Metalcyberspace blog - Contemporary Jewelry Design

“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.

Seeking #2 pencils

Any and all used pencils, including broken, chewed, stubby, or erasers worn to a nub. Harriete needs over 30,000 pencils to assemble a new sculpture about education and test taking.

Clean out your junk drawer of leftover pencils

Rub out memories of erasers too small for mistakes in life

Protest the tyranny of standardized tests

Ask local schools, students or teachers to help. Share or send this email to anyone and everyone else who might like to participate and contribute pencils.

Send pencils to artist:

Harriete Estel Berman
657 42nd Avenue
San Mateo, CA 94403-5059

If you include your name, address and email, she’ll send you a card of the finished piece.

If you would like to write a comment about your experience with standardized tests, send a statement with your pencil contribution.

SMALL PRINT:

The testing industry is calculated to be a $400 million to $700 million industry.

In 2001, the New York Times reported that the U.S .Department of Education set aside $400 million to help states develop and administer the tests that the No Child Left Behind Act mandated for children in grades 3 through 8. Among the likely benefactors of the extra funds were the four companies that dominate the testing market .

Do you know that Educational Testing Service (ETS), best known for its administration of the SAT college-entrance exam, won a three-year, $50 million contract in October 2001 to develop and score California’s high-school exit exam?

If you are a contemporary jewelry designer/metalsmith & have a myspace page & want me to add you as a friend send a message to me. 

SES 

Jewelry by Artists: The Daphne Farago Collection
May 22, 2007- March 5, 2008
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston MA USA

This exhibiton will present highlights from Daphne Farago’s collection of contemporary jewelry, which was given to the MFA in 2006. The collection comprises more than 600 works of jewelry by leading American and European artists, ranging in date from about 1940 to the present, in a wide variety of media and sculptural forms. With this gift, the MFA now holds the most comprehensive collection of twentieth-century studio jewelry ever assembled. The exhibition will include a selection of about 150-200 objects, and will provide a chronological survey of studio jewelry in the 20th century. While demonstrating the breadth of the collection and the variety of artists’ approaches to jewelry-making, the show will also represent key artists in depth, including Alexander Calder, Art Smith, Sam Kramer, Robert Ebendorf, William Harper, Wendy Ramshaw and Mary Lee Hu.

Ruudt Peters
“Sefiroth”
April 12-May 14, 2007 Ornamentum Gallery

Installation at Mass. College of Art, Boston May 19 - 21, 2007
In celebration of the MFA Boston’s opening of “Jewelry by Artists: The Daphne Farago Collection”

Artist Lecture May 20

Beyond Material

Dutch Contemporary Jewellery & Design
May12 - July 6, 2007 at Galeria Reverso

In the opening, which the Dutch Embassador in Portugal will attend, Lous Martin will do a brief presentation of the exhibition.
This exhibition is partly supported by the Dutch Embassy Portugal

Featured artists: Monika Auch, Leo Cahn, Hil Driessen, Simone van Eerdenburg, Cathelijne Engelkes, Sarah Enoch, Hilde Foks, Aleksandra Gaca, Mirjam Griffioen, Jozefien Gronheid, Herman Hermsen, Claudy Jongstra, Juul, Susanne Klemm, Birgit Laken, Chequita Nahar, Esther Nijdam, Carla Nuis, Ruudt Peters, Rebecca Potger, Janneke Raaphorst, Uli Rapp, Jürgen Reichert, Marieke Rongen, Isabella Scholtemeijer, Marijke Schurink, Maartje Sol, Marian Sturkenboom, Remco Swart, Marcella Tessari, Andrea Wagner, Francis Willemstijn, Mina Wu, Janneke Zantinge, Joanne Zwart

Emerging Voices Exhibit
April 28-May 12, 2007
Opening & Artist Reception: Sat., April 28, 2007 5:30-8:30 PM
Chemers Gallery Tustin CA USA

This juried exhibit is sponsored by the Metal Arts Society of Southern California also known as MASSC. The artists selected for this exhibit are: Mary-Austin Bame, Shirley Chu, Erin Elowe, Xochilt Figueroa, Dha-Mee Hahn, Bettina Karallus, Cheryl Lommatsch, Tara Magboo, Nelly Nye, Amparo Ochoa, Robert Osborn, Laura Prieto-Valesco, Diane Weimer, Julie Williams and Aaron Willoughby.
Chemers Gallery is located at 17300 Seventeenth St., Ste G, Tustin CA USA 92780, ph 714.731.5432

Jewelry Workshops in Texas - The Craft Guild of Dallas
June 1-June 24, 2007  
The Craft Guild of Dallas offers eight specialty workshops — all designed to take your work to a whole new level!  Join Ronda Coryell and Vasken Tanielian for this unprecedented opportunity to learn from “the masters” at The Guild!

Fri-Sun, June 1-3  Chasing & Repousse
Mon-Tues, June 4-5  Cold Connections
Thurs-Fri, June 7-8  Tube Clasp, Brooches, Clips and More
Sat-Mon, June 9-11  Fabrication:  Refine Your Skills 
Wed-Thurs, June 13-14  Cold Connections (repeated)
Fri-Mon, June 15-18  Precision Fabrication  (class on Father’s Day - Sun, June 17)
Tue-Thurs, June 19-21  Fabrication: Hinges & More Hinges
Fri-Sun, June 22-24  Fabrication:  Advanced Techniques
 
Need more information? Check our website or call us
The Craft Guild of Dallas, 14325 Proton Road, Dallas, Texas 75244
972-490-0303
www.craftguildofdallas.com

The Sixth Biennial International Juried Wearable Expressions 2008
featuring the ultimate in wearable art
Entries due November 12, 2007

To promote the fine art aspect of wearable art media in an international forum.
To encourage the creation of innovative art to wear.
To share vision and exploration of techniques and materials.

Exhibition Curator: Gabrielle
Palos Verdes Art Center

Fiber Jurors:
Glenys Mann, Australia
Sunita Patterson, USA
Beatrijs Sterk, Germany

Jewelry Jurors:
Arline Fisch, USA
Charles Lewton-Brain, Canada
Rebecca Brown Thompson, New Zealand

On April 21 & 22, The Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art will transform its gallery spaces to host a trunk show of contemporary art jewelry.

Jewelry artists include Olof Bridgeford, Heidi Abrahamson, Catherine Garrigan, Kim Nikolaev, Hoss Rogers, Don Kauss, James Faks, Beth Church, Jeff Klein, Pat Pruitt, Kenneth Johnson, Margaret Gordon and Beth Church.