Metalcyberspace – Contemporary Jewellery Design + Modern Studio Jewelry

Updates from November, 2008

• "jewel, labyrinth of dreams" by Francesca Gabrielli

  metalcyberspace 7:32 am on November 24, 2008 | 0 Permalink
  Tags: Desideri Preziosi, Francesca Gabrielli, jewel labyrinth of dreams, jewellery (14), jewellery artist (7), jewellery exhibition (9), jewelry (28), The Gallery 105 ART

  

  “jewel, labyrinth of dreams” by Francesca Gabrielli

  The Gallery 105 ART, participates at the famous exhibition of jewellery: Desideri Preziosi
  The event will take place in December and will include among the protagonists Francesca Gabrielli director of the gallery itself, and member of the jury of the event. A chance to admire in a large and sumptuous location the creations of an esteemed goldsmith.
  The artist will present her latest collection proposing the personal vision of the theme: “jewel, labyrinth of dreams.”
  With a series of performances inspired by natural, roughness and asymmetries Gabrielli reveals her particular propensity for abstract and gestural, never falling in trivial, rhetorical or forcibly extravagant.

  29 november – 8 december 2008
  10.00 – 22.00

  Tempio di Adriano
  Piazza di Pietra-Roma
  http://www.105art.it

   

• so fresh. the jewellery award by Pierre Lang 09

  metalcyberspace 7:08 am on November 24, 2008 | 0 Permalink
  Tags: Contemporary jewellery (14), Contemporary jewelry (30), jewellery (14), jewelry (28), jewelry contest (6), jewelry design competition (9), jewelry design contest (8), Pierre Lang, so fresh. the jewellery award by Pierre Lang 09

  On the lookout for a fresh approach to jewellery design

  so fresh. the jewellery award by Pierre Lang 09

  For the fourth time, the 10.000,00-euro prize – so fresh. the jewellery award by Pierre Lang – awaits for extraordinary contemporary jewellery design.
  Entry deadline is 22 February 2009.

  Invited to apply are jewellery, fashion and product designers living in Europe, as well as students and trainees in their last year of studies who deal intensively with jewellery design.

  The award-winner and two further talents chosen from the pool of applicants will be invited to Vienna to publicly present the selected works at the 9 festival for fashion and photography, and a publication will be produced to showcase the work.

  so fresh. the jewellery award by Pierre Lang was initiated in 2006 by the Pierre Lang jewellery company and Unit F büro für mode as a way to foster up-and-coming talent and sustainably support the careers of promising jewellery designers. The goal is to seek out refreshing new approaches to jewellery design and to raise awareness amongst the public at large of the myriad forms jewellery can take.

  Today, jewellery is more exciting, diverse and personal than ever.
  A new generation of jewellery designers is taking a fresh look at the long history of jewellery, or purposefully setting off in completely new directions.

  Jewellery has taken on a much higher profile in fashion as well. Hardly a designer can be found who doesn’t send his or her creations down the catwalk accessorized with jewellery. In national and international fashion magazines jewellery has long since become much more than just the icing on the fashion cake. Contemporary jewellery design is providing new inspiration and inventing surprising ways to adorn the body.

  This is where so fresh. the jewellery award by Pierre Lang comes in, recognizing jewellery design that enhances and enriches our conventional notion of what jewellery is and can be.

  Details on the award, the contest, past years’ winners and photos can be found at http://www.sofreshaward.com/

   

• metalcyberspace 3:48 am on November 23, 2008 | 0 Permalink
  Tags: Alchemy: A Passion for Jewels, jewellery (14), jewelry (28), jewelry artist (8), jewelry designer (5), Temple St. Clair

  

  Alchemy: A Passion for Jewels – Temple St. Clair 2008

  An exquisite look into the art of fine jewelry making, through the eyes of famed designer Temple St. Clair.

  A Southern girl with a nomadic spirit and a voracious appetite for history and culture, Temple St. Clair grew up spending summer vacations in Morocco and Bavaria, studied at an international boarding school in Switzerland, and went night diving in Honduras with the son of Jacques Cousteau. In her early twenties, St. Clair landed in Florence, where she completed a master’s in Italian literature. In fact, she had no exposure to jewelry making until her visiting mother bought an ancient coin and asked St. Clair to commission a local goldsmith to make a piece of jewelry around it.

  

  Armed with the coin and a sketch, St. Clair entered the ancient Palazzo dell’Orafo of Florentine goldsmiths, where she first discovered the centuries-old art of fine Italian jewelry making. Inspired by the distinctive craftsmanship, St. Clair continued to work with artisans to bring her designs to life. A new world soon began to open up to her—a world that engaged her multicultural education, vast experiences, and rich curiosity; a world that awarded her with a new identity as “an amateur anthropologist, a hopeless hunter and gatherer, a bit of a wanderer, and a self-made jewelry historian who loves to dream and draw.”

