Wren Brooch by Rachel Eardley. Rachel had a few of these brooches and other jewellery pieces on show, all made out of defunct coins, as well as some very sweet illustration and embroidery work. Dissecting the images on each coin is quite a neat and original idea, and pretty fiddly to do I would imagine. I particularly enjoyed the one with all the heads in profile.
Ecoh by Eiko Yoshido. There is never alot of paper work at craft fairs, I suppose its a harder sell than jewellery, but the colours of the paper flower really stood out for me.
Helen Noakes makes the most incredible jewellery in silver and resin. All of the little figures frozen in these miniature scenes are railway models from Germany. She said she ended up making them because she liked them so much she had to have some, why you would need a penguin on your railway I do not know, but I'm glad someone thinks you might. There is a bit of jewellery around using tiny plastic things, kooky mini ice cream earrings being a case in point. What I love about these pieces is that they are so humorous and endearing without compromising on the quality of making.
