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Hellbound/1

Fanfiction

Part 1

This a tvd+to fanfiction story. Totally AU.

Premise:

The Mikaelsons helped the Mystic Falls Scoobies fight a clan of ancient werewolves called the Hundings. Klaus and Caroline paid the ultimate price, as well as Damon. But as it is the case in the magical world of the Mystic Falls vampires, death is not the end.

There is also a new adventure looming for the Mystic Falls Scoobies and their now friends, the Original vampires, as everything is somehow always connected to them. And so, they are Hellbound…

Main pairings_ Elijah MIkaelson x Elena Gilbert,

Rebekah Mikaelson x Stefan Salvatore

Kol Mikaelson x Bonnie Bennett

Damon Salvatore x Katherine Pierce

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thanks for reading - xoxo

* nate and kat gif is not mine

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As they landed Elena in Nova Scotia, Elena switched her phone on. There was a voicemail mesage from Jeremy. She played it.

"I guess you're on the plane. Hm-Caroline and Klaus were just here, as ghosts. Call me."

The Original siblings looked at one another stunned to hear the message. Elena made the call to Jeremy.

"Hey -we just landed." Elena said as her brother picked up the call.

"Hey... yeah... Caroline and Klaus woke me up."

"It was really them?!"-Rebekah said.

"As their ghostly self, yes." Jeremy replied.

"What did they say and why did they contact us?" Elijah said.

Jeremy now told them what Caroline told him.

"Sigrid Mikaelson?!" Kol uttered."Have you ever heard this name? Do we have more syblings we didn't know about?!"

"Who says we are the only Mikaelsons?!" Rebekah said.

Now Stefan raised a question,"What about your cousins?"

"Father didn't have any brothers or sisters" Rebekah explained.

"What about Grandmothers?" Bonnie then said.

"Not by that name." Elijah said.

"How much do you really know about your family?"-Stefan said looking at the Original vampires.

"You're right." Elijah said "It looks like so much is shrouded in secrets. But why?" "And why did my grandmother have it?" Bonnie said.

"Ok. Talk to you later, Jer. If they come to you again- call us." Elena said to him and gung up.

"Let's get settled and we can start with the research" Elijah suggested.

They all agreed.

Elijah had found a suitable house where they could all stay together.

****

New York, NY

Sophie packed her bag. She looked at the e-mail Bonnie had sent her.

"Grams told me that she doesn't know anything about a map. She has never been to Nova Scotia."

"Does it ever stop with the Mikaelsons?!" the witch muttered to herself looking at the clock. She then put her jacket on and picked up her keys. She glanced once more back at the apartment to make sure she hadn't forgotten something and then picked up her bag and walked out of the apartment.

***** Yarmouth, Nova Scotia

A woman played with a four year old child in her garden.

"Ok...now you throw me the ball back” the woman said smiling at her daughter,"that's really good Rae."

And as she was about to throw the ball back to the girl, she saw a woman come into the garden.

"Hello, Hayley. Is that Rae?! She has really grown?!" the woman said.

Hayley shot a nasty look at the woman and then her grandmother hearing the voice of the visitor came out and took the girl back into the house not to watch the women exchanging insults.

"What do you want Francesca?" Hayley said in a stanoffish manner, " I told you not to come around the house?

"Where then? In the bar, where everyone can here about werewolf and witch business?!" Francesca said.

"I am done with the witches. I told you that."-Hayley said.

"I know that it is not in your nature to just give up your alpha status."-the witch continued.

"You don't know what parents are capable to do to save their own. I just want a peaceful life with my daughter. I don't care about the ancient crap and territory and who owns what. I told you I am done!" Hayley spat and turned to walk towards the house.

"Well, this is about your daughter"-Francesca said.

Hayley turned around and charged at the witch, who had no problem stopping her with her magic.

"I heard it on the witch grapevine that someone is looking to raise an old powerful witch back to life."

"Leave me alone. I am not the leader of the pack. Go and talk to Cat about it." Now Hayley's grandma came out.

"Rae needs you" the old woman said to Hayley.

"Go Francesca and leave us alone." Hayley sifted.

"As you wish. But don't say I warned you" the witch said and left the garden.

Hayley got into the house and saw that the child was watching the TV serenely.

"Why did you call me in? Rae is fine."- Hayley said.

"I just wanted you away from her. We made a deal with the pack and not with the witch. As you told her you are no longer the leader, so I don't know what she wants from you?!" the old woman said.

"We should have gone the night I gave up everything. She will always want something of us." Hayley looked at a photo of her and a man standing next to her hugging her."Jackson would still be alive." *

In Halifax, Elena and the rest of the gang made themselves comfortable in the house they rented.

Bonnie used the spell Sophie taught her to make the place private as they were too many vampires ears around.

Elena had ordered food for them and Rebekah went for a fresh supply off blood for them with Stefan.

Kol played on his computer trying to cross-reference the latest trails Sophie had sent earlier about two witches coven in Nova Scotia that might have some knowledge about the map.

"Anything?" Bonnie asked as she got into the kitchen.

"No. Loads of dead ends. I think it was done on purpose or they have closed ranks for some reason," Kol said,"but here is a name. Dumas. Heloise."

"A witch?" Elena looked at the vampire tilting her head.

"Oh, yes. Not just any." Kol's eyes shone with the discovery.

Elijah now walked in and asked him about the lead.

"I heard them talk about her. She possessed powers apparently like our mother. It was rumored that she was a werewolf too." Kol said.

"A hybrid witch? Is there a picture?" Elena inquired.

Kol showed them the photograph of the woman.

" Right, now we have to figure out what her coven has to do with you, the Mikaelsons?!

" Sophie thinks that these two covens being the oldest had to have some knowledge of the past?!"

Kol now enhanced the photo-" look on the broach on her blouse- the sign-it's like triple crescent moons?!"

Elijah looked at it and so did the others.

