Metalcyberspace blog - Contemporary Jewelry Design

Emerging Voices Exhibit
April 28-May 12, 2007
Opening & Artist Reception: Sat., April 28, 2007 5:30-8:30 PM
Chemers Gallery Tustin CA USA

This juried exhibit is sponsored by the Metal Arts Society of Southern California also known as MASSC. The artists selected for this exhibit are: Mary-Austin Bame, Shirley Chu, Erin Elowe, Xochilt Figueroa, Dha-Mee Hahn, Bettina Karallus, Cheryl Lommatsch, Tara Magboo, Nelly Nye, Amparo Ochoa, Robert Osborn, Laura Prieto-Valesco, Diane Weimer, Julie Williams and Aaron Willoughby.
Chemers Gallery is located at 17300 Seventeenth St., Ste G, Tustin CA USA 92780, ph 714.731.5432

Jewelry Workshops in Texas - The Craft Guild of Dallas
June 1-June 24, 2007  
The Craft Guild of Dallas offers eight specialty workshops — all designed to take your work to a whole new level!  Join Ronda Coryell and Vasken Tanielian for this unprecedented opportunity to learn from “the masters” at The Guild!

Fri-Sun, June 1-3  Chasing & Repousse
Mon-Tues, June 4-5  Cold Connections
Thurs-Fri, June 7-8  Tube Clasp, Brooches, Clips and More
Sat-Mon, June 9-11  Fabrication:  Refine Your Skills 
Wed-Thurs, June 13-14  Cold Connections (repeated)
Fri-Mon, June 15-18  Precision Fabrication  (class on Father’s Day - Sun, June 17)
Tue-Thurs, June 19-21  Fabrication: Hinges & More Hinges
Fri-Sun, June 22-24  Fabrication:  Advanced Techniques
 
Need more information? Check our website or call us
The Craft Guild of Dallas, 14325 Proton Road, Dallas, Texas 75244
972-490-0303
www.craftguildofdallas.com

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

On April 21 & 22, The Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art will transform its gallery spaces to host a trunk show of contemporary art jewelry.

Jewelry artists include Olof Bridgeford, Heidi Abrahamson, Catherine Garrigan, Kim Nikolaev, Hoss Rogers, Don Kauss, James Faks, Beth Church, Jeff Klein, Pat Pruitt, Kenneth Johnson, Margaret Gordon and Beth Church.

“What Lies Beneath” - invitational artist jewelry exhibition curated by Allison Barnett
May 4-June 3, 2007
Patina Gallery - Santa Fe, NM USA

The exhibit will explore the theme of layers, and the translucency of stones and materials. Artists are invited to work with gemstones, veiling or revealing a hidden surprise, or pierced metals casting light on stones or other surfaces. Each artist has provided just one piece designed and hand fashioned exclusively for this exhibit. Allison Barnett, the owner of Patina Gallery, has a BFA in metalsmithing from Syracuse University and has an intimate understanding of the art. Her knowledge of the field and highly discerning aesthetic have been cultivated over time. For over eight years, Barnett has been selecting the jewelry artists who show work with Patina and is, in a way, already an experienced curator. “What Lies Beneath” is Barnett’s first thematically organized exhibition and the first exhibit for which the title curator has been applied. The artists invited to participate are among the most important working in art jewelry today. Their approaches and use of materials vary widely. Petra Class, for example, is known for the softness of her metal work, organic forms and use of raw precious stones. Pat Flynn works with blackened iron. Phil Poirier hand forges the challenging Damascus steel. Jeff and Susan Wise create highly colored, almost toy-like, kinetic pieces in high carat gold. Participants are Petra Class, Andy Cooperman, Sandra Enterline, Pat Flynn, Barbara Heinrich, Harold O’Connor, Tod Pardon, Phil Poirier, Todd Reed, Sam Shaw, Alexandra Watkins, Jeff and Susan Wise, Gill Galloway-Whitehead and Michael Zobel.

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.

Wow! What a storm we just had here. Set me back a bit on time doing flood control. I’m still catching up with emails so keep commenting. Been adding to the links section so check out the additions.

Thanks!
SES

The International Opal Jewellery Design Awards

To promote freeform opal with undulating surfaces and its use in jewellery.
Sponsored by the Opal Jewellery Design Awards Association
Deadline June 1, 2007

Lapidary Journal becomes Jewelry Artist in June 2007