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...When Met Gala co-host Michaela Coel said she wanted to walk the red carpet “dripping in gold”, jeweller Emefa Cole made the actor two rings, a pair of earrings and a hair brooch for the May event....
...She uses clay and salts and the process of multiple dippings is a long, arduous one which takes several months....
...Every time the machine swallows a disc, a raw-clay platter emerges on the opposite side....
...He took it up at school and was taught in St Ives by Bernard Leach, co-founder of Leach Pottery, before setting up a studio in Durweston in Dorset....
...Monday The UN Ocean Conference, co-hosted by the governments of Kenya and Portugal, begins in Lisbon UK, the Wimbledon tennis tournament begins at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in south...
...To January 28, buildingcentre.co.uk Follow @ftweekend on Twitter to find out about our latest stories first...
...For example, Doherty’s small Conical Vessel V is priced at £350. These independent artisans are, on the whole, seeing the benefit of social media platforms such as Instagram....
...Like vegetables, they will grow in containers, even in wooden wine crates, buckets or shallow clay dishes....
...Artis Nimanis for an&angel, €199 This black glass bowl by Latvia-based tableware studio an&angel contains a white and gold splash-patterned interior. born.com Vintage hand-blown Murano glass bowl by V...
...Flow Gallery, 1-5 Needham Road, London W11 (020-7243 0782; flowgallery.co.uk). Ikuko Iwamoto, ikuko.space and see CAA, Cavaliero Finn and Sway Gallery....
...Blended with extra minerals — such as Cornish clay, for a nicer finish — the range is aimed at affluent householders with a green conscience....
...“Many designers develop projects in unison with craftsmen, often giving them full credits as co-creators....
...“I love a smattering of clay dust on white tennis shoes.” Her favourite shoes are by Nike and Stella McCartney for Adidas....
...Perhaps its only downside as a Christmas present is the attendant implication that the lucky recipient would be expected to write all the “thank you” letters this year. £140. www.andersonandgarland.com v...
...Also honoured was a rising star from South Korea, Ja-kyung Shin, whose work, “In My Hands”, is a misshapen dish-like vessel, imprinted with the marks of handprints like unformed clay or dough....
...twig finial to the lid and is exquisitely hand-painted with Chinese figures in a garden using vibrant enamel colours inspired by the oriental palette known as famille rose. $3,800. www.skinnerinc.com v...
...www.ragoarts.com v Six-tile panel William de Morgan William De Morgan (1839-1917) was the most innovative and influential ceramicist of the 19th-century arts and crafts movement....
...Tom Glocer, chief executive officer, Reuters • The Innovator’s Dilemma, by Clay Christensen....
...on the Portsmouth line who are protesting against South West Trains’ switch to less comfortable carriages have set up a website to gather names – 300 have signed so far – for their petition. www.no450.co.uk...
...There are corporate, academic and legal titans on both sides of the issue, but most agree on one thing: the case, KSR v Teleflex, which will be argued on November 28, could affect every company that holds...
...Radio Taxis’ CO2 self-assessment and environmental investments won it the ecology award, while property developer Urban Splash won for corporate social responsibility. www.businessxl10.co.uk mudlark@ft.com...
...A number of the 400 diners were more moved by the World Cup, skipping dessert to go into Montreux to a bar to watch Ukraine v Switzerland, a match that yielded little poetry....
...Hitting the V spot Done and Dusted, part of Aim-listed DCD Media, has won two new contracts....
...www.bbc.co.uk/newsnight mudlark@ft.com...
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