Acknowledgements

The publishers would like to thank Elizabeth Goring, Kevin Coates and Nel Romano; Clarissa Bruce, Libby and Joanne Cooper, Vivienne Becker; Greg Parsons, Hafina Clwyd, Einir Wyn Jones, Olga Byrne, Roger Mansbridge, Sarah Dolan; Lisa Rostron, Stephen Heaton, Dylan Chubb, at Lawn; Paul Kell and Scope; Pete Goodridge and ArtWorks; Nathalie Camus and the Arts Council of Wales; The Wallace Collection, London – a source of inspiration for some of the work illustrated here.

exhibition venues: Ruthin Craft Centre 20 June – 6 September 2009

Harley Gallery 24 October – 23 December 2009

published by: Ruthin Craft Centre The Centre for the Applied Arts, Park Road, Ruthin, Denbighshire, North Wales, LL15 1BB Tel +44 (0)1824 704774 www.ruthincraftcentre.org.uk

in association with: The Harley Gallery, Welbeck, Worksop, Nottinghamshire, S80 3LW Tel +44 (0)1909 501700 www.harleygallery.co.uk

Introduction: ‘The Mystery of Things’ Written by Elizabeth Goring

All other text: Written by Kevin Coates

Edited by: Elizabeth Goring and Nel Romano

Photography by: Clarissa Bruce

Artist photograph by: Nel Romano

design: Lawn Sixth Floor, Gostin Buildings, Hanover Street, Liverpool, L1 4LN Tel +44 (0)151 708 9005 www.lawncreative.co.uk

abbreviations: Hidden Alchemy = Elizabeth Goring, Helen Clifford, Nel Romano, Françoise Carli, Kevin Coates, Kevin Coates: A Hidden Alchemy – Goldsmithing: Jewels and Tablepieces (Arnoldsche, 2008)

© Ruthin Craft Centre, the authors and artist

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