Thursday 12 July 2012

Love design?






Then Edinburgh's the right place to be this weekend! The Association for Contemporary Jewellery (ACJ) Edinburgh are opening their second major show, Eccentri:city featuring work by 17 local jewellery designers this Friday 13th from 6.30-9.30pm. Taking place at the Whitespace Gallery, at the top of Leith walk from 13 - 26th July, this exciting exhibition will present never been seen before, one-off collaborative jewellery inspired by the city of Edinburgh as well as, work from the jewellers own collections. Join them for the opening night where Emma Walker CEO of Craft Scotland will be speaking, music from Wasabi Disco and sponoship from Innis & Gunn.. the Skinny rated it one of the top 10 shows this week, it's not one to be missed! Check out their blog for more info or find them on Facebook: http://edinburghacj.wordpress.com/


You'll also find a selction of the ACJers work at the DesignMarket taking place from the 13-15th July at the Fruitmarket Gallery alongside a broad selection of designers from many different disciplines. It's sure to be a great success with lots of great goods on offer - the DesignMarket opens Friday 13th too, so why not make a proper evening of it?

pssst.. ACJ Edinburgh are also holding a raffle throughout their show so get over there and enter in for some amazing prizes donated by artsits and businesses around Edinburgh.. Word is the Red Door Gallery have got an exclusive print in there too by David Fleck!

1 comment:

Scott Strachan said...

Thanks for the heads-up on this event. I'll try and catch it this weekend for some inspiration.