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LONDON: The International Jewellery London exhibition is here with thousands of fabulous pieces on display. The event at Earls Court in London will showcase various styles and designs of jewellery across the globe.
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According to reports, over 800 exhibitors from all over the world are showcasing their collections in the pavilions.

Reports said the key new designers are the four winners of the Bright Young Gems competition, now an established feature of IJL, which provides an important launch-pad for emerging talent.

Carla Shanks, a graduate of Central Saint Martins and London’s Royal College of Art, crafted a collection inspired by the characters, music and ideas behind David Lynch’s Mulholland Drive.

Again work of Laura Bamber, another Central Saint Martins graduate, is also on display.

Emily Richardson’s collection is inspired by Busby Berkeley and features Art Deco-inspired necklaces and cuffs in fake ivory. Emily is designing for the eco-jewellery company Cred.

One of the more unusual stands amongst the more established ‘names’ is that of Shaun Leane, a talented goldsmith and silversmith, best known in fashion circles for his avant-garde and futuristic one-off pieces sculpted for the British designer, Alexander McQueen, and his collaboration with style icon, Daphne Guinness, on a complete, articulated set of ‘armour’ for arms, wrists and hands.

Fei Liu, who won the First Prize Kayman Award of the British Jewellery Association and was the first Chinese designer to win First Prize in the Goldsmiths’ Craftsmanship & Design Awards, will stage his first solo exhibition in Beijing in October to mark the opening of his store in the Chinese capital.

Alex Monroe, meanwhile, who was awarded Designer of the Year at the UK Jewellery Awards 2008, has sought his inspiration in woods and fields. One of his current best-sellers is a life-size bumble-bee in Gold on a gold chain, which was based upon an actual bee caught in Iken, Suffolk, by his three daughters, aged 10, 9 and 7. The ‘bee’ is one of the best-sellers at Liberty, while his gold hoop ‘feather’ earrings are selling as fast as net-a-porter.com can take delivery. Other ‘enchanted creatures’ in Monroe’s collection include snails and dragon flies, set amidst delicate settings of jewelled twigs, rocks and moss.

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