Yorkshire Crafts for Christmas

Tanzanite & Diamond Ring

£2,950
This new exquisite design

by Paul Wright

YORKSHIRE CHRISTMAS SHOW
8 - 11 November 2007
Yorkshire Showground,
Wetherby Road, Harrogate.

Our Christmas Show in Kent last week was "Mission Successful" and it was great to stay with our friends, Shaun & Susan, in Gravesend and to see Mike & Ange who came over especially to visit us at our Christmas Show!

We now head off to the north of the country where we will be mounting the Yorkshire Christmas Show - possibly the largest Christmas Show of the year. We have completed work to a number of new designs including a fabulous multi-gem necklace and earrings suite and several Tanzanite designs one of which is featured above. We count ourselves lucky to personally know the son of one of the official site holders in Tanzania where these rare gems originate (there are in fact only six official mines or sites operating in the country) and so we are able to source some of the best gemstones available on the market!

Our son Dani joined us briefly in Kent. He has managed to further advance his career in computer gaming and was recently offered a position with 'Zoë Mode'. This is the new branded name for Kuju's Brighton studio. Dani needed to visit Brighton to find accommodation as he starts his new job in December. He returned to Newcastle via Gravesend and popped in to see us last Saturday!

Kuju apparently hired a consultant to identify what was unique about their Brighton studio and come up with a new brand. The consultant produced a list including things like the studio's specialization in social and casual games and games for families, and that it was based in Brighton. The resulting match wasn't the usual logo but rather a human character called 'Zoë Mode', and this was personified in the form of a picture of a young 'blonde' sitting on the beach playing her DS.

The decision was also made to have an image of Zoë from a real-life model - as opposed to a virtual babe like 'Lara Croft' or a manga-style character. This was done because the company wanted to emphasise it was real, and the games it made were for real people. This is what she looks like ...

'Crush' is just one of the computer games released by Zoë Mode and curiously enough it is about a character called 'Danny' who suffers from insomnia! Have a look at the video link below to learn more.

The background to "Crush" in this enlightening interview:

... So good luck Zoë Mode and good luck to Dani!