I am moving to Montreal, Canada In June of this year and want to get involved with a jewellery/metals group over there. Does anybody know of any or have some links that I could look into?
I've just graduated from QCA and am going to take a bag of tools and equipment so I can make stuff in my new room.... Does anyone have some hints for packing jewellery tools lightly/space saving, or tips for small scale studio set up?
Thanks a bunch, Kate.

Inaugural Relaunch Exhibition - FIDELITY
11 February - 23 February 2010

Ella Barclay, Vernon Bowden, Zoe Brand, Benjamin Backhouse, Kath Fries, Mark Gerada, Andrew Lavery, Sean O'Connell, Marcelle Robbins, Sumugan Sivanesan, Mike Turner, Geoffrey Farquhar-Stil, Rohan Wilson, Melinda Young

Exhibition opening reception
Thursday Feb 11th 2010, 6-8pm

281 Clarence St
Sydney CBD
NSW 2000

PH 02 9283 4273
Mon- Fri 11am-6pm, Sat 11am-5pm
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I am excited to be spending almost a month in Spain in May this year, and would like to visit contemporary jewellery galleries (especially in Madrid, Sevilla, Granada, Bilbao) - do you know of any?

Which jewellery/body object really shocked you when you saw it, offended you, and made you think......

“I can’t believe they made/exhibited that”

Why did it push your buttons?

For positive or negative reasons, I would like to hear about it.

I am currently putting together a jewellery theory lecture to be presented in the USA in March 2010. Please respond & let me know who & why. kathrynwardill@hotmail.com

Do you need a bench space and workshop access?
Located in the heart of the Surry Hills design precinct, Metalab is a contemporary jewellery gallery offering unique workshop facilites.

As a well-equipped jewellery and design studio we offer workshop access at flexible times and affordable rates to… Continue

metalab kick off 2010 with a newly renovated gallery space and brand new work by Emily Hunt.

6PM THURSDAY FEBRUARY 4

Emily Hunt is a curious artist, creating wearable works that explore and mimic the body. Using silicon to represent skin and muscle, symbolically sewing and wrapping the exterior of the piece, her works create an eerie yet familiar sentiment. Visually and conceptually there is an element of the hidden or concealed as forms are wrapped and intertwined, intimately revealing one an… Continue

'Fifth Kingdom' showing at Artisan, Craft Queensland in Brisbane. Opening 11th Febrary 2010 till the 3rd April 2010 in the Crucible Gallery. link - http://www.artisan.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=100&Itemid=121
Jewellery, Installations and Wall pieces.

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There is a new designers market starting up in Sydney called The Bakery. It is bi-monthly with the first to be held in March 2010. Entries are currently open. Head to http://thebakerymarket.blogspot.com for more info

I have a new website so please check it out!

www.rubikus.net

It's a magic website because I can edit, add captions, reorder photos, etc from the browser and all by myself! No html schmmmmellll for me!
My hubby made it, he's such a clever cookie.

Please have a look and tell me what you think.

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Beginning January 2010, a group of jewelers took up the creative challenge of making a ring a day. The participants are posting their images to a Flickr pool. Currently there are more than 100 jewelers (and others) participating and more than 1000 photos uploaded. It's not too late to join the fun. To get a feel for the project and learn how you can participate, here's a link:

http://www.flickr.com/groups/rad2010/

Happy ring making!

Marthe