  

  With an artist’s eye for detail and an unwavering esteem for the historic, St. Clair creates one-of-a-kind pieces that combine ancient influences with traditional craftsmanship and contemporary flair. In Alchemy, she takes readers on an idiosyncratic excursion into the intricate history and craft of jewelry making—from the ancient origins of talismans and charms, to the complicated pursuit of the perfect gemstone—all through the lens of her own fascinating experiences. The result is a mesmerizing and visually stunning book that will appeal to jewelry lovers, artistic dreamers, and anyone who suffers from wanderlust.

  (Amazon book description)

   

• Pieces of Eight at Inform Contemporary Jewellery

  metalcyberspace 3:12 pm on November 20, 2008 | 0 Permalink
  Tags: art jewelry (11), Contemporary jewellery (14), Contemporary jewelry (30), Inform Contemporary Jewellery, jewellery artist (7), jewellery exhibition (9), jewelry artists (12), jewelry exhibition (24), Pieces of Eight

  Opening Night Tues Nov 25th, from 5pm

  Inform Contemporary Jewellery
  158 High St
  Christchurch, New Zealand
  Until Dec 13th, 2008

  

  This year, for the very first time, the group of jewellers working at the Pieces of Eight studio have been exhibiting together. The exhibition was recently held at Sturt Gallery in Mittagong, NSW and has now travelled to Inform Contemporary Jewellery, Christchurch New Zealand where it will open this coming Tues 25th Nov from 5pm. The exhibition comprises various works made by the workshop residents at Melbourne’s Pieces of Eight Gallery; Nina Ellis, Lucy Folk, Rachel Gorman, Melanie Katsalidis, Krista McRae and Suzi Zutic.

  

  The individual methodology of each artist reveals the diversity of their approaches. For Ellis, it is related to the hardy weeds of the Australian landscape; manifested in blackened steel, silver and sprays of colour. Folk, immerses herself in the colour and pleasures that food inspires, creating a range of delights in joyful ways.

  

  Both Gorman and Katsalidis utilise materials in unconventional ways. Gorman employs ceramic, metal and paint to re-create versions of costume jewellery; playful and colourful. While Katsalidis turns to the beautiful nature of organic pearls, particularly black pearls to assert a contemporary vision of modern day glamour.

  

  In the work of McRae and Zutic, a certain romance exists. McRae draws on the sublimeness of shapes; oxidised silver, set with tiny dark blue sapphires that sparkle like stars. Zutic’s ring series (modelled in wax and set with petite gems) have a timeless quality, like they could have been exposed in the uncovering of an ancient roman dig.

  Inform gallery hours: Mon to Fri, 10.30 – 5pm and Sat 10.30 – 4pm. Ph +64 3 366 3893

   

• DAVIDE BIGAZZI the art of chasing & repousse'

  metalcyberspace 2:30 pm on November 14, 2008 | 0 Permalink
  Tags: Davide Bigazzi (2), jewelry workshop (8), repousse (2)

  DAVIDE BIGAZZI the art of chasing & repousse’
  New Dates!

  The following chasing & repousse’ weekend workshops are now open for enrollment:
  November 15-16 & December 13-14
  Saturday & Sunday – 9am to 12pm & 1pm to 5pm
  Two Day Workshop Tuition: $435 (14 hrs)
  Materials and Tools are supplied.

  complete workshop details,lodging info, and/or to register

  DAVIDE BIGAZZI STUDIO is located at the Allied Arts Guild in the San Francisco Bay Area

   

• Bend, Mold, Cut, Join: Small Works in Metal - call for entries

  metalcyberspace 12:55 pm on November 14, 2008 | 0 Permalink
  Tags: Bend Mold Cut Join: Small Works in Metal, Contemporary metalsmithing, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, jewelry artists (12), jewelry design competition (9), jewelry design contest (8), jewelry exhibition (24), metal artists (7), metalsmiths (9), SNAG (4), Society of North American Goldsmiths (3)

  Bend, Mold, Cut, Join: Small Works in Metal
  Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts
  April 2-May 29, 2009

  DEADLINE: All entries must be postmarked by December 31, 2008
  FULL PROSPECTUS

  THE EXHIBITION:
  “Bend, Mold, Cut, Join: Small Works in Metal” is a national juried exhibition with a concentration on pioneering art jewelry and small scale functional metalwork, such as vessels and implements that combine traditional metalsmithing techniques with a vision representative of the field of contemporary metalsmithing.

  Hosted by the Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts (DCCA) and juried by Ellen Lupton, “Bend, Mold, Cut, Join: Small Works in Metal” is shown in conjunction with the Society of North American Goldsmith’s (SNAG) annual conference Revolution in Philadelphia, PA, on May 20-23, 2009. Works should demonstrate the use of one or more traditional metalsmithing techniques and be wearable and/or functional. There are no restrictions on inspiration, format, or additional materials employed. Artists are encouraged to interpret this broad theme with original and innovative contemporary designs.

