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March 2009 Blog Posts (26)

Tiffany Parbs - cosmetic


Gallery 1: Craft ACT

26 March to 2 May 2009

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Jacqui Chan's Exotic Blend



Fingers



20th April – 2nd May 2009
Decorative Tea tins speak of rich histories of trade in commodity, culture and visual arts between Orient and Occident. Pierced, folded and reconstructed, these brooches pay tribute to cultural exchange in the age of the Asian supermarket and the $2 shop.





"The use of ‘found objects’ is prevalent in… Continue

Added by Cate Salter on March 31, 2009 at 11:00am — No Comments

re-SOURCE



The JMGA (Jewellers and Metalsmiths Group of Australia) Conference will be in Perth 9-11 April, 2010 with workshops in the three days preceding and the week following. The conference brings together practitioners, educators, collectors, critics and cultural theorists for three days of discussion, debate, interaction and the exchange of ideas.



The Conference Committee is sourcing expressions of interest from contemporary jewellers and educators who are enthusiastic… Continue

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Justine Austen - Monster Zoo

A solo exhibition by Justine Austen - Monster Zoo - jewellery and wearable curiosities , opens at 6pm on the 17th of April at KickArts, 96 Abbott Street, Cairns, Queensland. The exhibition will be open 10am - 5pm Tuesday to Saturday until the 6th of June, entry is free.

“The show is all about the little monsters that inhabit everyday life,… Continue

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"Hard wear Beauty "Fabrizio Tridenti





Hard Wear Beauty

Fabrizio Tridenti

Cologne : Darling Publications, 2009

Technical data: 120 pages 80 colour images, size 21x13 cm, hard cover

ISBN/ISSN: 978-3-939130-93-2

Price: from 45 €



Texts by:

Roberta Bernabei, Professor of Silversmithing and Jewellery Department, Loughborough University

Alba Cappellieri, Professor of Jewellery Design,Politecnico di Milano

Bianca Cappello, Jewellery… Continue

Added by FABRIZIO TRIDENTI on March 28, 2009 at 9:52pm — 2 Comments

Cut by Kath Inglis

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Cut by Adelaide contemporary jeweller Kath Inglis is her first solo exhibition in Sydney.

Pablo Fanque 24 March to 11 April 2009



Inglis transforms PVC to create precious works by colouring and hand carving designs into the surface to catch and reflect light. Cut is a new collection of jewellery inspired by eclectic sources, which Inglis then translates into intricate engravings.



Inglis has a Bachelor of Applied Arts in Jewellery +… Continue

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Linda van Niekerk and Meghann Jones extravaganza



Opening 2nd April, 6pm to 8pm

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Linda van Niekerk

Balance



Thinking of herself as a conceiver of wearable sculpture rather than a jeweller van Niekerk’s work is bold, visually striking and deceptively simple.



In this body of work van Niekerk explores the fundamentals of ‘Balance’ in several of its guises; shape,… Continue

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Upcoming show: Iteration



As a child, I use to construct block towers on flat surfaces around the house, and leave them there. My mum told me this a long time ago, using it as evidence to suggest that I might become an engineer one day. My favourite spot for a tower was on the tiles that surrounded the fire-place in the lounge room of my childhood home. I was very precise in my placement of the blocks; I made them all line up perfectly against one another, and would make… Continue

Added by Melissa Cameron on March 15, 2009 at 9:33am — No Comments

Conversations with Corners - jewellery by Tatjana Panyoczki

16 - 28 March 2009

Avid Gallery Wellington, New Zealand

Tatjana Panyoczki is one of New Zealand’s foremost innovative jewellers.

Born in Zurich, Switzerland, and trained in Lausanne and Geneva, she trained and worked for several years in film and theatre special effects, wig design and makeup design,…

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DIA - Australasian Student Design Awards 2009

Entries Now Open - new for 2009 - Jewellery Design

Australasian Student Design Awards 2009

Sustainable Design - design for the environment



Calling all emerging designers. this much-acclaimed and keenly contested DIA awards program gives design students and institutions the chance to show their best work to the entire country and win valuable prizes.

