Unexpected Pleasures

Unexpected Pleasures - At the Design Museum now – 03 March 2013
Unexpected Pleasures celebrates the work of contemporary jewellers who have challenged the conventions of jewellery design. The exhibition offers a survey of contemporary jewellery presented through a number of themes: Worn Out - celebrating the experience of wearing jewellery
Linking Links - looking at the ways in which meaning and narratives are expressed in jewellery and A Fine Line - offering insights into the origins of contemporary jewellery today, highlighting key instigators of the contemporary jewellery movement.

The exhibition features prominent UK and international jewellers including Wendy Ramshaw, renowned for her complex geometric designs, Hans Stofer's intricate wire form jewellery, Gijs Bakker’s conceptual adornments, delicate abstract pieces by Dorothea Pruhl and the wonderful Felieke Van Der Leest.

http://designmuseum.org/exhibitions/2012/unexpected-pleasures

All Souls Ring (“Allerseelen”), Hans Stofer, 1994, Mild steel, welded, blackened and waxed. Glass (bottle bottom) and carved olive stone heads

Work as art: David Bielander's scampi bracelet; Hans Stofer's bracelet of pearls scattered on a bandage, Karl Fritsch's screw ring and Caroline Broadhead's Veil feature in the exhibition.