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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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