The Jeweller and Time with Rachel Church
- Date
- 12 Oct 2026 · 6:00PM - 7:00PM
- Price
- Pay what you can: £7 or £10
- Venue
- Online (via Zoom), UK time
- Programme type
- Talks
Jewellery can be a way of keeping and holding back time. Memorial jewels hold a record of past events and losses while time has been incorporated into jewels in the form of ingenious watches and tiny timepieces. Jewellers have also played with the idea of time through jewels which are designed to last centuries as well as ephemeral pieces made of transient materials, designed to fade away leaving nothing but memory.
Join us as curator, writer and historian Rachel Church explores the myriad ways in which craftspeople have made with time in mind. There will be the opportunity to ask questions and join in the conversation.
There will be the opportunity to ask questions and join in the conversation.
Image: Rock crystal and gold watch, Johann Possdorfer, ca. 1625. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
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Who is the speaker?
Rachel Church has written and lectured widely on jewellery history and design. She is the author of 'Rings' (V&A/ Thames and Hudson 2011 and 2017) and 'Brooches and Badges' (V&A/ Thames and Hudson 2019). She has worked as a curator at the Victoria and Albert Museum and was part of the team which redeveloped the William and Judith Bollinger Jewellery Gallery.