Take the lift to floor 2 and enjoy the environs. Honestly, I'd recommend it, inhale the atmosphere of this magnificent Charles Rennie Mackintosh building, still the nucleus of the Art School. That is, unless you really do have your heart set on buying some jewellery 'hand made' by tomorrow's designers at yesterday's prices.
If you do want to shop, you'll simply have to now exit the 'nice' Mackintosh building and cross the road to the - just as grand sounding but rather less inviting - Newbery Tower. Once again, go in, best not inhale this time, and take the lift to floor 2.
This is the first thing you'll see when the lift doors open...
You're now in the jeweller's workshop which is authentically grubby and industrious, there are even Bunsen burners!
This is the first thing you'll see when the lift doors open...
You're now in the jeweller's workshop which is authentically grubby and industrious, there are even Bunsen burners!
Just about everything I picked out from the display cabinet had already sold out but you can have most items made to order, everything is less than £25, so I ordered 3 pieces. Each designer will call me when the items are ready...I remain sanguine.
Did manage to come away with something though, third year silversmith and jewellery student Bianca Gardiner featured her 'pill pins' on her blog Artisan a few weeks ago and I've been curious to see them since.
Although my photo makes it look like a horse tranquilizer, they're actually a resin cast of a teeny tiny hay fever tablet in a silver setting.
Thanks to final year silversmith Allyson Gee too, for the tip off yesterday that the sale had just started, it runs during 'school hours' until the end of next week.
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