Comments on: Sarah Ainslie’s Hatton Garden Portraits https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/04/27/sarah-ainslies-hatton-garden-portraits/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Fri, 27 Apr 2018 21:32:48 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Ros https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/04/27/sarah-ainslies-hatton-garden-portraits/#comment-1205616 Fri, 27 Apr 2018 21:32:48 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=165839#comment-1205616 I don’t know which to be more delighted by, the fact that such skilled and interesting people still exist, Sarah Ainsley’s excellent photos, or learning how the phrases ‘up to scratch’ and ‘the acid test’ came to be. A lovely post all round.

]]> By: Russell Lownsbrough https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/04/27/sarah-ainslies-hatton-garden-portraits/#comment-1205543 Fri, 27 Apr 2018 11:25:31 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=165839#comment-1205543 It was great to be a part of this. Wonderful photos by Sarah. These are people who are rarely seen by the public, but make the jewellery for famous brands and designers you all know.

Last few days of the exhibition left, today, Monday and Tuesday. Well worth a visit. Even if I say so myself…

]]> By: Lynne Perrella https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/04/27/sarah-ainslies-hatton-garden-portraits/#comment-1205542 Fri, 27 Apr 2018 10:53:42 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=165839#comment-1205542 You’ve taken us inside a rarified world……and thanks to Sarah’s photos, we really feel a part of it.
I was very moved by this work environment…..all about function and familiarity……where such beautiful things are made by expert artisans.

Just LOOK at the lovely glint of sunlight hitting that stone in John Taylor’s hand……and the gleam in his eye!

A stunning series.

]]> By: Sally Baldwin https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/04/27/sarah-ainslies-hatton-garden-portraits/#comment-1205541 Fri, 27 Apr 2018 10:49:08 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=165839#comment-1205541 What truly excellent portraits! Hats off to Sarah Ainslie, not easy to get such great lighting and composition in cramped quarters. Loved the story. And I’d love to see a feature on Sarah at work, one of these days!

]]> By: Helen Breen https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/04/27/sarah-ainslies-hatton-garden-portraits/#comment-1205530 Fri, 27 Apr 2018 08:52:41 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=165839#comment-1205530 Greetings from Boston,

GA, very intriguing piece about these workmen/women. It appears that the youngest one featured has 27 years experience.

Who will take their place?

]]> By: Greta Kelly https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/04/27/sarah-ainslies-hatton-garden-portraits/#comment-1205521 Fri, 27 Apr 2018 06:41:16 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=165839#comment-1205521 Very satisfying to see that computers can’t do everything. Such talent in the hands of these craftsmen and women.

]]> By: Paul Loften https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/04/27/sarah-ainslies-hatton-garden-portraits/#comment-1205498 Fri, 27 Apr 2018 01:56:20 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=165839#comment-1205498 Thanks for this wonderful view of the “Garden” . To get to the level of skills that these guys have you have to had started it from an apprentiship on leaving school. I became interested in learning the skills just after I was married in my 30’s and I attended night courses at Sir John Cass and elsewhere in the hope I could become a silversmith and jeweller. Unfortunately or fortunately as the case maybe , 3 children came along and put a stop to that. But I enjoyed it so much I took courses of all varieties after work and made an occasional piece now and then . I seriously picked it up again when I retired from my job in libraries . I know I will never be able to do what they do , but the knowledge that I gained has not been wasted . It is now my passion in life apart from reading the Gentle Author, that is.

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