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Featured Blog Posts – April 2009 Archive (23)

Cornucopia Exhibition at Masterworks Gallery

Image: Vaune Mason "Eat Me"

Exhibiting Artists:

Roseanne Bartley, Kate Barton, Rachel Bell, Pauline Bern, Trevor Byron, Barry Clarke, Peter Deckers, Jane Dodd, Ilse-Marie Erl, Sharon Fitness, Frejj, Sheridan Kennedy, Ross Malcolm, Vaune Mason, Craig McIntosh, David McLeod, Karen Michaud, Tatjana Panyoczki, Tania Patterson, Cheryl Sills, Frances Stachl, Mia Straka, Blanche Tilden, Lisa Walker, Lisa West, Anna… Continue

Added by Masterworks Gallery on April 30, 2009 at 8:30am — No Comments

Upcoming exhibition - Studio 20/17

A Group exhibition of jewellery inspired by the written word. Coinciding with the Sydney Writer's Festival, International and Australian artists exhibit work containing text or paper elements. Tues May 5th to Sat May 30th. Opening drinks 6-8pm Thursday 7th May. 2 Danks St, Waterloo NSW 2017. 02 9698 7999.

Exhibiting Artists:-

Alice Potter (AUS)

Annaig Bidan (AUS)

Barbara Ryman (AUS)

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InFrame.tv documentary on Julia de Ville

Click here to view this insightful documentary on Melbourne based jeweller Julia deVille by InFrame.tv.

Added by Cate Salter on April 27, 2009 at 11:00am — No Comments

silver seams and small blocks

Marion Hosking

Gallery Funaki

May 5 to May 30, 2009

Whether sampling actual fragments of nature, or the forms of material culture derived from nature, Hosking’s work presents glimpses only: tantalisingly close (in terms of the direct casting process) and yet out of reach; somehow translated into a… Continue

Added by Cate Salter on April 24, 2009 at 9:18pm — No Comments

Cutting the mirror

12 artists jewellers. An aesthetic lexicon

Lucca Preziosa, Italy

23-Apr-2009 - 17-May-2009

Robert Baines

Lisa Walker

Sally Marsland

Maria Cristina Bergesio, curator. Lucca Preziosa is the prestigious European exhibition devoted to contemporary research jewellery.…

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Added by Cate Salter on April 24, 2009 at 11:30am — No Comments

LARK 500 Plastic Jewelry by Anthony Tammaro

A little shot in the arm come by way of the post box yesterday. A letter stating that two of my pieces have been selected for publication in the 500 Plastic Jewelry book by Lark. It's been so long since I submitted these photos I thought for sure they had been rejected. Anyway, I'd also like to give props to all the other artists who have been accepted. Fun stuff.

Best,

Anthony…

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Added by Anthony Tammaro on April 23, 2009 at 10:15pm — No Comments

Submissions

Lark Book Deadlines

Iron Wire Jewelry

Author: Brenda Schweder

Editor: Marthe Le Van

Entry deadline: April 27, 2009

If you’re a talented, skilled jewelry designer working with iron, Lark Books needs you! We’re seeking high-quality images for the gallery section of Iron Wire Jewelry, to be released in Fall 2010. Send us pictures of your best earrings,… Continue

Added by Cate Salter on April 23, 2009 at 7:58am — No Comments

BILINGUAL SHORTLISTED!

Sydney based jewellery designer Marta Niegowska's Bilingual jewellery label is up for the accessory design award at the inaugural Fashion Palette Event! In addition, Bilingual is also on the list for the people's choice category. So if you have a moment to spare please support her & place your vote for Bilingual… Continue

Added by Cate Salter on April 21, 2009 at 4:30pm — No Comments

Scandinavian Reflections

Gaffa Gallery, Sydney

April 23rd - May 5th 2009

Contemporary Metal-work, jewellery & object, from Norway, Finland and Sweden

Maria Borjesson, Pamela Wilson, Anne Pfeffer Gjenedal, Matti Mattsson and

Harri Syrjanen

Scandinavian Reflections brings together five jewellery artists whose

practises are physically and aesthetically connected by water… Continue

Added by Cate Salter on April 21, 2009 at 4:30pm — No Comments

Smoking Girl and other Tales

A first jewellery exhibition by Sydney artist Sassy Park.

