Appel à candidature – OPEN CALL FOR ARTISTS ! « MONEY »- deadline : 28 avril 2010

MI-MI MOSCOW- Mila Kalnitskaya -  necklace ‘Easy money’ 1997 from series ‘one day’s jewellery’
Joan DULLA – crocheted « money » necklace
 

MONEY
CALL FOR ENTRIES

Background Information: In a time of increasing financial concern, the creative community is more and more affected by today’s economy. The objective of this show is to open a discourse reflecting the effect that money has on today’s cultural community. Whether reflecting upon your own personal relationship with money, or the ‘Keeping up with the Jones’ mentality, or reflections upon recent Wall Street debacles, or society as a whole’s attitudes towards wealth, the common denominator for works accepted to this show will be a critical look at MONEY.
Eligibility: This exhibition opportunity is eligible to artists working within any medium.

Juror: Nancy Whipple Grinnell ; Curator, Newport Art Museum.

Submission Deadline: April 28th, 2010
Notification: May 12th, 2010
Delivery of Work: May 24th, 2010
Exhibition Dates: June 5th – July 10th, 2010
Opening Reception: Saturday, June 5th, 2010

Guideline For Entries: Each artist may enter up to three works to this exhibition. Please do not exceed three images per applicant.

Digital entries should be standard JPEG format, at 300dpi with the longest dimension being 7inches. Please save files on disk, labeled with applicants last name followed by number (Doe01, Doe02, Doe03, etc.). Please label your CD with your name, and image file names.
Images must be in standard JPEG (.jpg) format. No Power Point presentations will be accepted.

Please also include a complete image list, brief artist statement, and resume. Please include a SASE for the return of any supplemental materials that you need back.

Fees: Include a $20.00 application fee, check or money order only.

Send Application to:
Hera Gallery
Attn: MONEY
PO Box 336
Wakefield, RI 02880 (Rhode Island, USA)
Contact: [e-mail]
Download prospectus: www.heragallery.org

MONEY PROSPECTUS

APPEL à CANDIDATURE – ‘Protective Ornament: From Amulet to Armor’ Schiffer Books – deadline : 30 avril 2010 – soyez édité !

Submissions sought for book Protective Ornament: From Amulet to Armor,written by Suzanne Ramljak, editor of Metalsmith, to be published by Schiffer Books in 2011.

Seeking jewelry and metalwork for forthcoming book addressing the theme of bodily protection and the safeguarding function of ornament. Artists are encouraged to submit innovative examples of amulets, helmets, hatpins, brass knuckles, breastplates, aggressive or defensive jewelry, and protective gear.

For initial consideration, please send low-resolution image files or Web links, along with descriptive information to [e-mail]. (Those selected for publication will require high-resolution images.)

Deadline for submission: April 30th, 2010.

COUP de COEUR pour une idée ! COSTANZA

Découverte sur le site de la galerie Elsa Vanier (comme quoi ! ), et sur la page concernant l’EXCELLENTE idée du concours « Noces de bois » (2009) (j’ai adoré cette idée et ce concours !! j’espère qu’il se renouvellera pour les prochaines « noces » !), cette bague de COSTANZA qui se découvre au fur et à mesure : c’est un puzzle …

 

COSTANZA – bague ‘aupres de mon arbre-Naissance’ (2009)
COSTANZA ‘aupres de mon arbre-Naissance’ -puzzle libérant la bague
COSTANZA ‘aupres de mon arbre-Naissance’ -la bague est 1 pièce du puzzle
BCOSTANZA ‘aupres de mon arbre-Naissance’ -la bague est 1 pièce du puzzle

 

« Créatrice de collections de grands couturiers, elle a aussi mené des recherches sur les métaux et créé dans son atelier des pièces qui figurent aux Musées des Arts Décoratifs. Infatigable à l’établi, ses pièces révèlent, sous une apparente simplicité, une vraie réflexion sur l’esthétique et le confort. » (Galerie Elsa Vanier)

wire jewelry by Ines Schwotzer

Ines Schwotzer is a jewelry and accessory designer who lives and works in the small town of Feilitzsch, Ggermany. She has worked as a freelance designer since 1995, creating her own pieces and working for the likes of fashion house chanel. Many of her works are done in stainless steel using non-tradition technique she learned through textile background. Using thin wire, Schwotzer weaves and braids the metal to create delicate works that contrast the coldness of the material.

Ines Schwotzer wire jewelry

German artisan, Ines Schwotzer’s wire frame jewelry is like no other seen before. Her 3D jewelry stands apart from the typical wire work we see. That’s because Ines uses her own unique weaving and braiding frame style technique gleaned from her background as a textile designer. She has an interest in bobbin lace making and that is reflected in her finely wrought work.

She uses mostly fine stainless steel wire although some of her work is with gold plated silver. Stainless steel is difficult to work with so her skill with this material is astounding.

Les bijoux en métal de la designer allemande Ines Schwotzer sont assez étonnants. Elle utilise des techniques habituellement associées aux textiles, comme le tissage et le tressage. Résultat: les bijoux en métal de cette créatrice dégagent une impression de légèreté et de fragilité… des effets que l’on associe rarement à l’acier!

