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This blog has been getting hit with a TON of spam, so much that I’m considering deleting the blog because it is such a pain to deal with. Also, I’ve been having computer troubles on top of that annoyance so have not been updating at all till I can sort it out. Might have to delete all the users currently signed up to weed out the jerk/s? that is/are spamming.

Some people have nothing better to do with their time and ruin things for everyone else.

I currently have it set so nobody can post or sign up till it stops.
Sorry for the inconvenience.

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Central St. Martins (Honours)Jewellery  Design 2007

Celebrating the 40th year of the BA (Honours) Jewellery Design Course, Central St. Martins would like to present 40 graduates showcasing their debut collections.

Monday June18  12-4pm
Tuesday June 19  12-8pm
Wednesday June 20  12-8pm
Thursday June 21  12-8pm

Graduates:

Anila Ahmad, Kathryn Bone, Ploypim Boonnum, Supachada Boonvisut, Alba Casares Zayas, Hazel Clucas, Judith de Berker, Sarah Essex, Selina Fang, Ali Forbes, Hayley Friel, Midori Haba, Lauren Adriana Hassey, Tomono Hirai, Hattie Hollins, Yuko Hotta, Takafumi Inuzuka, Babak Jamaledini, Zoë Catherine Kendall, Rosie Kent, Zena Aliya Khan, Maria Kondakova, Nichapon Kongpaisarnnatee, Lestie Lee, Hsiao-Wei Lin, Makiko Nagasaka, Kirsty Nelhams, Maria Nilsdotter, Christina Norton, Kantadaij Pussarangsri, Guy Robertson, Charlotte Rowe, Alexandra Shamoon, Natalia Shugaeva, Michal Smith, Isabel Y. Song, Karen Van Gytenbeek, Ulrikke Elisabeth Vogt, Brochan Watts, Chieh Yin

Please visit Ornamentum at SOFA NY!

featuring Timelines / Tenements solo exhibition: Iris Eichenberg

The Tenth Annual International Exposition of Sculpture Objects & Functional Art
June 1-3 at the Park Avenue Armory
Park Avenue and 67th Street

Exhibition on display at Ornamentum, June 8 - 25, 2007
view a selection from Timelines / Tenements online or click to read Timelines / Tenements text
for more information, you can reach Ornamentum during the show at 518.821.3310
Ornamentum gallery will be closed May 29 - June 6

Enter Platina Jewellery
Platina guests Gallery NIVÅ125 BÅSTAD 

For the summer of 2007, Gallery NIVÅ125 BÅSTAD has invited Platina to curate an exhibit called “Enter Platina Jewellery”, during the period from June 1st to July 15th.
With this exhibit, Platina intends to offer each visitor an experience transcending the ordinary in the art of jewellery. Here you will not find common, mass-produced jewellery, intended for necks or lapels. Instead, our door will open into the finest and holiest room in the world of jewellery.
This time Platina has chosen pieces by Swedish and international jewellery designers who have something else to show us. Their work tells about our everyday life, our thoughts, our destinies and our bodies, but also give us chills and hair-raising experiences.

When visitors have parked Ted Noten’s Mercedes Benz next to Maya Kini’s houses, taken the first step over the threshold, stepped into the hall and continued through all the rooms in the building and out again onto the terrace, they will have been able to:
- prod and squeeze Iris Eichenberg’s heart,
- eat Anna Atterling’s pralines/bonbons, and Sam Tho Duong’s cherries with Monika Strasser’s ENORMOUSLY beautiful jewellery made of silverware.
Visitors will have noticed how their blood can drop from Sissi Westerberg’s pocket, will have come out of Auli Laitinen’s closet, gone to the lady’s room with Charlotte Sinding, used Lucia Vogt’s combs and washed their hands with Celio Braga’s decorated body soaps. Furthermore, Ulrika Svärd recounts the price of gold.

Artists: Catta Hällzon Sweden, Agnieszka Knap Sweden, Auli Laitinen Sweden, Ted Noten The Netherlands, Jantje Fleischhut The Netherlands, Maya Kini USA, Karen Pontoppidan Denmark/Germany, Monica Strasser Swizerland, Åsa Lockner Sweden, Celio Braga Brasil/The Netherlands, Kati Nulponen Finland, Charlotte Sinding Sweden, Iris Eichenberg The Netherlands. Ulrika Svärd Sweden, Helena Lindholm Sweden, Sam Tho Duong Vietnam/Germany, Sissi Westerberg Sweden, Jacomijn van der Donk The Netherlands, Annika Åkerfelt Sweden, Luzia Vogt Swizerland, Jenny Edlund Sweden, Sofia Björkman Sweden, Anna Atterling Sweden, Pia Aleborg Sweden

Everybody Wants Jewellery by Auli Laitinen
Platina Gallery
May 31-August 11, 2007 (gallery closed July 9-28)

500 Diamonds
Juror: Cindy Edelstein
 
Lark Books seeks images to publish in a juried collection of international studio jewelry titled 500 Diamonds. Each piece must feature a diamond or diamonds. All jewelry forms and others Diverse designs, materials, and techniques are desired, from the traditional to the avant-garde. We accept high-quality transparencies, slides, and digital images.

500 Diamonds, to be released in the fall of 2008, aims to be an inspiring collection for beginning and professional jewelers, as well as collectors and jewelry enthusiasts. Entries must be postmarked by July 16, 2007. No fee is required.

More information at Lark Books.

