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Silver girlies! 🩶⁠
We've got a new drop of sparklers from local makers. Come and see us: ⁠
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Wednesday - Saturday⁠
10 am - 5 pm⁠

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6 Bartlett Street
Bath

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Another busy week! 🐝 I traded at @thefromeindependent yesterday. I was feeling uncharacteristically sad but Lottie @foragedsmith was a rock, my diamond, and she got me through a weird feeling day. Helen from @wildfermentskitchen had just sold out of icecream when I wandered down for a pick me up. She passed me a lil spoon and let me scrape the tubs and taste all of her delicious flavoured kefir icecream. It was so good and it shifted the grey cloud that had been lurking over me. It discovered her the day before at @windmill_hill_market ! 🌞 Thank you Helen. Thank you Lottie. Thank you @thefromeindependent 😘

Someone came along in this jumper. Migration is not a crime. It’s great. It’s true. I think I need one, too. 🧳 ❤️
@migrationmuseumuk

Lottie @foragedsmith you’re fantastic. This burrito was very nice. We only spilled a little down ourselves. 🤭 @mizstreetfood 🌯

I met Lottie via Kim @makeitwithkim who runs the @orchardjewelleryworkshop in Kingswood, Bristol. Kim taught my how to polish & solder my first castings back in 2018. 💫🫶

I’ve decided to turn this table into a tiger. It was a fun activity to do after @thefromeindependent market and in front of Slow Horses 📺 🐎 We’ll see if the folk art vision come to life or if I’ve just done something strange.

The misty sunlight sky before @thefromeindependent 🌞 it was super chilly but so beautiful, and Lottie @foragedsmith and I got to have a big catch up in the car. 🚗

I bought this puppet. I love it. Thank you for making such silly magic. @wibblewobbleandbingpuppets 🥰 It hasn’t yet got a name but it has a very good home with me. 🦨 🍅 🥝

My darling Kit has moved out. This lil silver Treasure Ring fit her well, when she was exploring my polished rings last week, as I was frantically labelling them, ahead of popping up at the Dulwich Picture Gallery for their Makers Market. Kit has been a very special friend and she has been a super important person to me the last couple of years. Another ring for dear Kit. 😘 🥰

Choosing between two lil angel skin corals for a special necklace. We went for the lil wishbone one. 🪸 I do love these little branches.

I went into town for an exciting conversation and a

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It was a big week in many ways! 🌝✨🗝️🏛️ I made up some charm necklaces (more to do!), sand cast a secret custom ring with Lottie’s help @foragedsmith at @orchardjewelleryworkshop (as this isn’t something I usually do!), I visited Hatton Garden & secured some stones (for bespoke & new Treasure Rings!), visited the @arnolfiniarts @jonathan_baldock exhibition (bronze corn dolly head!!) 🌾, collected a special lil custom Scythian Dragon tattoo from @sorcha.elspeth.tattoo , visited my special jewellery love @raymakesthings 🐚, traded some silver for 2 antique silver Tibetan prayer beads 🤤 📿 photographed some funny things in the studio of @makeitwithkim @orchardjewelleryworkshop , peeped my OG business card which @georgegreaves_ of @printedgoods helped me put together many moons ago! & then on Saturday I popped into @kasasagi.studios to collect some 18ct gold solder & I managed to also slip & buy some rough stones & a load of cool base metal scrap for a secret project. 🤫

Can’t wait to show you some of this secretive stufffff at some point. ❤️‍🔥

#jewellery #lostwax #independentjeweller #play #exploration

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It’s hard graft 🥵 but some silly magpies have to do it! 🤠 ✨🪶🧳 This is what setting up for the monthly @thefromeindependent looks like!! 🤪

We left my house-share in Bristol at 7.15am, drove 1hr 15 to Frome & dropped the load out of the car. Lottie @foragedsmith was the driver, I was passenger princess & we had Rosy @hoard.jewellery in tow, because she was also trading! 🥰

I get the table (I pay to have a place, be under the gazebo & to rent a table for the market day 🤓) & then set it up. I clad it in red velvet & vintage props for height, intrigue & delicious texture. 🪄 💃

Then after organising the props into position (which takes ages!!) Lottie & I then decorated them all with my hand crafted historically inspired jewellery, which I make locally in East Bristol. 🥸

We were being very silly beans on Sunday. Two coffees & a tea & each other’s company, that’ll do it!!! 🫏 We had a hoot though, & we sooooo appreciate you stopping by, any compliments towards the display, the work, the silly dances 🤡 😘 hehehe

Thanks for having us @thefromeindependent til next time!!! 🫡 Sunday 4th October. 🗓️

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In a desperate attempt to keep up with myself, and with my only available memory being in the loving hands of Meta, here's my latest dump...

