2010 | Edinburgh

Edinburgh Festival Fringe exhibition at the Traverse Theatre in Cambridge Street. Exhibition dates 6th to 30th August 2010 inclusive. Opening times 10am to Midnight 7 days a week. All work is for sale and can be taken away. Entry is free. Telephone 0131 2004858.

Dazzle exhibitions have been part of the Fringe since 1983 when the Assembly Rooms – arguably the largest and most influential venue of all – invited us to show in the Music Hall bar.

Now we are well ensconced at the beautiful Traverse Theatre Atrium. It is a favourite venue of ours. It is very lively, as the space is a thoroughfare for the many hundreds who work in the offices above and an overflow for those visiting the Traverse Theatre to attend shows, eat in the restaurant and café or buy tickets at the busy box office. Overlooking us as we exhibit, is the fashionable Blue Bar Café and the wonderful up market Atrium Restaurant ,which has won many awards and plaudits for its chef owner Andrew Radford. Many Festival personalities can be seen eating there, followed by a visit to Dazzle.

The Traverse Theatre our host is in the very hub of things. Next door is the Usher Hall and then the Lyceum both the cornerstones of the Official Festival. Opposite is the Filmhouse and next to it the Sheraton Hotel. Just behind the venue is Castle Street car park which is the biggest in Edinburgh overlooked by the Castle.

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The Edinburgh Festival exhibition is looking splendid and attracting good comments from our visitors. There is a good variety of work on show and quite a few new faces. Yoko Izawa, whose bangles are shown opposite, is in particular attracting a lot of attention and sales.

We are very excited for our friend Renny Krupinski. His show "Bare", which he wrote, directed and acts in, has won a coveted Fringe First and Renny has been nominated for an acting award. "Bare" is on at venue 23 The Space at the Radisson until 28th August, so there is still a chance to catch a performance.

We have seen some very good plays at the Traverse including "The Author" and "Girl in the Yellow Dress". The Traverse is having a very good season, with most shows selling out and long queues for returns.

Another really interesting show is "Sub Rosa" on at Hill Street Theatre. Performed at a Masonic Lodge this site specific performance by David Leddy is very original and highly recommended.

If you can't visit us at the Festival, remember you can still treat yourself by visiting our selling website lovedazzle.com. We are constantly adding new things to tempt!

Designers
	JANE ADAM Jane Adam is one of Britain's leading studio jewellers. Graduated from the Royal College of Art in 1985, she has taken part in hundreds of group and solo exhibitions in Britain and abroad. In many major public and private collections, including those of the Crafts Council, London; Victoria & Albert Museum, London; Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery; Cooper Hewitt Museum of Design, New York, USA; and Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, USA.
	MARIANNE ANDERSON Glasgow. Precious metals including precious and semi-precious stones specialising in rings. Worked with top textile designer Tomoko Hayashi. Outlets include : Aaron Faber, New York; Design Yard, Dublin; Electrum, London; The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh; Flow Gallery, London; Mobilia Gallery, Massachusetts and Orro, Glasgow.
	ALAN ARDIFF Dublin. Silver and gold. Major international name. Commissions include for "Riverdance"; Eurovision Song Contest & Dublin Regional Authority. In the collection of Billy Connolly, the Danish Embassy & Arthur Anderson. Exhibitions and outlets include Electrum, London and Rubicon Gallery, Dublin. Exhibited in Jewellery Moves, National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh.
	JAHYUN RITA BAEK A recent Graduate from Royal College of Art, Jewellery designer and maker Rita Baek makes contemporary jewellery using plastics and polymer combine with precious metal. Light and movement of the pieces are emphasized when the jewellery is worn.
	DONNA BARRY Edinburgh. Precious metals mainly silver. Outlets include Diana Porter, Bristol, Ruthin Craft Centre, Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen, Lesley Craze, London & Edinburgh Printmakers Gallery.
	NICOLA BECCI My work is really an exploration of decoration using many sources of inspiration, the main ones being the rich symbolism of the Catholic Church, the trappings of royalty, playing cards and chess, calligraphy and the language of symbolism. Food and confectionary are the source for some of my most recent pieces.
	CLARA BREEN Based at Cockpit studios, London. Works with found paper and silver, exploring the sentimental value attached to maps and leaflets. Outlets include: Bluecoat Display Centre, Liverpool; Gill Wing jewellery, London; Museum of Contemporary Arts shop, Chicago, USA. Exhibitions include: Craft Case, Rochester, Kent; Craft2eu Gallery, Hamburg, Germany; Architecture centre, Bristol.
	JESSICA BRIGGS Sheffield. Silver with 18 and23.5 carat golds. Inthe collection of the Cohn Foundation, USA. Work bought by Will Young, James Nesbitt and Michael Stipe.
	NINA BUKVIC London based. Works in gold, oxidized silver, rough diamonds, pearls. Outlets include Electrum, CAA - London. Design Yard - Dublin Scottish Gallery - Edinburgh, Alternatives - Rome, Barneys - USA.
	LILIAN BUSCH Scotland. Danish-born, works in silver & gold using pearls from the Orient, with emphasis on surface treatment. Won the prestigious Tahitian Pearl Trophy in 2005, in all three categories. Outlets include Robert Feather, York; JAM, Eton & Electrum, London & Williamson Brown, Newcastle upon Tyne.