"This sign was on the map, too."- he said and got the map out to verify it.

"There it is!"Kol said." Sophie, you badass!"

"Now we only need to find the coven now" Elijah said satisfied with the prompt result.

"Ok, Kol said. Let's go and snoop around town! Anyone for a good night out?!"-he looked at Bonnie, and turned to his sister and Stefan adding, "the lovebirds here will probably snooze in front of a TV and watch a silent film"

“Shut up” Rebekah snapped at her brother.

Elijah rolled his eyes a bit, and turned to the doppelganger. "Elena, how about a drink? It feels a tad bit stuffy in this house?!"

"I'd love a drink." Elena said smiling.

”Right. We will leave you to have your meal.” Elijah said and turned to his brother asking him if he could have a word with him.

Elena and Bonnie sat down to eat.

"I still can't get over that all this is so pretty normal with them." Bonnie said.

"Weirder things have happened. I so would like to know how Caroline and Klaus get on? Is it still honeymoon or did they rip each other's ghostly heads-off?!" Elena said.

**** Plantation house, near New Orleans

Katherine finished her gardening work and went into the kitchen to wash her hands. She took some vegetables out and started dicing them.

"Katherine Pierce in a domestic mode?! I must be in Hell." a voice so very familiar uttered making Katherine turn around slightly shocked pointing the knife at the person instinctively.

"D-Damon?! How...what blasting magic is this?" Katherine said seeing Damon leaning on the back of a chair.

"You can see me?!" Damon then said.

"I can see you. I can hear you?!" the doppelganger uttered still amazed. She approached him wanting to touch him, but it was clear that he was in his ghost form. "You've come to haunt me?!"

"To haunt?! Maybe?! I have been here the whole time. I have seen everything. You all burying me. Them going away. You crying over me. Very touching" "Even as a ghost you have to be an ass."-Katherine replied miffed.

"Hey, come on, even you have to admit that is a bit wacky all this- you, the great Katherine Pierce not that selfish. Showing all your real emotions! But... how come you can see me all of a sudden?! This morning, you couldn't see me when I was lurking?!"

"First, Don't call me Katherine. My name is Katerina. Secondly, there is magic involved. I am not a medium like Jeremy"

"Where is he, btw? And why are you still here? I saw Elijah leaving you plenty of money and the deeds to this property?! Elena must have been really pissed- though I saw you to talking about me. All sweet like two lost sisters?!" "I have to find a witch to make you go away. Maybe those crazy werewolves didn't bite you well enough" Katherine said taking her phone calling Elijah. *

Downtown Halifax, Nova Scotia, Rebekah compelled a man after she had a quick drink turning to Stefan.

"Ok. I just had to have a bit of fresh blood." Rebekah said. " I just can't go on with the pig blood diet of yours!"

"I didn't say anything, did I?" Stefan said.

"No, but you just looked at me the way you look at me?! Ah, ok...what did they want? Have they all figured out?"- Rebekah asked as Stefan read Elena's message.

"Here- " he showed her the triple crescent symbol and the picture of the witch, and her name - Heloise," Rebekah said, "right, witch hunt it is!"

"So, the Miakaelsons started from where exactly?" Stefan asked.

"Great great-grandfather was from Gotland. Then he went to what we now know as Estonia. Father told us that his family always wanted to get richer and trade more. And they did. They said that the winters would be very harsh and it was hard to farm and keep the animals, and they have always wanted to go places. There was one story mother told us once, and that four children died because the village they were living in got trapped by snow. That was probably my great great great grandfather Mikaelson. I don't know. And he was left with one son, who survived. He took his woman and they left for Gotland.Well, it is obvious that my mother and father got to England. There is nothing after the Hunding battle, is there? Something must have happened?!" Rebekah gave an extensive account.

They walked into a bar and asked for drinks.

"So, the plague happened in Estonia?! Who moved to England?!"

"My parents married in Estonia. I know that much. The left because all of their stock died and people were dying of some disease. At least that's what my father told us. When they would talk about family in those days it was in the manner of the sagas. They were tales of worthy men. Epic work of fiction. " Rebekah said.

"Hey, blondie, bring us some more beer over here?! Do your job. You can" a drunken man said to Rebekah mistaking her for the waitress.

Before the man could say anything more, Stefan had him by the throat sifting, "You don't speak to my girlfriend that way or I will tear you head off right here, right now! Apologize!"

The man apologized quickly and Stefan let him go.

Rebekah looked at Stefan with eyes wide open. His sudden outburst was something she didn't expect of him although it flattered her that he official called her his girlfriend.

"That's what you get when you go into a dive!" Rebekah said and now kissed Stefan seeping with passion. She pulled him out of the bar into the back alley.

"This was the hottest thing ever coming from you!" she said and pulled him onto her. He now had a taste of the human blood that he felt in Rebekah's mouth. It made him lose his control and he bit into her neck. Ever since the battle of the Hundings and Damon passing away, Stefan's personality shifted slightly. He had angry ripper outbursts at times, or he would completely shut out and seemed not to care.

Rebekah pulled him off of her.

"Stefan?!"

He looked at her horrified at his actions.He wanted to run off, but she caught him reading his inentions in his eyes and he slumped on the floor screaming.

"I don't want this. What is wrong with me?!"

"Shshsh" Rebekah embraced the vampire. "I won't drink from humans anymore...sorry... you will be all right. We will sort this out. I promise! I love you"

Somewhere not far from Rebekah and Stefan were stuck in an alley, Kol, Elijah, Elena and Bonnie walked into a bar.

"Let's see what Taboo has to offer us" Kol said. “70s night! There you go. Great music.”

"What are you ladies drinking?" Elijah asked Elena and Bonnie.

"Beer" Bonnie said and Elena nodded in agreement.

Elijah went to the bar to get the drinks. "We forget research tonight.” Bonnie said.

"I can smell werewolf scent" Elena then remarked. Bonnie looked surprised at her.