Last night I was lucky enough to be asked to speak at an event discussing squatting and alternative housing in Hackney and beyond at Chats Palace, where my band The Mob played a benefit gig for the Advisory Service for Squatters, back at the dawn of time..

So good to see a few faces from back then and to meet @tomhunterphotography @leah_gordon_1804 who were also speaking.

On the way to Tom's we detoured past the infamous Brougham Rd which was home to so many of us through the years.. it dawned on me that this was where I learned my trade of working with vans.. I would often do a bit of cash work helping Ray (who lived in the street with his huge family) and we were infamous for tipping people's motors on the side to change a clutch or a gearbox (we had a mattress to avoid too much damage!)

After the talk we headed back west and it was a joy to spend 10 minutes or so on the Tube with Tod, Debbie and Criss, two of whom I've known since school and the other only a couple of years less..

I've also got some photos here of an old New York road sign denoting Albion Place. I think it looks right at home!

And some shots and a video of the brilliant new accessible entrance to the downstairs containers, which will form the ground floor of the museum/exhibition space.. outstanding work by Flash as always.. and a sneaky look back at when Innes started constructing the retaining wall behind!!

And there's an arch and gate that Lottie's been working on.. there's more to come but I need a sit down

Oh and a couple of old photos of us creating the Chapel floor that Debbie sent me today.... Time flies

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Snippets from Sunday - a JOYOUS @thefromeindependent - maybe my favourite market of my lil life?! So far!!! 🤠 🤯 Extreme to say, but I wasn’t stressed, I felt so supported by Lottie @foragedsmith , the sun was out, set up went smoothly, we laughed from start to finish, you beautiful magpies were so kind & sweet & patient & encouraging, I did a lil bit of buying from other independents & a trade with @rabbit.baby.2 🌞 it was just so good. I even had a (fancy Fromey) doner wrap at the stall 😹 and a cup of ketchup for it & a legend alongside me thought I was pouring a Bloody Mary onto my kebab. I wasn’t 🌝 I love that she thought I was. I only got asked once if I have ADHD. Sore subject tbh. If I had a pound for every time I was asked that at my stall, I could probably buy another kebab.

Thanks for having me @thefromeindependent thanks for visiting & being kind (you) & to Lottie for being a mega star joker @foragedsmith & @hoard.jewellery for your friendship & companionship in this weird old tricky biscuit jewellery journey 😘

#independentjeweller #selftaught #startup #popup #thefromeindependent

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This is the most challenging part of any trading day. 🥵 💃 💪 @saladdaysmarketlondon first encouraged me to be bold with colour & build height into my displays, & let’s just say I got bold, temporarily had an eBay ban(!?) because I bought so many props over a short period of time, & my suitcase is heavy as heck. I literally get through like a suitcase a year & despite changing the wheels, they do seem to give up the ghost eventually. 🫠

I’ll be playing Tetris with darling Lottie @foragedsmith bright & early this Sunday 6th September for @thefromeindependent & then I’ll be bringing the board to London for the @dulwichgallery Makers Market on Sunday 27th September. ✨ 🤩

Please come along to have a rummage & the explore the stash with me. 🥰

#independentjeweller #bristolindependent #historicallyinspired #lostwaxcasting #jewellery

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It’s this Sunday!! 📯✨ @thefromeindependent celebrates & champions South West artisans & producers & it takes over the whole town! 🤩 It runs from March - December on the first Sunday of every month & it’s open from 10am - 3pm. 🌞

I’ll be there this Sunday opposite Boots on the Market Place - with my full hoard of historically inspired trinkets, which I make with love & care & some silliness in East Bristol. 😌🙂‍↔️🪲🫶

I’m super proud of my pal Rosie who launched @hoard.jewellery last month & did her first ever @thefromeindependent . She’ll be back in the car with @foragedsmith Lottie & I to bosh out another mega market day. 🤠

