At last I managed to get back out into the world again yesterday. \u00a0There is still plenty of snow on the ground here at home but the roads were clear enough to get into Whitby so I made another visit to the museum. \u00a0I spent quite a bit of time wandering around between the display cases looking at the different varieties of jewellery displayed in the collection. \u00a0Obviously being Whitby the museum has a stunning collection of jewellery and other objects made in local jet. \u00a0When I start to look more closely though I realise that there is a huge variety of other types of jewellery and that quite a lot of it is colourful. \u00a0 This has reinforced my understanding that I am working in a well established tradition. \u00a0Occassionally over the years I have asked myself whether there is a real demand for coloured jewellery – or whether people are really just looking for something in silver or gold. \u00a0Looking closely at the collection as I am now doing I can see that there has always been a demand for colour and that it is rooted within the jewellery tradition. \u00a0There are examples of Anglo-Saxon and Roman\u00a0glass beads in the collection and even slight traces of red enamel on one of the Anglo-Saxon pieces. \u00a0 This is a theme I will no doubt return to during my residency. $\"\"$ <\/p>\n

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At the moment members of the Whitby Museum team are preparing for a forthcoming exhibition on the Anglo-Saxons. \u00a0This is really exciting – there is obviously a wealth of interesting material available and I am looking forward to seeing the exhibition when it opens in a few weeks time. \u00a0In the meantime I have been exploring the way in which the tiny penannular brooches are made and really enjoying hammering and forming these tiny pieces in copper. \u00a0The largest of the ones I have made is approximately 25mm across. \u00a0<\/div>\n

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