Gift Focus - Jan/Feb 2018 (Issue 105)

96 giftfocus KATE GUEST Stand: 3V51 kateguest.com At the fair, Kate Guest is releasing its brand new Rose Gold collection. These designs use beautiful rose gold foiling to showcase the stylish painted numbers and stamped text and are printed on a classic laid white background. All designs are ages, comprising 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, and are presented with a quality pastel grey envelope, which complements the rose gold foiling perfectly. There are six designs in this original release with more to be added later in the year. The collection is presented in a clear cellophane, and each card is C6 in size. This follows January’s fantastic Pastel Sparkle Collection release. Additionally, Kate Guest has released a significant number of new additions to its flagship black & white Original’s collection, Neon-Stripes range, and last year’s highly successful Typewriter release. LINDA MACDONALD Stand: 18DQ41 lindamacdonaldjewellery.com Linda Macdonald’s enchanting collection, Meadow, featuring spring flowers and romantic meadows is the perfect gift for Mother’s Day this spring! Inspired by the beautiful countryside and romance, all of the company’s jewellery is lovingly made in Scotland near Loch Lomond in silver with 9ct gold detail. LADYCROW SCOTLAND Stand: 6K01 ladycrowsilks.co.uk Ladycrow Scotland designs and hand-makes scarves using only the finest fabrics and dyed using only environmentally-friendly dyes. The company’s pure silk and velvet scarf collections are available in a wide choice of colourways and can be supplied as gift-boxed sets with pewter scarf rings or brooches which are perfect for self-indulgence or gift giving. The company’s British pewter jewellery and scarf ring collection is designed and hand-finished in Scotland and made exclusively for them by artisans in Cornwall using recycled tin. Ladycrow will be showcasing the following collections at Spring Fair – Silk Velvet Pareos; stylish bubble necklaces in Liberty Silk Satin; pewter jewellery boxed sets; and new prints for Liberty Cotton and silk satin scarves. A few surprises are waiting in the wings ready for a first showing at Spring Fair – so watch this space. MANDARIN ARTS Stand: 4F70 mandarinarts.co.uk At the start of the Chinese New Year of the Dog in February 2018, a spectacular exhibition showcasing the greatest archaeological find of the 20 th century opens in Liverpool. The burial site for the First Emperor of unified China, Qin Shi Huang, began more than 10 years before his death in 210 B.C. and contained life-size terracotta warriors, each with original features, hairstyles and clothing or armour. The actual burial mound of the emperor has never been excavated because archaeologists want to be sure that they will not fall victim to crossbow traps or to mercury poisoning from the reproduction of Chinese rivers in the grave (as recorded by the famous historian Sima Qian) and that they will have enough technical expertise to preserve the contents and any pigments as they are found. Mandarin Arts hopes that you will come and see their collection of warriors which will be on its stand F70 in Hall 4. It’s showtime