The pieces are gloriously gilded by hand then fired with designs from the Melody Rose collection in our London studio. Choose from three sizes of plates, sugar bowls, tea and coffee pots, cups with saucers and cake plates to create a unique setting.

The upcycled pieces have proved so popular, requests for tableware, full dinner sets and tea sets were piling up. The new range will turn the modest dining table into an everyday masterpiece. Of course, they can still be mixed and matched with upcycled pieces too.

To celebrate the launch, we’ve been working on new photos. For the first set, we were lucky to be able to borrow wallpaper from the wonderful Graduate Collection. http://www.graduatecollection.co.uk/

The Graduate Collection works with some of the most exciting new designers emerging fresh from UK Universities. Wonderful quality, their products include ceramics, wallpaper, cushions and scarves designed by a new generation of designers, fusing traditional designs with a contemporary flair. And everything in Made in the UK!

A great match for Melody Rose, we’ve used the Butterfly Wallpaper in Pink by Melissa Bracconier. It’s pretty, eccentric and a touch surreal. We love it!

http://www.graduatecollection.co.uk/product_view.asp?product_id=76&category_id=4&category=&product=Butterfly%20Wallpaper%20in%20Pink

What a busy year it’s been, and such an exciting one.  A few days of rest and we’re raring to go.  There’s so much to look forward to and the calendar is already booking up.  Starting in January we’ll be showing at Home 2013, only a few weeks away from January 13th at Earls Court in London.

First though it’s New Year’s Eve,  wishing you a very Happy New Year.  Big love from Melody Rose.

We’ve been making a selection of grand coffee pots with the Skull design and lots of gold.

No two are exactly alike.  There’s a green one, a blue one, an orange one and this lovely gold one that we’re testing out.

More photos to come, we promise!

Although the show starts on Friday, most of the packing is already done. We designers start to set up for the show on Wednesday, two days from now.

Melody Rose will be launching two new teacups and saucer designs. Both cups are british made, using new bone china made in Stoke-on-Trent then gilded with real gold detail, designed and decorated by hand and fired in the London-based Melody Rose studios. These beautiful new cups, The ‘Models’ design and ‘Dragonflies’, are an addition to the Melody Rose range launched autumn of 2011.

For more information on Handmade in Britain Chelsea 2012, here’s a link for the website:

http://www.handmadeinbritain.co.uk/

Handmade in Britain is returning to Chelsea for the sixth year running, beginning the Christmas season with more than 90 designer makers from a range of disciplines showcasing their handcrafted products for purchase or commission.  Handmade in Britain 12 is a celebration of British Craft and Design, with makers in the fields of fashion design & accessories, interiors, textiles, glass, jewellery, woodwork, paper, metalwork, ceramics, sculpture and furniture.

This  year will be the first for Melody Rose ceramics to be at Handmade in Britain and it looks set to be a great event.

You can buy tickets for the event in advance from the Handmade in Britain website at  http://www.handmadeinbritain.co.uk/buy-tickets/.

If you do come by, you can visit the Melody Rose stand at number 8!

It definitely makes it easier to get back down to the busyness of work in the studio after the excitement and thrill of summer holidays, and of course September’s London Design Festival.

With a studio packed with pieces, many found on my travels through the UK and France this summer, I’m madly busy creating and making and firing.

Watch this space for wonderful new teapots coming this autumn.

Tent London is one of the largest design shows at the festival and this year will have over 200 exhibitors from all over the world.

It’s only 3 weeks away, and the studio is filling up with packing boxes brimming with new pieces for the show. If you’re planning on visiting Tent London, here’s a tip: if you register before 14th September you can save money on the entry fee. Register and save 20% on the ticket price at: www.tentlondon.co.uk/buy-tickets

Melody Rose will be at Stand D09. Come by and say hello, we love to meet our customers!

Tent London
20-23 Sept 2012
Old Truman Brewery, Hanbury Street, London E1 6QR
www.tentlondon.co.uk/visit

Melody Rose Upcycled Vintage Ceramics is pleased to be included in an exciting new exhibition this summer at the Florence Nightingale Museum.

BONE
19 July – 31 August 2012
This summer, the Florence Nightingale Museum will host an eclectic exhibition of around 60 objects that explores the rich history and substance of bone, across cultures, throughout time and between disciplines.
Mobile Studio Architects will transform part of the museum allowing visitors to explore objects including an x-ray of Sigmund Freud’s head, a cat skeleton to ward off evil spirits, a skull shaped candle made for Marilyn Manson’s wedding, a contemporary apothecary jar showing the effects of syphilis on bone, cutting edge medical bone imaging and Florence Nightingale’s pet tortoise ‘Jimmy’.
The exhibition will reflect bone’s intriguing and multi-faceted story in its objects as well as through live performances and demonstrations by biomedical researchers and clinicians, forensic archaeologists, bone carvers, dancers, historians, artists and other professional bone users.

Simon Gould, BONE Curator says:
“I am so excited to be bringing together some of the most extraordinary objects from more than a dozen of London’s museums and collections along with remarkable medical expertise and acclaimed contemporary artists. Bone is an astonishing material and this exhibition promises to bring this to life for the visitor.”

BONE is curated by Simon Gould and Rhiannon Armstrong.

For further details: http://www.florence-nightingale.co.uk

There’s so many things happening this summer at Melody Rose and we’ll be updating you with news, thoughts and coming events here so please do keep checking back for updates.