Metalcyberspace blog - Contemporary Jewelry Design

500 Diamonds
Juror: Cindy Edelstein
 
Lark Books seeks images to publish in a juried collection of international studio jewelry titled 500 Diamonds. Each piece must feature a diamond or diamonds. All jewelry forms and others Diverse designs, materials, and techniques are desired, from the traditional to the avant-garde. We accept high-quality transparencies, slides, and digital images.

500 Diamonds, to be released in the fall of 2008, aims to be an inspiring collection for beginning and professional jewelers, as well as collectors and jewelry enthusiasts. Entries must be postmarked by July 16, 2007. No fee is required.

More information at Lark Books.

Lark Books seeks how-to project designers and images to feature in the gallery section of an upcoming publication, The Art of Jewelry: Plastic & Resin, scheduled for release in Fall 2008.

All jewelry forms others laminating, cold connecting, carving, constructing, thermoforming, molding, inlaying, and textile techniques commercial acrylic sheet and block, plastic resin, manufactured plastic forms, post-consumer or other repurposed plastics, and more. Fabricated metal jewelry with plastic and/or resin as a major component are also welcome.

Artists whose work is selected for inclusion in the gallery will receive full acknowledgment within the book, a complimentary copy, and discounts on the purchase of books. Artists retain copyright of their work. Lark accepts high-quality transparencies, slides, and digital images. No entry fee is required. Submissions must be postmarked by August 13, 2007.

More info at Lark Books.

Craft in America: Memory, Landscape, Community- a three part PBS series airing 8-11pm May 30th, 2007

Part I - Memory
This 60 minute documentary, the first in the CRAFT IN AMERICA series, takes a personal tour through craft’s history in America beginning with the pioneers of the field. This episode juxtaposes the intimate stories of some of our country’s most prominent craft artists against the larger historical context of craft itself.

Part II - Landscape
The second episode focuses on the relationship between the artists and their physical environment. Craft artists depend on their natural environment for both materials and inspiration. This hour will look at the processes through which natural materials become finished works of craft, and what deeper messages may be contained therein.

Part III - Community
Throughout time, craft work has been a community activity. This hour will focus on the spiritual connection artists have to their communities through craft making. Some express the ideas, beliefs and desires of their community through their craft objects. Some pay homage to the community by continuing craft traditions that are in danger of being lost. Others actually perform their craft as a community project. The personal stories of gifted artists and passionate newcomers alike reveal the deeply held belief that craft is about more than just the making of an object, it is also about a way of life, a reason for being.

Metal artists featured are:

Vivian Beer, NC
Kit Carson, AZ
Tom Joyce, NM
Ken Loeber, WI
Tom Mann, LA
Denise Wallace, AK
Roberta & Dave Williamson, OH
Jan Yager, PA

Craft in America - Expanding Traditions - an eight city museum touring exhibition opening April 2007

Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas
April 13 through June 24, 2007

Museum of Contemporary Craft, Portland, Oregon
July 22 through September 23, 2007

Mingei International Museum, San Diego, California
October 20, 2007 through January 27, 2008

Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, Texas
February 22 through May 4, 2008

Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
June 8 through September 14, 2008

National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
October 11, 2008 through January 18, 2009

Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, California
February 18 through May 24, 2009

Fuller Craft Museum in Brockton, Massachusetts
June 27, 2009 through September 27, 2009

“Craft in America: Celebrating Two Centuries of Artists and Objects” book arriving October 2007 

Applications for the 2008 NICHE Awards are now available online at www.AmericanCraft.com. Artists can download an application at the newly revamped NICHE Awards web page. Other useful information includes updated rules and guidelines, as well as information about the 2008 NICHE Awards ceremony, special display and finalist notifications.

The NICHE Awards, sponsored by NICHE magazine, celebrate excellence and innovation in American and Canadian craft. Entry deadline for professionals is August 31, 2007; entry deadline for students is September 28, 2007.

Categories include Ceramics, Fiber, Glass, Metal, Wood, Jewelry, Home Furnishings, Goblets, Judaica, Mixed Media, Narrative, Recycled, Teapots and more. New categories include Handmade Beads and Polymer Clay. 

