The Goldsmiths’ Centre’s new exhibition, Interwoven: Jewellery Meets Textiles, explores the connection between contemporary jewellery and textiles
The Goldsmiths’ Centre proudly presents Interwoven: Jewellery Meets Textiles, a free exhibition opening on 9 January and running until 3 April 2025, which explores the creative connections between contemporary jewellery and textiles. Located near Hatton Garden, London’s jewellery quarter, this exhibition is open Monday to Friday and showcases works by over thirty celebrated jewellers, including pieces by Flora Bhattachary, Eleanor Bolton, Elizabeth Bone, Caroline Broadhead, Megan Brown, and Yoko Izawa. Craftspeople, artists, jewellery and design enthusiasts, and the public are invited to explore the innovative ways that jewellers are inspired by and engage with textile techniques, materials, and aesthetics.
Visitors to the exhibition will encounter jewellery pieces - many on loan from practising makers, the Goldsmiths’ Company collection, and the Crafts Council collection – that reveal shared qualities with textile arts, from weaving and crocheting to form and texture. Jewellery and textiles have been long intertwined, both intimately linked to the body and personal expression. Through the perspective of contemporary jewellers, Interwoven: Jewellery meets Textiles explores how and why makers incorporate textile techniques in their designs.
Head of Public Programmes of the Goldsmiths’ Centre Charlotte Dew explains: “We are thrilled to showcase these accomplished jewellers, each of whom has a unique relationship to textiles. Interwoven celebrates how cross-disciplinary exploration brings forth new creative possibilities and invites audiences to witness the beauty that emerges from these blended disciplines.”
This exhibition is accompanied by a specially written and published catalogue, outlining the works featured in the exhibition, which is now available online for pre-purchase at www.goldsmiths-shop-talent.org
Please note that this exhibition is only possible thanks to major loans from the Goldsmiths’ Company Collection and the Crafts Council
