Metalcyberspace – Contemporary Jewellery Design + Modern Studio Jewelry

Updates from January, 2009

• metalcyberspace 4:44 pm on January 26, 2009 | 0 Permalink
  Tags: - Feb.13 2010, Aquarius, astrology, Chinese New Year of the Ox, Earth Ox, Jan.26 2009, President Barack Obama, Solar Eclipse, Year 4707, Year of the Buffalo, Year of the Earth Ox, Year of the Ox

  Happy Chinese New Year of the Ox! (Jan.26, 2009 – Feb.13, 2010 Year of the Earth Ox – 4707)

  This year has special significance because President Barack Obama was born Aug. 4, 1961 which makes him a Metal Ox. People born under this sign are reliable, hard-working and tolerant. This will be year of discipline, responsibility and domestic affairs. Every 12 years we see the year of the Ox. It takes 60 years for it to be an Earth Ox year. Also known as year of the Buffalo, the Chinese Ox is a blend of Taurus and Capricorn traits.

  This also is the first of 2 Solar Eclipses of the year. This eclipse falls in the sign of Aquarius which will bring inspiration and breakthroughs often brought on by accidents and studying the way systems operate.
  Susan Sarantos
  http://www.metalcyberspace.com/
  

   

• Michelle Obama chooses Loree Rodkin jewelry for the Inaugural Ball

  metalcyberspace 12:15 pm on January 22, 2009 | 0 Permalink
  Tags: Election Night, Fashion (2), Inaugural Ball, jewelry (28), jewelry artist (8), jewelry designer (5), Loree Rodkin, Michelle Obama, Smithsonian Museum

  Congratulations to Loree Rodkin for being the jewelry designer whose work that Michelle Obama chose to wear.
  http://sev.prnewswire.com/null/20090121/NY6087520012009-1.html 

  Michelle wore her jewels to Election Night activities and the Inaugural Ball. They will become part of the permanent collection of the Smithsonian Museum.

  Medieval, Renaissance and Byzantine influences this interior decorator turned jewelry designer.

  Visit Loree’s website at http://www.loreerodkin.com/

  Susan Sarantos
  Metalcyberspace
  http://www.metalcyberspace.com/

   

• Equilibrium: Body as Site

  metalcyberspace 2:02 pm on January 19, 2009 | 0 Permalink
  Tags: Equilibrium: Body as Site, jewellery exhibition (9), jewelry exhibition (24), Lucy Rowlands, Oral Examination Device

  

  
  Oral Examination Device by Lucy Rowlands

  Equilibrium: Body as Site
  Curated by Kate Bonansinga and Rachelle Thiewes
  Jan. 22 – March 21, 2009 at Rubin and L Galleries
  Equilibrium was curated for Metalsmith Magazine’s 2008 annual “Exhibition in Print”

   

• metalcyberspace 1:15 pm on January 19, 2009 | 0 Permalink
  Tags: 30 Minute Earrings (2), jewelry design competition (9), jewelry design contest (8), Lark Books (3)

  30-Minute Earrings by Lark Books
  Top designers are being challenged to create a pair of earrings that can be made in, you guessed it, just 30 minutes! The end result will reveal their amazing creativity and technical skills, and if they’re a winning jeweler, they’ll be paid to contribute their talent. Proposals due: January 26, 2009

   

• 2009 Masters Symposium at Revere Academy

  metalcyberspace 12:47 pm on January 19, 2009 | 0 Permalink
  Tags: 2009 Masters Symposium, jewelry workshop (8), Metals Workshops (2), metalsmithing classes (3), Revere Academy of Jewelry Arts (3)

  2009 Masters Symposium
  April 3-29, 2009 at Revere Academy

  Classes in our 2009 Masters Symposium are filling quickly. due to high demand, full payment is due with your registration.

  Mandala Patterns in Cloisonné with Harlan Butt, April 6-10 · $899 + $150 kit
  Basse Taille, Stencil & Sgraffitto with Harlan Butt, April 11-12·$349+$110 kit
  Steel Simplified with Suzanne Pugh, April 4-5, 2009 · $349 + $65 kit
  Advanced Pavé with Christo Kiffer, April 3-5, 2009 · $499 + $75 kit
  Loop-in-Loop Chains with Jean Stark, April 18-19 · $349 + $110 kit
  Special Techniques in Chasing & Repoussé with Fabrizio Acquafresca

  Full Symposium Classes:
  18k Granulation with Kent Raible, April 6-10 · $899 + kit
  Ancient Rings III with Jean Stark, April 13-17 · $899 + $65
  Chasing & Repoussé with Fabrizio Acquafresca, April 13-17 · $1250 + $20 kit
  Designing & Cutting Gems with Bernd Munsteiner, April 20-24 · $1250 +$45 kit
  Optics & Reflections with Bernd Munsteiner, April 25-26 · $399 + $30 kit
  Anticastic Raising with Michael Good, April 20-24 · $1250 + $30 kit
  Advanced Anticlastic Raising with Michael Good, April 25-26 · $399 + $25 kit

