Woolcock Cartoons exhibition at City Hall

Forty ofPeter Woolcock's cartoons are now on exhibition in the reception area of the Corporation of Hamilton's offices, where they can be viewed by the public during normal working hours.

Entitled 'Down Through the Years', the collection highlights events on the political scene between 1988 and 2008. Many will enjoy recalling the circumstances which inspired the older cartoons, while others will relate to the more recent ones.

Mr. Woolcock has been chronicling Bermudians, and the political highs and lows of the associated characters who have played a part in what we are today, and publishing them in The Royal Gazette since 1986. He also produces them in annual editions of 'Woppend'.

Mr. Woolcock selected 40 cartoons from 20 years of work on several bases: some because he liked the way they turned out; a few because they were personal favourites; and the rest because they represented topical choices of the time.

"What it does show is that what goes around comes around," the cartoonist said. "Several situations in 1988 are still with us today, like old friends. There is a cavalcade of characters, as you can imagine, and three on Independence — one a carbon copy of the other with different faces."

Local jewellery designer showcased in London

Bermudian jewellery designer Melanie Eddy was selected to showcase her work in 'One Year On' at New Designers, held at the Business Design Centre in Islington, London, England this past weekend.

New Designers features fresh design talent, and is the foremost event in graduate design. 'One Year On' is a special showcase of 50 cutting-edge designers and makers, pre-selected by an industry panel, and presented and curated by Thorsten Van Elten.

Miss Eddy creates sculptural jewellery in precious metals using applications of historical and contemporary geometries as tools to explore the relationship of form to the body. Through new applications of traditional approaches, she aspires to reinvest jewellery with some of its historical symbolic power.

Miss Eddy has her own bench with a consortium at the renowned jewellery district, Hatton Garden, in London. In addition, she works part-time archiving at the Goldsmiths' Company library, and is also assistant editor of The Association of Contemporary Jewellery's newsletter, 'Findings'.

She gained her Master's degree in jewellery design at St. Martin's College of Art & Design in England, and received the Butterfield Bank Applied Arts Award in 2006.

Miss Eddy is the daughter of Russell and Maureen Eddy, and her brother Jason is a Shakespearean actor in England.

Lunchtime film at BNG

French painter, sculptor and author Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968) is the focus of a 50-minute film being presented at the Bermuda National Gallery tomorrow at 12.30 p.m. Duchamp was associated with Cubish, Dadaism and Surrealism, and his early works were post-Impressionistic in style until eventually he turned toward the avant garde. His work was characterised by humour, a wide variety of media, and an incessant probing of the boundaries of art.

Admission is free for BNG members, $5 for others.