"Trust me, being able to smell things like a vampire is pretty gross. If werewolves are here, vampires are not. " Elena said.

"Would they lead us to the covens?!" Bonnie said.

"Sophie said these witches are connected with werewolves?! " Elena said. "Like I need to see a werewolf so soon."

Elijah returned with the drinks. He brought some shots with the beers. Kol joined them.

"My brother learns fast." Kol said taking a shot.

"Come on, let's dance!" he took Bonnie by the hand. She protested a little but got carried away with the music.

"He is totally - easy tonight." Elena said looking at Kol, who seemed a fun loving-self.

And when he was in good mood, the Original shone like no one else. As the karaoke stage was freed, he had Bonnie do a duet with him.

“They say that you are an amazing singer.”

“And what if I was?” Bonnie cocked an eyebrow at the vampire.

“I am not bad myself.”

The witch rolled her eyes. “You so love yourself.”

“Darling, there is nothing bad in excercising self-love. Ok - how about this one - Elton John and Kiki Dee - ‘Don’t go breaking My Heart.”

“You know Elton John’s music?” Bonnie was surprised to say the least.

“I am in with the times. Though 70s was forty-odd years ago. I’m not like Elijah. I like pop culture. Right. Ready?” Kol took the mic.

Don't go breaking my heart I couldn't if I tried Honey, if I get restless Baby, you're not that kind

Don't go breaking my heart You take the weight off me Oh, honey, when you knock on my door Ooh, I gave you my key

Ooh-hoo, nobody knows it When I was down I was your clown Ooh-hoo, nobody knows it, nobody knows Right from the start I gave you my heart Oh oh, I gave you my heart

Everyone present was impressed as both of them showed they had a great talent, plus they made it even more fun, playing off as if they were a couple.

“I can’t believe how good they are” Elena said.”Wow, he is a totally - yeah.” Elena said and took a swag of the beer herself, and swayed a bit to the beat, looking at Elijah.

"He agreed to use a herb to keep his attacks of rage under control." Elijah said. "We had a long talk about - a lot of things. One is his behaviour. He wishes he could earse some of the things he had done.

" I wish I could erase and rewind, too -at least some things." Elena said.

"Wouldn't we all?!" Elijah said pensively taking a swag of the beer.

“No negativity tonight.” Elena suddnely got up. “I’m going to dance. You?”

Elijah swayed his had as in no. Shrugging with her shoulders, the doppelganger acknowledged that this was not his thing and now went to the crowd that danced to Kennetts second song.

Continuing with his beer, Elijah’s eyes were fixed on Elena. Whenever he was around her he felt an unusual tingling happiness cross his heart. For years his feelings were so neutral nearly all the time. Love was something he had stopped believing in. Up to the day, he came to Mystic Falls again and met her. The third doppelganger. And those months around her, getting to know her brought the feelings he had thought were safely guarded out. He started to feel love, joy and happiness so strongly it made him tingle right down to his bones.

Elena, who was in full dancing mode, now turned to Elijah inviting him to come join her.

“Come on” Elena said with a broad smile. “I know it’s not the cotillion - actually it is much easier.”

“I don’t know -” Elijah said standing up.

Seeing his brother with Elena in a semi -tug, Kol, who had noticed Elijah tiptoing around the doppelganger, chose a softer song, compelling the person, who wanted to get them off the stage to go away and just have delirious fun and let them be.

“What’s up with you?” Bonnie said galring at the Original.

“Look - Elena is trying to get Elijah to dance - and knowing my brother - he needs something more slower and softer - this one is for them.”

“What are you talking about?” Bonnie said.

“Elijah and Elena need a push - you missed so much being away in the underworld - help me here.”

“This one.” Bonnie said as she saw the Bee Gees’ How Deep Is Your Love.

“Perfect” Kol said and got the song going.

As they started singing, Bonnie turned her head to the dancing area. Her friend and the Original were now slowly swaying to the song. She of course knew the song so well, as her gramps used to play it often. Strangely, after a very long time they were having fun.

Rebekah and Stefan, who finally appeared in the bar, were not surprised to see Kol being the master of ceremonies.

“There is Elena with Elijah - finally” Rebekah said as her eyes caught her eldest brother dancing with the doppelganger.

“Wanna dance, too?” Stefan said to his girlfriend.

“Yeah,” Rebekah said,”crazy dancing fun is what we need and lots of it cuz something tells me there isn’t going to be much fun soon.”

***

In the spirit world, Caroline stood next to the window in the room resembling very the Lockwood Mansion. Her mind wondered to a moment a few weeks back.

Flashback

Tyler stood next to Caroline.The light around them shone like it was the brightest sunny day they had ever seen. Three women came to them. They were the norn elders.

"You are granted the wish your hearts desired. We are eternelly greatful for your sacrifice." and as they said it the women disappeared.

As Caroline turned around she found herself in a room so very familiar to her.

"This can't be?! Am I dead - really dead?" the blonde uttered and she found herself in her room. She walked down the stairs to the living room. Her eyes couldn't believe who she saw was standing in it.

"Caroline?!" Klaus uttered in amazment seeing the blonde standing in the room.

Without a word, Caroline went into his arms, squeezing him tightly.

"They let you go!" she exclaimed happily. Then looked at the hybrid.

"My darling" Klaus said smiling a bit and then kissed her.

Soon it became all too clear to Caroline that she had passed away into the spirit world. The reward for fighting bravely against the Hundings was that she could spend eternity with Klaus, lessening his sentence by alowing him to be with her. His blood ultimatively helped make Elena the one who could whitstand the Hunding king.

“Hey, love” Klaus touched the blonde’s shoulder lightly, “are you all right?”

“I am” Caroline said turning to face the hybrid. “It is still kind of weird that we are here - wherever this is. It definitely isn’t the other side - or?”

