1, Origin, Somerset House, Strand, London WC2R 1LA

It'd be lovely to see you!

In October I'm going to be exhibiting at Origin, the London Craft Fair, run by the Crafts Council. Unlike at Goldsmiths' Fair, where the display cabinets are provided, at Origin you design your own stand to a far greater degree.

I'm going to be sharing a stand with jeweller Daniele Geargeoura, and we've decided that rather than hiring jewellery display cabinets (which people usually do on shared stands) we'd like to do something a bit different.

Having met a couple of times to plan things, we're finding it really hard to design a stand that will will meet all our display and storage requirements, be easy to store afterwards, and yet not too expensive! Standard jewellery cabinets certainly hold some appeal!