Jewels in the crown to be unveiled in Crafts Council exhibition

AN UPCOMING exhibition featuring handcrafted jewellery using gold, silver and precious stones will offer the public a chance to meet with some of the country’s best emerging designers.

Work crafted by tomorrow’s top jewellery designers — all graduates of the Crafts Council of Ireland’s Jewellery and Goldsmithing course — will be unveiled as part of the graduate exhibition opening in the National Craft Gallery in Kilkenny this Friday.

The exhibition runs for two weeks only, but a pre-exhibition event at 5pm on Friday and a “late date” on July 22 will give those interested a chance to meet the course manager and the graduates.