“It’s not.”Lexi said entering from the side room. “Ok, you guys, I’ve got something.” The former vampire now also a ghost passed a scroll to Klaus. "He used all of us to channel the dark magic helping the witches from underworld awake. And here is something I found he left behind. Do you understand what it says?”

Fylliz fiǫrvifeigra manna,rýðr ragna siǫtrauðom dreyra.Svǫrt verða sólskinof sumor eptir,veðr ǫll vályndVitoð ér enn, eða hvat?

Klaus read it and translated immediately,"It sates itself on the life-blood of fated men, paints red the powers' homes with crimson gore. Black become the sun's beams in the summers that follow,weathers all treacherous. Do you still seek to know? And what?"

"What does it mean?" Caroline wanted to know.

"That's from Ragnarok" Klaus said pensively.

"Right, can you be more specific?!" Caroline looked at him anxiously.

"All Hell will break loose." Klaus said simply.

***

In Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Hayley returned home from her friends with her daughter Rae. She called for her grandmother walking in the kitchen. The old woman was lying on the floor covered in blood. "Gramps" Hayley tried desperately to wake the woman up. “Please, wake up. Gramps, please.” Taking the woman’s hands the werewolf noticed strange markings made on her palm. It was the triple crescent moon symbol.

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kathrynkfuller9 · 6 years ago

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The highlights from the three day Show included the opening of the Spotlight on Birmingham by The Lord Mayor of Birmingham, Councillor Yvonne Mosquito, top designers Q&A as part of Goldsmiths Uniquely UK showcase including Theo Fennell, Stephen Webster and Ute Decker, the first IJL Blog Awards and the ever popular Retail Experience Awards and Gem Empathy award during the Show.

Fotoulla Michael, Head of Sales at IJL said:

“Overall, we have had a pleasing response from exhibitors and visitors to IJL 2018. It felt lively and bustling, with an apparent appetite to buy and it was wonderful to welcome a host of well-known jewellery designers including Theo Fennell, Stephen Webster, Ute Decker, Bobby White, Kiki McDonagh and Dinny Hall to name but a few. Top UK and International manufacturers were very much in evidence and we greatly enjoyed shining a spotlight on the fantastic past, present and future of the Jewellery Quarter in Birmingham. We look forward to building on the show’s successes, and to creating another must-attend IJL 2019 that continues to develop to meet our exhibitor and visitors’ needs.”

International Jewellery London – Sunday 2 September, Day 1 highlights

The Lord Mayor of Birmingham, Councillor Yvonne Mosquito, opened the Spotlight on Birmingham at IJL, in association with Birmingham School of Jewellery. She announced that IJL will be launching a £1500 bursary with Birmingham School of Jewellery for three years, for one student per year, called “IJL Birmingham School of Jewellery Graduate Next Steps”

Euromonitor International, a market research provider, has revealed that India is set to overtake the US as the second biggest fine jewellery market in the world by the end of 2018. They announced that the Indian fine jewellery market will be worth USD $62.8bn, $4billion more than US retailspend which will reach $58.6bn, by the end of The UK market for fine jewellery is 8th biggest international market with a retail value of USD $4.46bn at the end of 2017 and predicted to rise to £4.6bn by the end of the year.

The winners of International Jewellery (IJL)’s first ever Blog Awards were announced. Jewellery specialist Katerina Perez was crowned UK Social Influencer of the Year and Danielle Miele of Gem Gossip (USA) won Social Influencer Based Outside of the UK.

Rosie Fortescue, jewellery designer and former Made in Chelsea cast member, attended IJL today.

Cara Jewellers – Dubai welcomed the newly-crowned Miss Universe Great Britain – Dee-Ann Kentish-Rogers to IJL. Dee-Ann spoke about her humanitarian visits to South Africa and India helping email causes through the A-Sisterhood charity before modelling the latest jewellery collection of Cara Jewellers at the Catwalk Theatre.

Karolina Zlotkovska, Beauty and Fashion Analyst, spoke about the trends that are impacting the jewellery market around the world, discussing Western Europe and the UK where foreign spend on luxury jewellery has become equally important as domestic for driving sales.

Warren Knight, a digital marketing expert, demystified how online customers “think” and why every business owner, entrepreneur and sales & marketing managers in the jewellery industry must start to integrate their sales and marketing strategy into their digital marketing plan as digital leaders.

The William Agency founder and director, Sarah Jordan, shared her insights on digital marketing on social media and the power content has to shape jewellery companies into powerful and authentic presences in a crowded marketplace.

The Brightest Bulb Team created an IJL themed professional video from scratch on a smart phone in front of an audience in under 30 minutes to demonstrate how easy it can be to create professional looking content and how powerful employee generated video is for businesses today.

Harriet Kelsall of ‘Harriet Kessall Bespoke Jewellery’ spoke about her journey from creating jewellery at her kitchen table in 1998 to growing her company that is now internationally celebrated, with many national awards to its name for design, business, ethics and retail. She shared tips that she has learnt from her own journey!

International Jewellery London 2018: Day 2 Highlights, Monday 3 September

Day two of International Jewellery London (IJL) saw a celebration of some of the best British designers at the Uniquely UK showcase, the winners of the Editors’ Choice Awards and the Retail Experience Award announced and more.

Highlights included:

Some of the best British designers were on display at the inaugural Uniquely UK showcase. 13 leading British designers brought inspiring examples of their signature work after an expert team at Goldsmiths’ Craft & Design Council carefully selected the thirteen designers as part of the campaign to highlight the amazing skills of UK silversmiths, goldsmiths, jewellery designers and industry professionals. The designers showcased were: Ute Decker, Tomasz Donocik, David Fowkes, Theo Fennell, Gill Galloway-Whitehead, Sarah Herriot, Ornella Iannuzzi, Andrew Lamb, Shaun Leane, Tom Rucker, Leo de Vroomen, Stephen Webster and Bobby White.

