Metalcyberspace – Contemporary Jewellery Design + Modern Studio Jewelry

Updates from November, 2007

• Henry Dunay: A Precious Life

  metalcyberspace 8:52 pm on November 27, 2007 | 0 Permalink
  

   

  Henry Dunay: A Precious Life written by Penny Proddow and Marion Fasel

  A biography about Henry Dunay and his designs.

  Creator of the “Jeweled Art Collection” a series of exquisite bejeweled quartz eggs which debuted at the Kuntsmuseum in Basel, Switzerland in April 1988. Dunay is known for his elegant collections of 18 karat gold featured at Neiman Marcus. His Cynnabar Collection was inspired by ancient hand painted Chinese scrolls. They depict mythical and earthly scenes.

  Hillary Clinton wore the Kahn Canary ring designed by Dunay to the Presidential inauguration of her husband Bill Clinton.

  I shared a lobster dinner with Henry and his wife several years ago at the Society of Jewelry Historians annual conference where he was a featured speaker. It was wonderful listening to him talk about his life.

   

• Crosscurrents: Diverse Solutions in a Global Environment

  metalcyberspace 9:25 am on November 23, 2007 | 0 Permalink
  

  SNAG 2008 Conference
  Crosscurrents: Diverse Solutions in a Global Environment
  March 5-8, 2008 in historic and vibrant Savannah, GA
  hosted by the Savannah College of Art & Design

  The 2008 conference features presenters such as: internationally acclaimed fiber artist and keynote speaker Sheila Hicks, studio jeweler Bruce Metcalf and editor Andrew Wagner, German artist Iris Eichenberg, Australian artist Carlier Makigawa, British jeweler Norman Cherry, artist Deb Todd Wheeler and designer Richard Nelipovich.

  The 37th annual SNAG conference is open for registration.

  Register by January 30, 2008 to take advantage of the lowest rates available

   

• Appalachian Center for Craft Spring and Summer 2008 Workshops

  metalcyberspace 9:02 am on November 23, 2007 | 0 Permalink
  

  Appalachian Center for Craft
  1560 Craft Center Drive
  Smithville, TN 37166
  615-597-6801

  March 15-16, 2008
  Earrings
  Sarah McClary

  April 12-13, 2008
  The Art of Granulation
  Douglas Harling

  June 2-6, 2008
  Angle-Raised Vessels
  David Huang

  June 9-13, 2008
  Inlay
  Dennis Lee Gomez

  June 16-20, 2008
  Fabricating Jewelry Forms from the Forest
  Jen Townsend

  June 23-27, 2008
  Pewter: The Other White Meat
  Thomas Madden

  July 7-11, 2008
  Introduction to Jewelry & Metal Arts
  Yoko Noguchi

  July 14-18, 2008
  Surface Texture & Metal Embellishment
  Juan Carlos Cabellero-Perez

  July 21-25, 2008
  Hinged Boxes with Locking Closures
  John Cogswell

  July 28-August 1, 2008
  Cuffs & Collars
  Betty Helen Longhi

   

• metalcyberspace 10:55 am on November 5, 2007 | 0 Permalink
  

  Ted Noten wins Françoise van den Bosch Award 2008 on the recommendation of the jury: Karl Fritsch (winner Award 2006), James Beighton (mima Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art), Lous Martin (maker, gallery Lous Martin Delft), Chequita Nahar (maker, head jewellery and product department Academy of Fine Arts Maastricht) and Miecke Oosterman (on behalf of the board of the foundation).

  The Award will be presented in 2008.

  Ted Noten (Tegelen NL, 1956) has been working as a designer of jewellery, objects and installations since 1990. With his jewellery projects, Ted Noten succeeds to reach a broad and international audience, and besides that he has acquired recognition in the world of design and fine arts. Last year, as the result of his own initiative, he realized a solo exhibition in Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (Rotterdam) and a publication CH2=C(CH3)C(=O0OCH3 enclosures and other TN’s (published by 010, Rotterdam).

  Since 1980 the Françoise van den Bosch Award is awarded every two years to an (international) jewellery artist whose work is of outstanding quality and appeals to younger generations and the audience. The Award is granted by the Françoise van den Bosch Foundation and involves an amount of money and the acquisition of a piece of jewellery by the award winner.

  The private Foundation, initiated by friends and family of jewellery designer Françoise van den Bosch (1944-1977), started in 1980 after her sudden death. It is the aim of the Foundation to stimulate international jewellery.

   

• JEWELRY :: Flirting with Seduction

  metalcyberspace 6:48 am on November 2, 2007 | 0 Permalink
  

  The Works Gallery
  JEWELRY :: Flirting with Seduction

  Carmen Valdes
  Lonna Keller
  Kathleen Lamberti
   
  The Works Gallery is proud to present Flirting with Seduction, an exhibit
  featuring the work of prominent jewelry artists Carmen Valdes, Lonna Keller
  and Kathleen Lamberti.
   
  Valdes received her BA from Yale University and her Masters in Architecture
  from Harvard Graduate School of Design.  Her work is influenced by her years
  of design work in the architectural field and by the juxtaposition created
  by the materials she uses; rubber and silver.  Valdes creates work that is
  simultaneously bold and elegant, hard and soft, precious and industrial.
   
  Keller is a unique jeweler who creates pieces that reference the sensuality
  that exudes from the female form.  She uses everyday found objects such as
  swivel hooks; garbage bags, zip ties and rubber chords to create pieces that
  are designed to enhance the female body almost like a second skin.  In 1999
  her work was selected to be part of the Renwick Collection in Washington DC.
   
  Lamberti uses metal and fiber to create pieces that are very structural, but
  also soft and contain vibrant colors.  To combine these opposing materials,
  Lamberti uses stitching that is functional, but also decorative.  Using
  objects found in nature as inspiration for her forms, she creates works that
  are more body dressing than jewelry.
   
  Flirting with Seduction : Carmen Valdes : Lonna Keller : Kathleen Lamberti
  exhibition runs from Nov 2-30th, 2007. 

  The Works Gallery is located at 303 Cherry Street in Old City, Philadelphia, PA. 
  The public is welcome, admission is free.
  Gallery hours are Tues- Sat. 10-6pm.