http://metalcyberspace.com/blog Contemporary Jewelry Design & Metalsmithing Artists Thu, 03 Apr 2008 04:44:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Two People, Three Platinum Rings The theme for 2008 is The Platinum Wedding. Entries to be submitted online as digital images and can be either of renderings or actual jewelry. Deadline is April 18, 2008 For more details go to: http://www.womensjewelry.org/awards/documents/DIVA08app.pdf http://metalcyberspace.com/blog/archives/104 Photoshop Express BETA https://www.photoshop.com/express/landing.html Best part is it's free and online. This is a BETA version so they are still working on it and will tweak the program with input from users.  I have to say that this will be exactly what probably 95% of computer users will need to edit their photos. ... http://metalcyberspace.com/blog/archives/103 Pending bill "Artist-Museum Partnership Act" introduced on March 14, 2007 to provide a deduction equal to fair market value should be allowed for charitable contributions of literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions created by the donor.  For more information and to add your support please visit: http://capwiz.com/artsusa/issues/bills/?bill=9680576 Thanks! Susan Sarantos http://www.sarantos.com/ http://www.metalcyberspace.com/ http://metalcyberspace.com/blog/archives/102 DAVIDE BIGAZZI Chasing & Repousse'  Workshops @Davide Bigazzi Studio & Gallery in the South Bay Area (CA) April 19th and 20th - Saturday & Sunday - 9am to 12pm & 1pm to 5pm Two Day Workshop: $435 14 hours of individualized instruction and limited enrollment, so sign up soon!  Materials Included: Tools are supplied. Workshop Description: This workshop is a hands-on ... http://metalcyberspace.com/blog/archives/101 It's teetering back and forth as the investors panic between buying and selling. In my dreams it would drop to $50 an ounce and stay there. :) Then I could make as many designs as I wanted. Please let this be a sign to those hoarders to stop driving the price up! Give us artists a ... http://metalcyberspace.com/blog/archives/100 Enamel Experience - International Badges Exhibition Velvet da Vinci Gallery through March 30, 2008 Velvet da Vinci Gallery in San Francisco presents "Enamel Experience - International Badges Exhibition," a show featuring 24 established artists from Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States.  This exhibition is made up of contemporary badges inspired by the collection of historic ... http://metalcyberspace.com/blog/archives/99 The Jewellery Industry Innovation Centre (JIIC), part of The Birmingham City University's School of Jewellery, assists the jewellery and silversmithing industries with new technology applications.           The School of Jewellery and Jewellery Industry Innovation Centre has announced it's new Short Course program for 2008. Courses are open to everyone on a first-come first served basis. ... http://metalcyberspace.com/blog/archives/98 New Works: Jewellery by Alexandra Stülb & paintings by Andrea Gabbriellini at ORFEO Galerie d'Art - Luxembourg Exhibition runs until April 31, 2008 http://metalcyberspace.com/blog/archives/97 Åsa Lockner - Views of Order at PLATINA, Odengatan 68, Stockholm Exhibition runs until April 30, 2008 In 7 chapters Åsa Lockner depicts the concepts of order. The idea and inspiration for the exhibition comes partly from journeys in countries with limited freedom of speech and repression. Order is also Åsa Lockners own ... http://metalcyberspace.com/blog/archives/96 METAL Inclinations International Online Metalsmithing and Jewelry Exhibition Call for Entries: Deadline to enter: June 30, 2008 Exhibition debuts online October 31, 2008 and runs one year until October 31, 2009 Jurors for the show are: Michael Monroe, Marilyn da Silva and Susie Ganch Sponsored by the Society for Midwest Metalsmiths http://metalcyberspace.com/blog/archives/95