The NAJ announced the winner of its Retail Experience Award, in partnership with International Jewellery London, as Bond Jewellery & Diamonds. The Birmingham based retailer was one of four stores that were judged on their ability to create a memorable in-store experience.

The winners of the Editors’ Choice Awards were announced today. Kickstarter Jewellery designer Aishleen Lester from LeSter won the Editors’ Choice Award for Designer to Watch 2018, Daisy Grice of Daisy Grice Jewellery won Innovator 2018, and the Overall Excellence 2018 was won by Johannes Weege of ManuSchmuck.

Birmingham-based Chinese designer Fei Liu, and other experts within the Chinese jewellery market, shared their knowledge with exhibitors and discussed how to successfully crack and build successful jewellery brands in the ever-expanding Chinese market. Topics discussed included; demystifying the tax in China on jewellery, the importance for brands and jewellers to harness both online and offline sales, and different ‘revolutions’ in the Chinese jewellery market.

Cooksongold provided an introduction to the 3D technology that they have been developing in the Jewellery Quarter in Birmingham. The production of innovative jewellery directly from precious metal powders has recently burst onto the manufacturing scene and the team from Cooksongold discussed how the jewellery industry can now adopt the process as part of their supply chain.

In a thought-provoking and popular seminar, Warren Knight, a Digital Marketing Expert, shared how every business, entrepreneur, sales and marketing manager in the jewellery industry can use technology to help their business grow.

The British Society of Enamelers (BSOE) launched their 35th anniversary with a drinks reception in the Champagne Bar.

Jewellery trends analyst Paola De Luca, The Futurist, presented her detailed forecasts of six key jewellery trend themes for Spring/Summer 2019 at The Catwalk Theatre. Her vision includes designs rooted in urban lifestyles, the renaissance of pearls, dark romantic influences, and a blending of Art Deco and 1960s Op Art themes.

Asha Pitt, Director of Living Content, gave a 45-minute interactive session, providing practical tools to help jewellery retailers to start or improve their Insta-journey to increase sales online.

Ma’s House, created by freelance fashion and textile graduate Faye Clarke, unveiled its new unique smart labelling system for the blind and visually impaired. This consists of computer chips within clothing labels which, using the app on a mobile phone, give a verbal description of the garments appearance, size and washing instructions. The second part of the labelling system is a quick colour indication label using braille for ease of dressing.

IJL: Day 3 highlights, Tuesday 4 September

International Jewellery London (IJL) concluded with a fantastic day of award celebrations and fruitful discussions about human rights, mental health and sustainability within the jewellery business. Some of the highlights included:

Ariel Tivon of Tivon Jewellery won The Gem Empathy Award, hosted by Gem-A. The competition gave exhibitors the chance to win a beautiful gemstone by world renowned cutter, John Dyer.

Last night, the second annual Professional Jeweller Awards took place to honour the achievements of companies and individuals operating in the UK jewellery industry. The full list of winners can be seen further below.

Human Rights Watch highlighted the human rights issues in the jewellery manufacturing sector, which they covered in their report The Hidden Cost of Jewellery.

Lianne Piroddi, Assistant Editor for Fashion at Stylus spoke to Editor of Retail Jeweller Ruth Faulkner about the biggest market shifts and cultural development impacting the jewellery industry. Sustainability being a key focus, their discussion delved into how the jewellery industry can adapt and reinvent itself, both in order to reduce its carbon footprint, and to cope with the rising depletion of precious material reserves.

In a world where we being encouraged to take greater care of our own well-being and mental health, creativity for all has had a resurgence. Jordanne Cliffe of Fine Cell Work, and Andy Howell from the Birmingham School of Jewellery explored how jewellery and needlework can have a positive impact on your mental health, and how the art has been used in prison environments to aid rehabilitation, to instil a sense of self-discipline, and to encourage independence.

Victoria Gronwald, of Levin Sources, highlighted the extreme work conditions and human risks of artisanal mining and discussed progress and challenges on the journey towards integrating this important sector into global regulated supply chains.

Sarah Greenway, from Mosami, explored impact innovation in the manufacturing sector. Sarah shared case studies from Her Future Coalition and other social enterprises that are changing lives, showing how positive impact can be made by reimagining the supply chain.

Simon Forrester from The NAJ, together with Ben Mactaggart from their website partner Senior Internet explored what’s new in the online world, and how you can make simple improvements to your website in 2019, getting the most out of your customers online.

2018 is the centenary celebration of women’s suffrage in the UK, and today the jewellery industry celebrated this anniversary in a discussion chaired by Kathryn Bishop of Women’s Jewellery Network. They discussed jewellery as a powerful tool for women in terms of messaging, how jewellery companies have supported women’s movements, and the rise of self-purchasing females.

Kathryn Bishop later spoke about how new technology constantly gives us the opportunity to gain a greater understanding of our audience and the marketplace. She looked at how we can harness this tool to stay on top of emerging trends and make the most of consumer demand.

Full winners list from last night’s Professional Jeweller Awards:

Independent Fashion Jewellery Retailer of the Year: David Mellor Jewellers

Independent Fine Jewellery Retailer of the Year: Jeremy France Jewellers

Multiple Fashion Jewellery Retailer of the Year: F. Hinds

Multiple Luxury Jewellery Retailer of the Year: Beaverbrooks

Branded Jewellery Boutique of the Year: Thomas Sabo

Designer-Maker Jewellery Boutique of the Year: Alex Monroe

Omnichannel Jewellery Retailer of the Year: Diamond Heaven

Most Innovative Customer Events of the Year: Wongs Jeweller

Best New Store or Store Refurbishment of the Year: Fitzgerald Jewellers

Fine Jewellery Brand of the Year: Gemex

Fashion Jewellery Brand of the Year: Swarovski

Emerging Jewellery Brand of the Year: Astra

Jewellery Industry Supplier of the Year: Curteis

Precious Metals and Stones Supplier of the Year: Madestones

Jewellery Designer of the Year: Satta Matturi

Young Jewellery Designer of the Year: Natalie Ball of Natalie Perry Jewellery

ENDS –

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Présent en fin d’année dernière à l’exposition de Namur, j’ai découvert le stand de Nicolas Le Boulanger que je ne connaissais pas. Ses images m’ont tout de suite parlé par leurs graphismes, leurs sensibilités et leurs originalités.