Judging is based on three main criteria:
  technical excellence, both in surface design and form
  market viability
  a distinct quality of unique, original and creative thought

Finalists are invited to display their work in the NICHE Awards exhibit at the February Philadelphia Buyers Market of American Craft, February 15-18, 2008, and will be included in the Winter 2008 issue of NICHE magazine. Winners will be announced at the February 2008 Buyers Market and featured in the Spring 2008 issue of NICHE magazine.

About NICHE Magazine
NICHE magazine, the quarterly trade publication for fine American and Canadian craft retailers, is published by The Rosen Group, a Baltimore-based arts marketing, publishing and advocacy firm. In addition to NICHE, The Rosen Group publishes AmericanStyle magazine, a bimonthly consumer arts and lifestyle magazine for collectors of American art and fine craft, and produces the biannual Philadelphia Buyers Market of American Craft, the nation’s largest wholesale craft tradeshow.

Seeking #2 pencils

Any and all used pencils, including broken, chewed, stubby, or erasers worn to a nub. Harriete needs over 30,000 pencils to assemble a new sculpture about education and test taking.

Clean out your junk drawer of leftover pencils

Rub out memories of erasers too small for mistakes in life

Protest the tyranny of standardized tests

Ask local schools, students or teachers to help. Share or send this email to anyone and everyone else who might like to participate and contribute pencils.

Send pencils to artist:

Harriete Estel Berman
657 42nd Avenue
San Mateo, CA 94403-5059

If you include your name, address and email, she’ll send you a card of the finished piece.

If you would like to write a comment about your experience with standardized tests, send a statement with your pencil contribution.

SMALL PRINT:

The testing industry is calculated to be a $400 million to $700 million industry.

In 2001, the New York Times reported that the U.S .Department of Education set aside $400 million to help states develop and administer the tests that the No Child Left Behind Act mandated for children in grades 3 through 8. Among the likely benefactors of the extra funds were the four companies that dominate the testing market .

Do you know that Educational Testing Service (ETS), best known for its administration of the SAT college-entrance exam, won a three-year, $50 million contract in October 2001 to develop and score California’s high-school exit exam?

If you are a contemporary jewelry designer/metalsmith & have a myspace page & want me to add you as a friend send a message to me. 

SES 

Ruudt Peters
“Sefiroth”
April 12-May 14, 2007 Ornamentum Gallery

Installation at Mass. College of Art, Boston May 19 - 21, 2007
In celebration of the MFA Boston’s opening of “Jewelry by Artists: The Daphne Farago Collection”

Artist Lecture May 20

The Sixth Biennial International Juried Wearable Expressions 2008
featuring the ultimate in wearable art
Entries due November 12, 2007

To promote the fine art aspect of wearable art media in an international forum.
To encourage the creation of innovative art to wear.
To share vision and exploration of techniques and materials.

Exhibition Curator: Gabrielle
Palos Verdes Art Center

Fiber Jurors:
Glenys Mann, Australia
Sunita Patterson, USA
Beatrijs Sterk, Germany

Jewelry Jurors:
Arline Fisch, USA
Charles Lewton-Brain, Canada
Rebecca Brown Thompson, New Zealand

Check out the newly revamped SNAG website. They just launched it.

Entries must be postmarked by May 1, 2007.

Lark Books is accepting entries for 500 Pendants & Lockets. We seek high-quality images of contemporary studio jewelry handmade by artists from around the globe. All suspended ornaments, from the symbolic and purposeful (amulets, talismans, and charms) to the purely decorative will be considered. Diverse materials, techniques, and styles desired.

To be released in the spring of 2008, this book aims to showcase a breathtaking collection that will inspire beginning and professional jewelers alike, as well as delight collectors, scholars, and jewelry enthusiasts.

To be considered for inclusion, please submit high-quality transparencies, slides, or digital images with entry forms. Artists whose work is selected will receive full acknowledgment within the book, a complimentary copy, and discounts on the purchase of additional books. Artists retain copyright of their work. There is no entry fee.

Elizabeth Shypertt & Mike Holmes, Jurors

Guidelines & entry forms now available.