I have been trying to remember when I first came across the work of Annemarie Reinhold, who’s jewellery is the subject of this blog edition. It might have been while curating the Collect 2019 stand for Bishopsland (so in 2018), or when I was installing a show at the National Design & Craft Gallery in Kilkenny, Ireland, and visited the jewellery school which is housed in the same building. Annemarie completed the second year there after her time with Bishopsland Educational Trust.

We had our most in-depth discussion about her work in a mentoring session organised by the Design and Crafts Council of Ireland, in Dublin. They had very kindly invited me over for a day’s programme of meetings with a great group of makers from various crafts disciplines. Very appropriately, Annemarie was wearing one of her pieces, which of course immediately caught my eye. It was pretty much the same as the piece in the image below - the Pear Pin. Just before the close of our chat, I asked how she had priced the piece. She hadn’t quite worked it out as it was hot off the bench, so I asked if she would let me know. The rest as they say, is history.

It’s a gorgeous little object that is much admired. Small and perfectly press-formed in silver with the leaf gold plated and I love it.
Annemarie has since set up a studio at Benchspace in Cork City, Ireland and is developing some really exciting work in both jewellery and silversmithing - you can link to her website if you click on her name at the top of this post.

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