Nicolas jette un regard sur la Nature bien particulier et personnel, qui ne peut laisser indifférent comme le photographe lui-même simple et fervent amoureux de la Nature, que je souhaitais vous faire découvrir si besoin il en est.

– Nicolas, en quelques lignes pourrais-tu te présenter ?

Je suis Nicolas Le Boulanger, quarantaine révolue, originaire de la région parisienne (vallée de Chevreuse). Après un séjour de 2 années et demi en Bretagne, nous sommes venus nous installer en famille en Lorraine depuis 2 mois. Je suis photographe pro depuis 3 ans.

– Depuis combien de temps pratiques-tu la photographie et comment est venue cette passion pour la photographie et plus particulièrement celle concernant la Nature?

J’ai “tatouillé” un reflex argentique durant mon adolescence déjà pour faire quelques photos animalières. Je me suis mis plus sérieusement au numérique il y a 8 ans avec l’achat d’un boitier et d’un bon téléobjectif.

Matériel et technique

– Pour couvrir cette diversité de sujets , quel boitier et quelles optiques utilises-tu ?

Je suis depuis toujours fidèle à Canon et j’apprécie surtout l’ergonomie de leurs boitiers En ce moment j’alterne ente un 6D mark 1, et un Canon 80d plus nerveux au niveau de l’autofocus. En optique un bon vieux sigma 120-300 f2,8 qui encaisse bien les rudes épreuves atmosphériques que je lui fais subir, sinon chez Tamron j’utilise le 90mm f2,8, et un 24-70f2,8. Puis un super grand angle 10-18 de chez Canon. Et enfin un multiplicateur 1,4 sigma quand les sujets photographiés sont trop petits et lointains.

– Comment définirais-tu ton approche photographique ?

Un grand rêveur… Je vis dans mon monde pour ne pas dire dans ma bulle, j’ai mes visions mes idées, et c’est dans les milieux naturels que toutes mes pensées s’expriment le mieux. Plus les années passent et plus je préfère suggérer plutôt que de simplement montrer. Entretenir le mystère permet ainsi aux autres de découvrir leurs sensibilités intérieures.

– Comment choisis-tu tes lieux et tes sujets à photographier ?

Je fais beaucoup de repérages pour trouver des lieux qui me parlent et qui me semblent photogéniques. Il est indispensable que ces lieux profitent d’une bonne lumière, donc j’étudie finement leurs éclairages au coucher ou au lever du soleil. Quand tu rajoutes à cela la nécessité que ces lieux soient à bon vent, et surtout qu’ils soient fréquentés par des animaux, tu comprendras que ma production photographique se fait aux compte gouttes et que j’essuie souvent de cuisants échecs.

– Si tu avais une image à choisir de ta photothèque, quelle serait-elle ?

Je pourrais te parler de la photo du cerf dans le givre, car c’est la photo qui m’a donné le plus de retours positifs mais pour moi ce n’est pas la plus aboutie car elle relève plus du heureux hasard (givre et cerf bien placé, des situations rares à Rambouillet). Je préfère cette photo du cerf qui apparaît dans une trouée de lumière car j’avais imaginé cette photo bien avant qu’elle ne prenne vie. Il m’a fallu beaucoup de temps pour trouver l’endroit, et beaucoup de patience et de sorties infructueuses pour qu’un cerf passe au moment du lever du soleil précisément ou je l’attendais.

– Pourquoi celle-ci plus qu’une autre ?

Car c’est une photo que j’avais imaginée depuis longtemps.

– Peux-tu nous raconter son histoire ?

Cette photo a été prise avant la période du rut au moment ou les cerfs commencent à se rapprocher des places de brame. Quelques jours avant cette photo, j’avais entendu le frottement de bois d’un cerf sur un arbre, mais je ne l’avais pas vu. Je connaissais cette trouée lumineuse, pour y avoir déjà tenté des images, mais sans succès, donc j’ai affuté pendant 2 ou 3 jours à cet endroit en espérant que le coiffé y passe au moment opportun, et c’est ce qui est arrivé.

– As-tu un regret ? Une photo que tu n’as pas pu réaliser ?

Oups, beaucoup de regrets oui. Surtout au niveau de photos ratées car la photo animalière est exigeante au niveau technique. Un mauvais réglage ne pardonne pas, car les rencontres avec les animaux sont souvent brèves et sportives. Dernièrement j’ai beaucoup tenté de photos ou un animal est entouré de flares, mais sans succès pour l’instant. Soit j’ai eu le sujet, ou le flare mais jamais les 2 combinés.

– Peux-tu nous dire qu’elle image aimerais-tu faire ?

Comme je travaille en ce moment beaucoup sur les vitesses lentes, les photos d’animaux en mouvement vont être mes prochains sujets d’étude.

– Quels sont les photographes qui t’inspirent, dont tu suis assidument le travail et avec qui tu aimerais collaborer? Je ne vais pas être original en nommant Vincent Munier, mais ce photographe me captive (et je ne suis pas le seul) car sa façon de capter les belles lumières est exceptionnelle et j’adore ses contre jours. Dans les plus jeunes, j’apprécie beaucoup Sandra Bartocha pour son Art avant-gardiste, Jonathan Lhoir et ses images très graphiques. J’adore aussi la photographie de rue en noir et blanc comme celle de Henri Cartier-Bresson qui s’apparente beaucoup à la photo animalière : savoir figer rapidement le bon moment.

Sinon des portraitistes comme Lee Jeffries, Kirsty Mitchell, ou Katerina Plotnikova. J’ai toujours aimé la culture gothique mariant le thrash, le baroque et l’onirique.