Lark Books seeks how-to project designers and images to feature in the gallery section of an upcoming publication, The Art of Jewelry: Plastic & Resin, scheduled for release in Fall 2008.

All jewelry forms others laminating, cold connecting, carving, constructing, thermoforming, molding, inlaying, and textile techniques commercial acrylic sheet and block, plastic resin, manufactured plastic forms, post-consumer or other repurposed plastics, and more. Fabricated metal jewelry with plastic and/or resin as a major component are also welcome.

Artists whose work is selected for inclusion in the gallery will receive full acknowledgment within the book, a complimentary copy, and discounts on the purchase of books. Artists retain copyright of their work. Lark accepts high-quality transparencies, slides, and digital images. No entry fee is required. Submissions must be postmarked by August 13, 2007.

More info at Lark Books.

Craft in America: Memory, Landscape, Community- a three part PBS series airing 8-11pm May 30th, 2007

Part I - Memory
This 60 minute documentary, the first in the CRAFT IN AMERICA series, takes a personal tour through craft’s history in America beginning with the pioneers of the field. This episode juxtaposes the intimate stories of some of our country’s most prominent craft artists against the larger historical context of craft itself.

Part II - Landscape
The second episode focuses on the relationship between the artists and their physical environment. Craft artists depend on their natural environment for both materials and inspiration. This hour will look at the processes through which natural materials become finished works of craft, and what deeper messages may be contained therein.

Part III - Community
Throughout time, craft work has been a community activity. This hour will focus on the spiritual connection artists have to their communities through craft making. Some express the ideas, beliefs and desires of their community through their craft objects. Some pay homage to the community by continuing craft traditions that are in danger of being lost. Others actually perform their craft as a community project. The personal stories of gifted artists and passionate newcomers alike reveal the deeply held belief that craft is about more than just the making of an object, it is also about a way of life, a reason for being.

Metal artists featured are:

Vivian Beer, NC
Kit Carson, AZ
Tom Joyce, NM
Ken Loeber, WI
Tom Mann, LA
Denise Wallace, AK
Roberta & Dave Williamson, OH
Jan Yager, PA

Craft in America - Expanding Traditions - an eight city museum touring exhibition opening April 2007

Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas
April 13 through June 24, 2007

Museum of Contemporary Craft, Portland, Oregon
July 22 through September 23, 2007

Mingei International Museum, San Diego, California
October 20, 2007 through January 27, 2008

Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, Texas
February 22 through May 4, 2008

Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
June 8 through September 14, 2008

National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
October 11, 2008 through January 18, 2009

Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, California
February 18 through May 24, 2009

Fuller Craft Museum in Brockton, Massachusetts
June 27, 2009 through September 27, 2009

“Craft in America: Celebrating Two Centuries of Artists and Objects” book arriving October 2007 

Applications for the 2008 NICHE Awards are now available online at www.AmericanCraft.com. Artists can download an application at the newly revamped NICHE Awards web page. Other useful information includes updated rules and guidelines, as well as information about the 2008 NICHE Awards ceremony, special display and finalist notifications.

The NICHE Awards, sponsored by NICHE magazine, celebrate excellence and innovation in American and Canadian craft. Entry deadline for professionals is August 31, 2007; entry deadline for students is September 28, 2007.

Categories include Ceramics, Fiber, Glass, Metal, Wood, Jewelry, Home Furnishings, Goblets, Judaica, Mixed Media, Narrative, Recycled, Teapots and more. New categories include Handmade Beads and Polymer Clay. 

Judging is based on three main criteria:
  technical excellence, both in surface design and form
  market viability
  a distinct quality of unique, original and creative thought

Finalists are invited to display their work in the NICHE Awards exhibit at the February Philadelphia Buyers Market of American Craft, February 15-18, 2008, and will be included in the Winter 2008 issue of NICHE magazine. Winners will be announced at the February 2008 Buyers Market and featured in the Spring 2008 issue of NICHE magazine.

About NICHE Magazine
NICHE magazine, the quarterly trade publication for fine American and Canadian craft retailers, is published by The Rosen Group, a Baltimore-based arts marketing, publishing and advocacy firm. In addition to NICHE, The Rosen Group publishes AmericanStyle magazine, a bimonthly consumer arts and lifestyle magazine for collectors of American art and fine craft, and produces the biannual Philadelphia Buyers Market of American Craft, the nation’s largest wholesale craft tradeshow.

“NEW JEWELRY” - Ramon Puig Cuyas & Silvia Walz
“HYBRIDIZATION” - Junko Iikima
May 23 - June 30, 2007
Artist reception Friday, May 25, 2007 6-8pm
Velvet Da Vinci, San Francisco, CA USA

An exhibition of two Barcelona jewelers and one Japanese sculptor is on view through June 30. Velvet Da Vinci Gallery offers a view of new cutting edge jewelry and small sculptures from bold international artists. Two Barcelona jewelers show influences of both Barcelona and the Mediterranean in their works. Both artists use found objects, precious and non-precious metals, and enamels but with quite different results. The new series of work by Ramon Puig Cuyas, called Imago Mundi (World Views), uses Formica, bone, alabaster, ebony and silver. Silvia Walz’s new work, Luz y Sombra (Light and Shadow), consists of silver, enamel and various other elements such as pearls and coral. Junko Iijima’s work, “Hybridization” combines traditional Japanese teapot forms and contemporary anime with Pop Culture. The installation of bronze sculpture and drawings clearly reflects the confluence of cultures in her Japanese heritage.