Manchester Jewellery Week

Snippets is the result of 36 international art jewellers capturing a sense of place evolved from a self selected photograph of Manchester.

Each artist has developed personal attitudes towards and around making to explore a mixed media approach within different languages of jewellery. The diverse interpretations from a snapshot of the city advocates artistic investment, craftsmanship and creative development for each unique jewel.

Snippets has bloomed into a show that turns up the frequency on the creative process and individual voice. Representing an international responsive outlook for works that as a whole, become a new anthem about Manchester. 

Mark Mcleish, 2026
This show promises to be an exciting response by members of the Precious Collective who have spent 6 months developing almost 100 pieces of new work inspired by snippets of a snapshot of the city.

Precious Collective is excited to be working alongside Black Redstart Gallery and to be part of the first ever UK Jewellery Week.

My work

The photo I chose to inspire my pieces ...
'Barm Cakes'

​Rust, corrosion, traces of nature and all her powers ... that was what first grabbed me, but then when it came to the making it was the holes that drew me in, excited and inspired me.
Materials: Memory of sourdough bread, ceramic, glazes made by artist, found metal objects, copper, graphite powder, epoxy, liver of sulphur.