Activités

– Très attaché à la protection et au respect de la Nature dans son ensemble, peux tu nous en dire plus sur ta position de défenseur d’une Nature “libre”, quelles sont tes réflexions et actions dans ce domaine.

J’ai beaucoup de mal quand j’entends que c’est à l’homme seul de gérer la Nature. Vu l’échec cuisant de cette gestion depuis des décennies il serait temps de se rendre enfin compte, qu’en fait, on ne gère rien mais on détruit… inexorablement. La seule gestion que l’homme sait faire, c’est une gestion économique c’est à dire, maitriser les éléments naturels afin que cela ne contraigne pas ses rendements productifs de plus en plus expansifs. J’observe, je vis dans la nature depuis plus de 30 ans, et je vois à quelle rapidité des espèces disparaissent. Je suis sûr et l’histoire de la Terre le prouve que si l’homme ne se mêlait de rien, les animaux comme la flore sauvage se porteraient beaucoup mieux, mais pour cela il faudrait accepter le retour d’une vraie biodiversité : retour de prédations naturelles et sauvegarde de vrais zones de biodiversité ou l’humain n’y mettrait plus les pieds. On peut me prendre pour un utopique, mais si la gestion actuelle fonctionnait, je m’inclinerais et je dirais que l’homme sait faire, mais vraiment là, ce n’est pas le cas.

Mon action personnelle dans le domaine de la protection, est mon véganisme. J’ai rompu avec l’exploitation animale depuis de nombreuses années.

– En quoi la photographie peut, à ton sens, servir à cette protection ?

Sensibiliser surement. Déjà faire voir qu’il y a un monde sauvage qui vit aux portes de nos villes ou même dans nos villes, c’est déjà un grand pas, tellement beaucoup de gens l’ignorent. Après montrer comme la nature peut être belle, sensible, mais cruelle aussi, c’est redonner une vie à des animaux ou végétaux que l’homme maltraite bien trop souvent. Et puis plus largement, la photo est un Art, alors cultiver, c’est permettre aux hommes de ressentir encore des émotions et de les partager avant qu’ils ne soient complètement lobotomisés par la technologie .

– En 2017 tu as proposé un stage d’apprentissage de photo Nature. Comptes tu renouveler cette prestation cette année ? A qui s’adresse t’elle et comment s’y inscrire ?

Oui je vais de nouveau proposer ce genre de formation. J’ai renouvelé cette expérience avec l’encadrement d’un office de tourisme, et donner quelques conseils à des photographes qui veulent apprendre m’a plu. C’est très enrichissant personnellement et l’émulation artistique qui en ressort m’est aussi bénéfique. Je compte refaire ce genre de sorties cette fois ci dans les massifs de la forêt vosgienne ou je suis maintenant installé. Il faudra surveiller mon site pour connaître les futures dates.

– Tu es un passionné d’art, en dehors de tes photographies, crées tu d’autres œuvres ? (En dessin, en peinture ou encore en sculpture,…) Pourrais-tu nous en dévoiler dans ce cas quelques unes ? Ou sinon quels artistes dans les autres arts influencent ta vision photographique ?

J’ai eu la chance de grandir non loin des grands musées parisiens. Donc dès mon plus jeune âge, j’ai pu m’abreuver de peintures et de sculptures qui me donnaient la chair de poules. Coup de cœur particulier au musée d’Orsay et ses œuvres plus contemporaines et des mouvements artistiques flirtant avec l’abstrait qui me touchent vraiment.

J’ai passé pas mal de temps dans les allées de ces musées à griffonner au fusain des reproductions de sculptures. J’ai toujours aimé le dessin, mais cela me demande tellement de temps et d’énergie avant d’accoucher de quelque chose qui me convienne que j’ai rapidement pris plus de plaisir dans l’instantanéité de la photo.

Tellement d’artistes me touchent, en vrac : Le Caravage et ses Clair-obscur, Rodin en sculpture, Monet, Renoir, Degas et toute cette vague impressionniste, Chagall et surtout Charles Le Brun qui a inondé mes rêves quand je levais la tête dans les allées du château de Versailles.

– Quels sont tes futurs projets (livre, exposition ,voyages, reportages, …)

Prochaine expo au Crotoy dans le cadre du festival de l’oiseau fin avril, ensuite exposition à Paimpont pendant le mois de Septembre-octobre 2018. Puis oui j’aimerais bien petit à petit m’approcher de la sortie d’un livre.

Sinon, sortir et encore sortir en Nature pour jouer de mon instrument photographique.

– Aurais-tu un conseil à donner à une personne qui souhaite devenir photographe animalier ?

Sans aucun doute le premier conseil est vraiment de respecter les animaux. Je suis persuadé que l’animal ressent beaucoup plus de choses que nous ne pouvons l’imaginer, et déjà si l’on arrive dans la Nature avec de mauvaises attentions ou de façons maladroites, nos échanges avec l’animal ou même la flore ne seront jamais bons. Il faut apprendre à rester humble, et non dominateur pour une fois.

Ensuite bien sûr maîtriser parfaitement les réglages de son appareil photo. Je compare un peu mon reflex avec une manette de jeu, il faut être capable de retrouver toutes les molettes et boutons de réglage très rapidement, et sans quitter son œil de l’objectif. La photo animalière appelle à la flânerie, mais quand une action se passe, il faut agir vite et efficacement.

– Le mot de la fin, ou quelque chose à ajouter sur un sujet de ton choix ?

J’ai longtemps été musicien, et je trouve beaucoup de similitude dans la création photographique et musicale. Le reflex est comme un instrument de musique, il est juste un outil qui sert à composer. Une fois l’instrument maitrisé, Il faut trouver les bonnes harmonies de couleurs de lumières, ou de contrastes qui sauront faire vibrer.

