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RACHEL LICHTENSTEIN : SIGHT UNSEEN

30 May-9 Jun 2012

Tintype
London N1 2SL

Overview

Working behind closed doors, both above and below the streets around Hatton Garden, are cutters, polishers, engravers, gem dealers, silversmiths, gold beaters, pearl merchants, assayers and lapidaries. Their skills, knowledge, stories and memories are the source for Rachel Lichtenstein’s exhibition Sight Unseen, a multi-layered homage to the craftspeople operating in the area. Tintype’s gallery space was formerly a watchmaker’s workshop and is located in a building full of jewellery related businesses, typical of the industrious and close-knit world of Hatton Garden.