We adore seeing you, having a natter, showing you what we labour over & love creating 🥰 & we also love when we find some yummy food at lunchtime. I do apologise if you find us at feeding time. It gets a bit weeeeeird. 🤡 🍽️

Please do come along to peruse!! There’s never pressure to make a purchase.
I bought another amazing bag from @glassshedstudio last month (made from old army bags !) we had the BEST burgers from @bucklandburgers & you can peep the amazing work of @tashfry_kla @emmachapmanpotter @phoebephillips_illustration @pulp_paper_heaven & if you know who made this teeny tiny cutie bouquet 💐 please let me know!! 😘

#museeroo #thefromeindependent #lostwax #independentjeweller #jewellery

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Soft Monument - final reveal! Today I visited the site to put the finishing touches to Soft Monument @bristol_uni_publicart @contemporaryartsociety and document it all together with the floor cushions in situ, and seat upholstery by @catupholstery.

Here it is! Details below.

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Soft Monument, 2024 - 2026

Soft Monument is an ode to the invisible labour of women - the work which rarely receives its
own monument but is monumental in effort, sacrifice and repetition as well as joy.

The artwork traces the role of women in shaping industrial history, from Barton Hill to the
wider world. Four large-scale yet familiar objects represent weavers, welders, seamstresses,
and the domestic labour of unnamed women. Geometric repeat patterns evoke the rhythms
and cycles of industry, reminding us of the threads across generations which connect us to
place.

The monument becomes the negative space within the circle of soft, wool panels which hold
invisible conversations, ideas and reflections, honouring those whose unseen contributions
have supported people in this space to gather, connect and innovate.

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Soft Monument is made of British wool and mild steel. It was fabricated by local women-led
businesses: woven by Dash & Miller @dashandmiller and the Bristol Weaving Mill @bristol_weaving ; metalwork by Dizzi Lombardo @thirteen.thirty.0ne and Lottie Smith @foragedsmith and pieced together by Jokoto Tailoring @jokototailoring

#publicart #textilesculpture #weaving

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Meet the makers

@foragedsmith

Saturday 5th September
10-3
Holy Trinity Church
Bradford on Avon
Over 25 talented makers
Free entry

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Today was the culmination of 2 and a half years of work: installing my public artwork Soft Monument at the University of Bristol’s Temple Quarter Enterprise Campus.

It was incredible to see my designs come to life and wrap around the communal seating area of the Story Exchange one by one.

The amount of people who have worked so hard to bring this project to life behind the scenes is astounding, and I am very grateful and honoured to have your support and backing as the project has developed. The building will be open to the public from 7th Sept - come and see it!

Many, many thanks to:

Production team: Megan O’Shea at @contemporaryartsociety ; Martha Crean and Nicki Kent @bristol_uni_publicart ; the whole Public Art Advisory Panel and University of Bristol team; Programme Artist Jack Stiling @stilings_workshop

Engagement programme contributors: Ayeeyo and Awoowo @ayeeyoandawoowo and Barton Hill History Group (see Facebook); Dr Rhiannon Daniels and team @bristolcommonpress ; WTF Workshops @wtfworkshops and local women who learnt welding; Barton Hill Microcampus team.

Fabrication team: the entire crew at @bristol_weaving and @dashandmiller for weaving the panels; metalwork fabrication by Dizzi Lombardo @thirteen.thirty.0ne and Lottie Smith @foragedsmith ; sewing and piecing by @jokototailoring and upholstery by @catupholstery

Install support: Spike Island technical team @spikeisland ; SRM @wearemcalpine and Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios @fcbstudios

Documentation: Beeston Media @beestonmedia

Thanks to many others I don’t have space to name and all those I didn’t meet who set this project in motion and kept it going. I appreciate you all!

#publicart #weaving #textileart

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Last night the @orchardjewelleryworkshop studio elves came in, out of hours and covered up the CCTV camera so I couldn't see what they were up to 🧐

Thank you for the best birthday surprise @foragedsmith @talorawelsh_design and @gennywrensilver I felt thoroughly spoilt and I'm so appreciative of you all and everything you do 🩵

Who can guess the film of choice? 📽️ 🍿🎬🌞

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