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Super Seconds Festival - Thank You

A big thank you to all that visited my website and bought from me over the weekend of the Super Seconds Festival. Super Seconds Festival (formerly Super Seconds Saturday) is a bi-annual event where lots of independent makers from across the UK (and further afield!) sell their seconds/misprints/older stock at significantly reduced prices.It gives the customer the opportunity to grab a bargain from up to 250 makers across lots of different categories, including prints, jewellery, homeware, ceramics, accessories, fabric goods, kids' stuff and lots more! It was my first-time taking part in the festival and it was lovely to have new customers and followers on my social media accounts.  The pieces I had for sale as part of the SUPER SECONDS FESTIVAL...

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Heatons Arts Trail Pop-Up Event

I am very happy to be part of The Heatons Arts Trail Pop-Up Event again this year. On the weekend of the 2nd and 3rd of July, 18 independent, professional artists will be exhibiting their work at St Paul's C of E Church Hall, St Paul's Road, Heaton Moor, from 11am to 5pm. Set in a warm, welcoming atmosphere with a charity-run café there will be something for everyone. 

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GNCCF Online

I will be exhibiting with over 60 selected designer-makers from across the UK with the GNCCF online event. GNCCF online goes live from 8am Saturday 21st May. For an opportunity to see work before the general public, sign up to the GNCCF mailing list here, for an exclusive invite to the Private View on Friday 20th May from 6pm. 

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QUEEN’S PLATINUM JUBILEE COMMEMORATIVE MARK

This year, Her Majesty The Queen will become the first British Monarch to celebrate a Platinum Jubilee, seventy years of service, having acceded to the throne in 1952. To celebrate the occasion, the body which oversees UK hallmarking, the British Hallmarking Council, has sanctioned a commemorative component mark. Designed by Thomas Fattorini Ltd, the mark depicts an orb, and can be applied to precious metal, alongside a hallmark.  Throughout all of 2022 the commemorative component mark can be applied along with the new year date letter.  If you are commissioning a piece of jewellery by Jo and you’d like the commemorative hallmark including, you can request it be added.

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