Big shoes to fill _______

I thought i would have a quick look into who has graduated from The GSA in previous years. Im getting excited!!!!




1998 - Grant McCaig www.grantmccaig.co.uk

1999 - Carol Wiseman  works at - www.houseofblueeyes.com

2000 - Hannah Lamb  www.hannahlamb.co.uk

2001 - Suilven Plazalska      www.suilvenplazalska.co.uk

2002 - Bianca Jones  www.biancajones.co.uk

2003 - Joanne Williamson (McLeish)  www.joannemcleishdesigns.com

Joanne has worked in The Ringmaker Glasgow for eight years. Joanne is an amazing talented person please check out her website. 

2004 - Aileen Tan

2005 - Marion Barclay     www.dazzle-exhibitions.co.uk/Designers/MarionBarclay

Leah Black   www.leahblack.co.uk

Leah Black received funding to launch ----> www.strikeyourpose.co.uk

Katherine Agnew - www.katherineagnew.co.uk

David Finlay

Sarah Brown - www.sarahbrownjewellery.co.uk

Katie Lees - www.katielees.co.uk

Prep for meeting Carl Dau_____

"A strict clear form has its own special beauty. It is not plain but restricts itself to the essentials of being unobtrusive and natural.

Our eyes are overloaded with stimuli everyday. There are very few things in which calmness is inherant that are pleasing to the eye. To create jewellery in which such things are manifest is the main aim of my work" - Carl Dau. 

So... i fly out on Monday (13/06/11) to Berlin to meet and work in Carl Dau's workshop with sum of my fellow peers whom also one the Niessing competition 2011. :D 

Who is Carl Dau? - Carl Dau is a German jewellery designer, who has worked with Niessing to create fabulous collections. He also has his own workshop and creates a vast range of jewellery. Click here to go to his website.

His own work:

I love his simple, clean-cut pieces. I also agree with his statement that sometimes its good to focus on one shape, one idea instead of cramming lots into one. 

Niessing - 

soooooooooooooo beautiful!!!!!!