   

• metalcyberspace 12:16 pm on January 19, 2009 | 0 Permalink
  Tags: Grants (2), Halstead Bead Jewelry Business Development Grant, jewelry design (4), jewelry design competition (9), jewelry designer (5)

  Call for Entries - Halstead Bead Jewelry Business Development Grant
  Deadline: June 17, 2009
  Award: $6,000 in start-up cash and materials
  No entry fee required

  Halstead Bead, Inc. is calling for entries to its fourth annual Business Development Grant competition for new American jewelry designers entering the bridge jewelry trade. The grant will be awarded to a winning candidate in August. All finalists will be eligible for a mentorship program that matches new designers with established and successful jewelry entrepreneurs.

  The Halstead Bead Business Development Grant differs from other jewelry industry competitions and awards because of its emphasis on business skills. Entrants must demonstrate not only extraordinary design, but also a strong business strategy.

  Designers utilizing a wide variety of fabrication techniques including casting, lampworking, precious metal clay, beading, or metalsmithing are eligible to enter the competition. Candidates must be US citizens who began their businesses after January 1, 2006.

  Previous grant winners include Bridgland Studios, Belle Brooke Designs, and Ananda Khalsa Jewelry.

   

• 18th Annual MJSA Vision Awards Design Competition (reminder)

  metalcyberspace 9:45 am on January 12, 2009 | 0 Permalink
  Tags: jewelry design competition (9), jewelry design contest (8), MJSA (4), MJSA Vision Awards (3)

  Last chance to enter the 18th Annual MJSA Vision Awards Design Competition

  Submission deadline: Jan. 15, 2009

  More info on my previous post:

  http://metalcyberspace.com/blog/archives/category/organizations/mjsa

  Susan Sarantos
  http://www.sarantos.com
  http://www.metalcyberspace.com

   

• Metalcyberspace on facebook networking contemporary jewellers

  metalcyberspace 11:53 am on January 8, 2009 | 0 Permalink
  Tags: contemporary jewellers (2), Contemporary jewellery (14), Contemporary jewelry (30), facebook (2), Metalcyberspace (10), networking, Susan Sarantos

  Hello Everyone,

  I have set up the Metalcyberspace facebook page so please join the page and add some images of your jewelry/metalsmithing to the photos section. Be sure to include a link to your website along with the photos so people can find out more about your work.
  Also, please post your events and announcements that you wish to share on the wall.

  I have also created a personal page for my jewelry designs. Please join this too. 

  I highly recommend that you take advantage of this feature and set a page up for yourself. Just go to the bottom left corner of my page and click the “Create a page” link, fill out the information and you are done. Be sure to pick the correct category and name as you cannot change those later on without deleting and starting over. Have fun!

  Susan Sarantos
  http://www.sarantos.com
  http://www.metalcyberspace.com
   

• metalcyberspace 10:43 am on January 8, 2009 | 0 Permalink
  Tags: art jewelry (11), jewellery (14), jewelry (28), jewelry book (8), Ted Muehling (2), Ted Muehling: A Portrait by Don Freeman

  

  Ted Muehling: A Portrait by Don Freeman – Susan Yelavich 2008

   

• Revolutionary: Maximizing the Online Revolution: Websites and Beyond

  metalcyberspace 6:23 am on January 4, 2009 | 0 Permalink
  Tags: Professional Development Seminar, SNAG (4), social networking, Society of North American Goldsmiths (3), websites

  The SNAG Professional Development Seminar will be offering four hours of information and discussion designed to offer students, emerging artists and established professionals’ in establishing and maintaining a career in the arts.

  Revolutionary: Maximizing the Online Revolution: Websites and Beyond

  Topics to be covered this year include:
  -Improving Website Performance & Design
  -Using Social Networking and Virtual Communities to Drive Business
  -The Evolving Role of the Gallery in a Virtual World of Commerce

  WHEN: Wednesday, May 20, 2009 TIME: 2-6 pm
  WHERE: The Loews Philadelphia Hotel Commonwealth Rooms C & D 1200 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA
  COST: $10 pre-registration for the entire afternoon; $15 at the door

  Pre-REGISTER online starting January 15:
  http://www.snagmetalsmith.org/image/homepage/signup/.docs/pg/10034
  Scroll down the page to the line that says:
  * Pre-Conference Professional Development Seminar
  To read about the entire program go here:
  http://www.harriete-estel-berman.info/profguidelines/PDS.html