Plastic Seconds with the Secret Emporium at The Secret Garden Party 2012

Okay... this post has also been long overdue, but here is a 'little' photographic roundup of what happened when Plastic Seconds went to The Secret Garden Party with The Secret Emporium this July! Shortly after my return from this muddy muddy, but fun affair I wrote a review of The Secret Emporium at The Secret Garden Party 2012 in Amelia's Magazine featuring some of these photos and my favorite designs from the Emporium - have a read!

Beautiful banners the Secret Emporium team had made to adorn the outside of our tent

Plastic Seconds in The Secret Garden Party 2012 Programme!  

Plastic Seconds stall view 1...

Plastic Seconds stall view 2...

Plastic Seconds stall view 3...

Plastic Seconds stall view 4...

I love this image of my stall buddy + friend Rebecca Lee who was a humongous help to me during the festival - here she is wearing a Plastic Seconds WOODEN PEGS NECKLACE

Also the lovely Rebecca wearing Plastic Seconds LIDS HEADPIECE and PEN LIDS NECKLACE!

A lady at the Plastic Seconds stall having fallen in love and just purchased this Plastic Seconds one off JAR LID AN DUCKIE HEADPIECE - love it with her green dress :-)

A Gardener with a great headpiece...

And the Katy Perry version of a Gardener?

As I have stated before, love boys with clever jewellery and this chain mask is a winner.

Sara and George of The Poundshop at their amazing portable stand. Loved spending more time with these wonderful women as we shared a van - could not have done it without them!

George and her little paper pet...

Sara wearing a beautiful shirt and a Grace Du Prez necklace

Talking of Grace... here is the girl herself at her lovely stall. It was wonderful having her next to us!

AND yet another lovely Emporium neighbour was SJ of SJSTYLEE - here she wears her hit superheroes headband :-) 

I love this photo - beautiful Veronique wearing an SJSTYLEE catsuit and an Every Cloud Has A Silver Lining necklace.

SJ hoola hooping after we had packed up...

Another favorite from the photos I took - the girl is wearing EABurns shoulder piece, pendant and headband.

Lovely specially made umbrellas decorating the ceiling of our Secret Emporium tent :-)

All photography by Maria Papadimitriou.

RCA Show 2012 - some fab designs from the Goldsmithing, Silversmithing, Metalwork & Jewellery Department

Also for a review in Amelia's Magazine I recently went to the Royal College of Art Graduate Show 2012 and saw some great work by the MA Goldsmithing, Silversmithing, Metalwork and Jewellery graduates - oh and one from Textiles!
Read my Amelia's Magazine RCA 2012 Goldsmithing, Silversmithing, Metalwork and Jewellery review here, my Amelia's Magazine RCA 2012 Textiles review here and my Amelia's Magazine RCA 2012 Ceramics review here.

Jennifer Gray

Emma Montague

Nina Khazani

Sarah Hurtigkarl

Joo Hyung Park

Laurie Schram

Lily Kamper

All photography by Maria Papadimitriou - Laurie Schram image and third Jennifer Gray image courtesy of the students.

Treasure Show London Jewellery Week 2012: my fave gems

In mid June I attended a few events during London Jewellery Week for Amelia's Magazine. My favorite show as a whole was Treasure and below are my top favorites form the show - some lovely ladies are the designers of these beauties too! I wrote a lengthier review of Treasure in Amelia's Magazine, which includes even more yummy designs :-).

Wonderful rings by Imogen Belfield - also lovely to meet Imogen's sales manager Emma Crosby

A lush necklace by the ever delightful Tatty Devine

A wicked eye ring by Jessica de Lotz

Roller necklace by Pip Jolley!

Lovely display and jewellery by Claire English

Statement crochet and knotting by Grace Hamilton

Suction cup brooch by Christiane Wichert

And recycled rubber by Emma Ware

Visit to Philip Colbert's (designer of The Rodnik Band) studio for an exclusive interview on his newly launched S/S12 'Cod Save The Sea' diffusion line for ASOS!

In late May I was contacted by The Rodnik Band asking me if I would be interested to interview designer Philip Colbert. I became aware of The Rodnik Band a couple of years ago and LOVED their quirky designs, referencing pop culture, contemporary art and various iconic images. Then last November I was thrilled to see up close a beautifull 'Fish and Chips' gown at the private view of an exhibition by The Stitch Project in which I was showing some of my pieces - you can see my pic of the gown here! They are truly refreshing designs with a lot of wit and I like that they combine thoughtfulness with humour. Philip Colbert designed his S/S12 'Cod Save The Sea' collection in support of the Environmental Justice Foundation's Save The Sea campaign against pirate fishing. To accompany this collection - as he does with almost all of his other collections - Philip made a super cool and entertaining music video, watch it here! It was really lovely to see the studio where all these extraordinary creations are made and to check out preliminary drawings made during the design process. You can see more photos from my visit and read my post introducing The Rodnik Band in Amelia's Magazine here and you can read my full interview with designer Philip Colbert in Amelia's Magazine here. You can also head over to the ASOS website to pick one of the fun pieces from The Rodnik Band's S/S12 'Cod Save The Sea' diffusion line.