DAY THREE:  Getting to know the London galleries specializing in jewelry. Saturday, May 15.

We have a leisurely morning today to sleep in, stroll around the charming neighbourhoods of London, or just sit in a wonderful park reading the paper.  Whatever you do, join us as Electrum Gallery at 1 pm for an afternoon of gallery hopping.

We begin at Electrum Gallery with a brief talk about this historical jewelry gallery by the manager. The exhibit "Natural Beauty" will be up with artists Jane Adam and Dorothy Hogg among the artists participating. There will also be a wide range of work from our other jewelers including Wendy Ramshaw and Gerda Flockinger.and then it is on to the Contemporary Applied Arts space.

Founded in 1948 in the spirit of the turn-of-the-century Arts and Crafts movement, CAA is the largest private gallery in Britain for contemporary crafts, with a large amount of regular stock and special exhibitions of all media.  Works can be bought on site or commissioned from the hundreds of makers on their books. The exhibition on at that time is "Drawing with Objects", curated by Amanda Game who is the director and curator of the newly established IC: Innovative Craft. The exhibit includes artists Jacqueline Mina and Susan Cross with a focus show by David Watkins amongst many other artists across other fields.

We wrap up the afternoon at Galerie So, located on Brick Lane, where we are joined by a new friend from yesterday, Hans Stofer, to tell us about his show at this gallery. Gallery So was founded in 2003 by Felix Flury in Solothurn, Switzerland. The new Gallery So London continues in the tradition of the first by aiming to stimulate the public's perception of, and curiosity about, contemporary art objects and jewelry. Felix will host pre-dinner cocktails to send us off on our final dinner.