  This exhibition will be held in the main atrium of the DCCA and in the Alternatives Museum Shop, an elegant retail gallery featuring exquisite handmade wearable and functional crafts by artists from the Mid-Atlantic region and beyond. All metal objects accepted to “Bend, Mold, Cut, Join: Small Works in Metal” must be available for purchase.

   

• Made by Hand - Fine Porcelain by Shannon Garson & Contemporary Jewellery by Rebecca Ward

  metalcyberspace 10:08 am on November 14, 2008 | 0 Permalink
  Tags: art jewelry (11), Contemporary jewellery (14), Contemporary jewelry (30), jewellery (14), jewelry (28), Rebecca Ward

  Fine Porcelain and Contemporary Jewellery

  Art lovers have to opportunity to see two of Australia’s most exciting young makers when ceramicist Shannon Garson and jeweller Rebecca Ward open their exhibition “Made By Hand”. Shannon and Rebecca have created a very special exhibition with an emphasis on individual, classic, environmentally aware porcelain and jewellery.

  There are FOUR different times spread over THREE venues leading up to the end of the year.

  MADE BY HAND @ MALENY- STUDIO SALE

  Sat. Nov. 15, 2008
  9am – 4pm
  Venue: The Studio
  23 Cedar Street, Maleny

  MADE BY HAND @ KELVIN GROVE URBAN VILLAGE

  Friday Nov. 28, 2008 4pm – 8pm
  and
  Sat. Nov. 29 2008 9am – 3pm.
  Venue: Shop R5b, The Village Centre
  corner Musk Ave. and Caraway St.
  Kelvin Grove Urban Village
  Undercover parking available via Ramsgate Street (free on weekends).

  MADE BY HAND @ GOMA
  Gallery Store Christmas Design Market

  Sat. Dec. 6, 2008 9am – 5pm
  Venue: Gallery Store forecourt
  GoMA – Gallery of Modern Art
  Stanley Place, South Brisbane

   

• Revere Academy Students Earn Diplomas and Awards

  metalcyberspace 9:40 am on November 14, 2008 | 0 Permalink
  Tags: jewelry (28), jewelry students, Revere Academy of Jewelry Arts (3)

  The Revere Academy awarded Jewelry Technician Diplomas to 25 students from their recent JT Intensive program. Each semester the JT Intensive commences with a juried competition. Each student presents an independent design project, which is a variation on a fabricated box ring, for consideration. The jurors had a difficult time selecting the winners as all of the submitted projects were beautifully made and showed excellent technical mastery. Otto Frei congratulates the winners and all of the 25 students who completed the Jewelry Technician Intensive program.

  The following award-winning students received gift certificates donated by Otto Frei:

   Kyle Greenman: Best Design

   Fern Thaweechaithaworn: Technical Excellence

   Srikanth Rao: Best Stone Setting

  Tom Colson: Best Engraving

   Corey Egan: Most Dramatic

   Aline Vanzin: Best Finish

   Michelle Stock: Most Marketable

   Donna Olmstead: My Favorite

  All Photography by Christine Dhein.

   

• "Gioielli" by Elisabetta Duprè at Galleria 105 ART

  metalcyberspace 11:20 am on November 12, 2008 | 0 Permalink
  Tags: Elisabetta Duprè, Galleria 105 ART, Gioielli, jewellery (14), jewelry (28), jewelry exhibition (24)

  “Gioielli” by Elisabetta Duprè at Galleria 105 ART
  Nov. 11-15, 2008

  

   

• metalcyberspace 10:15 am on November 12, 2008 | 0 Permalink
  Tags: Fingers Jewellery, Helen Britton, jewellery (14), jewellery artist (7), jewellery exhibition (9), jewelry (28)

  Helen Britton at Fingers Jewellery
  Nov. 3-15, 2008

  
  Last bird, 2006. Brooch, silver, paint, onyx, sapphire by Helen Britton

  Helen Britton completed a Master of Fine Arts by research at Curtin University, Western Australia in 1999, which included guest studies at the Academy of Fine Art in Munich, the Sandberg Institute in Amsterdam, and San Diego State University in California. In 1999 she returned to Munich to complete a postgraduate study project at the Academy of Fine Arts with Professor Otto Künzli. In 2002 she established her workshop in Munich with David Bielander and Yutaca Minegishi. Her work is held in the National gallery of Australia, in the Pinakothek der Modern, Munich, the Schmuck Museum Pforzheim and in the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, among others . In 2005 Helen was awarded the Herbert Hofmann prize for excellence in contemporary jewellery and in 2006 the state prize of Bavaria for craftsmanship. In 2007 Helen Britton was artist in residence in the city of Erfurt, Germany, and in 2008 was invited into Exempla at the International Craft fair in Munich.