Pablo Fanque, Paddington, Sydney

14 April to 2 May 2009

This exhibition is a departure from Park’s earlier colourful pieces depicting everyday images and characters from her surroundings. Inspired by fables and morality tales, illustrations from childhood stories and love songs these new pieces evoke a playful nostalgia… Continue

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DESIGN NOW! 2009

THE BEST AND FRESHEST UPCOMING DESIGNERS FROM ACROSS AUSTRALIA

Object Gallery Surrey Hills, Sydney

18 April - 21 June 2009 The crème de la crème of design graduates from across the country will be unveiled this Saturday at Object's gallery when Design Now! 2009 opens to the public.

Design Now! has firmly established itself as the most important platform for Australia's up and…

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Added by Cate Salter on April 21, 2009 at 4:06pm — No Comments

Precious Pendants

WANT TO EXHIBIT AT OBJECT'S GALLERY?

Calling all jewellers! Precious Pendants, an exhibition in Object's Project Space later this year is inviting makers from across Australia at any level of career to submit one piece for possible inclusion in the exhibition. A judging panel will select the successful 40 applicants. For more information on submission details please email exhibition curator Kylie Johnston at gallery@object.com.au

Submissions close 21 August 2009… Continue

Added by Cate Salter on April 21, 2009 at 4:00pm — No Comments

Illicit Making

Seven Designers & Midland Atelier

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

llicit Making tells the stories of Midland Atelier through work by six Western Australian jewellers, woven together with an installation by renowned artist Emma Davies. From pieced together, intimate aspects of the Midland Railway Workshops past life as a centre for industrial training, design and making, to Midland Atelier's exciting future as a creativity and… Continue

Added by Cate Salter on April 20, 2009 at 3:56pm — No Comments

Melinda Young

Featured artist - Sydney based jeweller Melinda Young.

Take a ball of thread........

rolls into Adelaide at Zu Design, Gays Arcade Balcony from 17 April - 15 May 2009.

http://melindayoung.net/

http://www.pinkthreadjewels.blogspot.com/

Melinda Young is a…

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Added by Cate Salter on April 19, 2009 at 11:30pm — No Comments

WALKA - LONDON EXHIBITION

Walka Studio: DO MATERIALS CAN TALK? A SEARCH FOR LATIN AMERICANNESS

Artists: Walka Studio

Management: Goodenough College Latin American Cultural Week

Place: William Goodenough House: Mecklenburgh Square (WC1N 2AN )(London, United Kingdom)

26-Apr-2009 - 03-May-2009

read more:

http://www.klimt02.net/exhibitions/index.php?item_id=13822

You are cordially invited to… Continue

Added by WALKA ricardo pulgar on April 18, 2009 at 2:15am — No Comments

Details for submissions for upcoming Brooch Exhibition

We’ve had heaps of emails asking for further details on submitting for our annual Winter Brooch exhibition.

Please see below for all the information you'll need to submit an expression of interest -

We are looking for original and innovative contemporary jewellery that demonstrates standards of excellence in design and production.

Your expression of interest should include:

- Resume

- Artist Statement (the theme behind the work, inspirations,… Continue

Added by Studio 20/17 on April 13, 2009 at 9:54pm — No Comments

LONDON JEWELLERY WEEK

"This year Coutts London Jewellery Week will host Treasure - an exhibition showcasing the very best of visionary design, cutting-edge technology and new talent. The exhibition with purchase opportunity will take place at The Flower Cellars - a fantastic venue right in the heart of Covent Garden off the main piazza"

About the week

8 - 14 June 2009

" The award winning Coutts London Jewellery Week returns in 2009 with a week-long celebration featuring big name designers such… Continue

Added by linnie mclarty on April 11, 2009 at 5:37pm — No Comments

JMGA Conference 2010

CALL FOR PAPERS

“Re-source - prospects for contemporary jewellery and object making”

Re-source focuses on harnessing and reinterpreting resources – the natural materials and the innovation of makers – to further enhance and encourage a vibrant creative industry in jewellery and object making in Australia and beyond. The Conference has three main areas of focus:

o Unearthing the past: contemporary practice as a statement of history

o Materials exploration:… Continue

Added by Carrie McDowell on April 11, 2009 at 9:12am — No Comments

Melbourne Hollow Ware

Robert Baines

Katherine Wheeler

Melbourne Hollow Ware is a mix of personal philosophy and material practice.

The culture of vessel making is a visual culture. Expressing visual intelligence with manual dexterity the makers in this exhibition have taken their philosophical cues from intricate and complex structures while others draw on more obscure references of jewellery history and in one case an Australian indigenous system of knotting. Each…

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Added by Cate Salter on April 9, 2009 at 9:00pm — 1 Comment