The Australasian Student Design Awards 2009 program is now open to all Australian and New Zealand full…

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Helen Britton: Somewhere else completely

Galerie fur Angewandte Kunst, BKV, Munich

19.Feb.2009 - 28.Mar.2009

There will be special opening hours for the exhibition "Somewhere Else Completely" at the BKV to coincide with the International Handwerks Fair. On Sunday the 15th of March, the gallery will be open from 11am till 5pm. Helen Britton will be there from 12.30 onwards.…

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Natural Selection - Julie Blyfield at Gallery Funaki

Gallery Funaki

March 10 to April 4, 2009

References to botanical sources and collections have inspired and influenced the design of my jewellery and vessel work. We are currently living in drought conditions and must conserve our limited supplies of water. In our gardens and surrounding environment, trees are dying and the landscape is changing. I…

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The Boat Show - Barry Clarke

10 - 21 March 2009

Avid Gallery Wellington, New Zealand

Barry Clarke is a well established artist and jeweller, living and working in Christchurch. He has exhibited at AVID over many years, his latest exhibition, "The Boat Show" features his painting. Barry produces sculpture in bronze and silver. His jewellery…

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Improvisation - Sonya Scott at Metalab

6th March - 29th March 2009

Recent graduate from the Design Centre Enmore and recipient of The Jewellery and Object Design Award, Sonya Scott makes a strong, bold entrance onto the silversmithing scene in her first solo exhibition.

Improvisation is the response to a musical score, played in the studio with the artist while making, forging in Sterling Silver. The forms replicating the peaks and troughs of pitch and pace to create…

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Added by Cate Salter on March 11, 2009 at 9:31pm — 1 Comment

"Childhood Jewelry" International Contest - Deadline 25 March

General Contest Rules “Childhood Jewelry”

from Pôle Bijou Baccarat, France

deadline March 25, 2009





The “Pôle Bijou” today, proposes a contest centers on the theme “Childhood Jewelry”. The reasons behind this choice are :

“Les enfants d’Agathe Courtois”, a company located in the “Pôle Bijou”, proposes to dedicate the majority of its production to children.

The future exhibit location of the “Pôle Bijou”, which will open its door at the end of 2009, will be… Continue

Added by Cate Salter on March 7, 2009 at 12:21pm — No Comments

Hello I am new here...

My name is Lee Dahlberg and I am the owner a nd designer of ROCK BANDS. A "Rock" on a "Band" makes a ROCK BAND, but a bit deeper the stones that I use have healing properties. I use real leather, but I use consumed animal hides so we do not hunt for skins alone. I started the company a few years ago and we have been lucky: on Oprah, The Big Idea, American Idol, E!, Entorage, The Hills, Vogue and many more media outlets. My ROCK BANDS are on the wrists of over 3000 celebrities and we make our… Continue

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Schmuck 2009

Klimt02 have a special newsletter covering the Schmuck 2009 fair in Munich. www.klimt02.net

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Sophie Taylor-Brockie at Talente 2009

New Zealand Jeweller Sophie Taylor-Brockie has been selected to exhibit at Talente 2009, Europe’s most prestigious craft, design and technology exhibition. Sophie’s work will be shown alongside other talented, young and emerging jewellery makers under the age of 30. Creative New Zealand is pleased to support Sophie to attend Talente which will take place in Munich, Germany from 11 to 17 March 2009.

Read More at… Continue

Added by Cate Salter on March 7, 2009 at 8:30am — 1 Comment

Signs of Change

Closing date for Expressions of Interest has been extended to March 20. Please contact Kevin Murray or Elisha Buttler at FORM.



The election of Barack Obama seems to have galvanised the world at a time of great social risk. Some have seen the current financial crisis as an important opportunity to 're-boot' the system, to develop more constructive bilateral relations and initiate more inclusive policies. With the glow of change in the air, there is a new jewellery exhibition in… Continue

Added by Cate Salter on March 6, 2009 at 10:30pm — No Comments

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