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Private Spurts for Corgis and Other Secrets of Putins Inner Circle

Vladimir Putin is learning that embarrassing reveals are a two-way street.

QuickTake Cybersecurity

Infighting among Putins inner circle has led to a series of disclosures over the past few months that have shined a stern light on the private distributes of the Kremlin court — much as Hillary Clinton has stood the airing of thousands of e-mails as a result of what the U.S. announces Russian hacking of her campaign.

As the Kremlin gears up for Putins last re-election entreat in 18 months, anti-graft crusader Alexei Navalny has emerged as the conduit of pick for competitive factions to scoop grime on each other as they jostle to maintain its fiefdoms. While Putin has largely abode above the combat, anonymous tips-off and research by Navalnys staff of 30 have led to a fibre of revealings about the folly of some of the Russian governors closest allies, including a brand-new indulgence home for his premiere, military contracts for his personal cook and private-jet wandering for the substantiate bird-dogs of a top official.

Navalnys commentators say hes just a pawn in a bigger activity, but the 40 -year-old lawyer responds it doesnt matter where holes come from as long as they expose officialdom — and the more strife sown along the way, the better.

Theyre starting to devour one another, Navalny spoke at his foundations office in Moscow, which is paid for through public donations.

Bashneft Billions

The latest bout of infighting started in the summer over the largest resource sales of the year — a verifying stake in Bashneft, a crude creator with more than $10 billion in annual auctions. Igor Sechin, who runs commonwealth petroleum champion Rosneft and has worked with Putin since the 1990 s, fastened the acquisition this month, but simply after a bitter squabble with premier Dmitry Medvedev and firstly deputy prime minister Igor Shuvalov, both of whom wanted Rosneft excluded from the sale.

As the debate intensified in July, Navalny published investigations on his website divulge that Shuvalov had acquired 10 adjoining suites in a coveted Moscow skyscraper and expended millions to shuttle his bird-dogs around Europe in a private airplane. Shuvalovs wife said the corgis — Queen Elizabeth IIs favorite breed – participate in evidences abroad to defend Russias honor.

Those revealings were followed by newspaper reports detailing the use of a luxury boat by Sechins wife and the Rosneft chiefs building of an estimated $60 million villa in an exclusive country near Moscow.

Sechin triumphed an invasion-of-privacy suit over the property tale, but by then Navalny to demonstrate that Medvedev was building a indulgence dwelling of his own with funds from a billionaire sidekick donation. The premieres spokesman, Natalya Timakova, said the possession in question is owned by the state.

Even when the scoops arent his own, Navalny suffices as an amplifier by tweeting about them to his 1.68 million Twitter followers.

This is what Navalny does — he collects scrap, spoke Mikhail Leontyev, a spokesman for Rosneft and Sechin. Putins spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, said the Kremlin has no opinion about Navalny, while a spokesperson for Shuvalov, the first deputy prime minister, declined to comment.

State of Conflict

For Gleb Pavlovsky, an adviser to Putin during his first decade in dominance, all of this muckraking just shows that the states campaign against bribery is little more than a diversion from the main event — the fight for survival among competitive radicals, one in which Navalny is considered useful.

Everyone in this arena is in a state of conflict, Pavlovsky said.

Since 2011, when Navalny tried to parlay his notoriety as a litigious stockholder in state-run whales like Gazprom and Transneft into a working careers, hes been detained innumerable eras, held for a year under house arrest and been convicted of scam twice. He responds service charges were trumped up to forbid him from loping for part, like he did 2013, when he virtually forced a run-off in the Moscow mayors hasten against Putins handpicked incumbent.

Navalny replied suspended sentences saved him from penitentiary, but his brother, who was also convicted of fraud, is acting two-years like a hostage.

There are rationales to assume that such[ Russian-Wikileaks] cooperation is likely

Though hailed by devotees at home as a Russian Julian Assange, the Wikileaks founder whos bedeviling Clintons campaign, Navalny said that he has no ties to the anti-secrecy group and that his funds occupation contradicts in a fundamental style — it relies on open informants and citizen investigates , not on hacked data.

He also rejects domestic critics who accuse him of working on behalf of U.S. pastimes, as Transneft CEO Nikolay Tokarev did in 2011, after Navalny ended a fellowship at Yale University and then facilitated tempt tens of thousands onto Moscows streets for the biggest anti-Putin complains ever.

Conspiracy Rethink

As for the U.S. claims of Russian conspiracy with Wikileaks, which the Kremlin disavows, the activist said they may be right.

Alexei Navalny attends a marching tagging the one-year anniversary of the assassination of opposition leader Boris Nemtsov in Moscow, on Feb. 27, 2016.

Photographer: Mikhail Svetlov/ Getty Images

A few months ago, such an accusation seemed like an altogether unfounded plot, Navalny articulated. But now, rendered how apparently synchronized Wikileaks is with the incorrect propaganda of Russian media like RT and Sputnik, there are reasons to assume that such cooperation is likely.

Vice President Joe Biden enunciated Oct. 15 the Obama administration will respond to Russian hacking at the time of our opt, and under the circumstances that will have the greatest influence.

Such a threat parent the possibility that the U.S. might have secret details of fiscal covers by Putins inner circle that could be more politically marring than anything Navalny has uncovered, according to Vladimir Rimsky, a fraud expert at the Indem research group in Moscow.

It could be a disaster if the U.S. gets a regard of something like that, he spoke.

Putins Daughter

For now, Navalny said hes happy to continue has become a thorn in Putins side.

Last week, he published a report on a taboo topic for Russian media — the presidents lineage, specific the flow of thousands of dollars from state fellowships into a foundation run by Putins youngest daughter, Katerina Tikhonova. Reports like that may not show evil, but theyre embarrassing for a privileged class thats used to operating in the darkness, according to Rimsky.

Rule No. 1 isnt to come clean, its to avoid getting caught, he alleged. Everyone would like Navalny to shut up.