EXPO ‘Seth Papac’, Velvet da Vinci Gallery, San Francisco (US) – 1er Mai-14 juin 2010

EXPO ‘Seth Papac‘ curated and hosted by Velvet da Vinci Gallery, San Francisco

 Seth Papac – pin  — necklace silver & brass –  neckpiece silver & gold

 

Velvet da Vinci Gallery
2015 Polk Street
San Francisco CA 94109  (USA)
Phone [phone]
Tuesday – Saturday 11 to 6,   Sunday 11 to 4

 

Salon du bijou d’art – Mougins (France) – 16-18 avril 2010

Pour sa cinquième édition, cet événement se veut intimiste et de qualité. Centré uniquement sur « LE BIJOU D’ART », il réunira, comme à l’accoutumée, une trentaine de créateurs venus en majorité de toute la France mais également d’Europe (Italie, Espagne)

(pour l’intimisme, c’est réussi ! on en parle nulle part !)

 

Un fil rouge

La Commission Culturelle dans sa délicate mission de sélection privilégie, au delà d’une qualité irréprochable des oeuvres, l’originalité de ses prétendants que ce soit par la maîtrise de techniques innovantes, le défi de repousser les limites de la matière pour atteindre des formes inattendues.

Une édition haute en couleur

Vous pourrez ainsi apprécier lors de cette 5ème édition des bijoux créés selon des approches novatrices : écologique par l’utilisation de matériaux de récupération, onirique par l’élaboration d’un univers féerique autour du bijou, esthétique par la vision du bijou en tant que « sculpture de mode » … De quoi une fois de plus s’étonner, rêver et repartir paré d’une oeuvre unique…

Le Salon du Bijou d’Art en un clin d’oeil

* 26 exposants (qui ? pas d’information …)
* Matériaux
 Du classique : Métaux (Or, bronze, argent, laiton, aimants, cuivre, acier …), bois (Palissandre, ébène, bois d’amourette, cade, loupe de buis…), corne, cristal de roche et pâte de verre, perles, argile, lave pierres précieuses (Diamant, rubis…) et semi précieuses (gemme, pierre de lune, agate, lazuli, topaze, prasiolithe, tourmaline) …
 Au plus surprenant : Aluminium, méthacrylate, fibre de carbone, os, plume, cuir, dentelle, plastique, chanvre, objets voués à la destruction, sceaux antiques, corde nitrile et néoprène, altuglass, nacre, fossile, rocaille, résine, citrine, mabé de Tahiti …
 Techniques Gravure, caches, attaque du métal, « fusing », passementerie, raku, émail moiré, travail de plaques, sculpture, gravure, fonte à cire perdue …
Mougins village
Place des Patriotes
De 10 h à 20 h – Nocturne le samedi
Circuit Village : Bvd Courteline,Val de Mougins, Juyettes, Tournamy, Av du Moulin de la Croix Renseignements Service Culturel 04.92.92.37.20
[e-mail] (Ouvert du lundi au vendredi de 9h à 17h non stop) et pendant la manifestation
Office du Tourisme 04.93.75.87.67 (Ouvert de 10h à 18h)

http://www.artcotedazur.fr/salon-du-bijoux-d-art,1337.html

EXPO ‘Giampaolo Babetto – L’Italianità dei Gioelli’ Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich (DE) – 6 mars-30 mai 2010

« Babetto’s works mirror a refined aesthetic concept based on dialogue, interrelationships and a blurring of boundaries between art genres. » (Florian Hufnagl)

Giampaolo BABETTO – 1992- bracelet or, pigments –  Série limitée Bracelet ‘Triangles’ 1983 Or jaune« 

 

Giampaolo Babetto (b. 1947 in Padua) has had a marked influence on the avant-garde goldsmiths’ scene since the late 1960s and is one of the protagonists of the so-called Padua School. Babetto’s work reflects contemporary art movements such as concrete art, minimal art, kinetic or op art in a unique, purist and plastic manner. Made up of different abstract elements, broken down into modular units, or rendered moveable through the use of ingenious links, Babetto’s works have a strong architectural character – like mini architectural pieces or mini sculptures.
As a jewellery artist who has received a number of awards, he prefers working in gold due to its stable malleability and its warm sheen which he combines with unconventional materials such as plastic or glass, dusting the surface a with velvet-like pigment in luminous reds or blues or using enamel and age-old niello-based techniques.
He has already been called a mixed media artist, working not only on jewellery but also on silver objects, furniture design and architectural projects. His oeuvre reveals the uncompromising demands he himself places on each of the various artistic disciplines, combined with a systematic approach and love of experimentation. With his expressive but nevertheless very wearable pieces, Babetto has advanced to become one of the most influential international jewellery artists.
A publication with photographs by Ulrike Myrzik und Manfred Jarisch will accompany the exhibition »

Giampaolo Babetto – Necklace, 1968 (Photo Lorenzo Trento)

Alla Pinakothek der Moderne di Monaco in Germania si parla italiano. Inaugurata il 6 marzo, sarà aperta fino al 30 maggio la mostra dell’artista esponente della Scuola di Padova che ha avuto grande influenza nell’arte orafa italiana e straniera.

Le opere in mostra sono esemplari di mini architettura o piccole sculture composte da elementi astratti movimentati da ingegni e legami. L’artista, che vanta numerosi premi e riconoscimenti, mostra di preferire nelle sue creazioni l’oro per la sua malleabilità e lucentezza combinato a materie non convenzionali come plastica o vetro, talvolta rivestiti di luminosi rossi e blu così lucidi e morbidi da sembrare velluto. Il suo amore per la sperimentazione lo ha portato a creare pezzi non facili da indossare ma d’indiscusso valore artistico.Dalla collaborazione fra Babetto e la galleria Die Neue Sammlung è stata concepita un’esibizione che come un racconto procede lungo la galleria del secondo piano della Pinakothek der Moderne, le cui qualità plastiche vengono rinterpretate ogni anno da un artista diverso del campo orafo internazionale.

 

Pinakothek der Moderne
Barer strasse 40
D 80333 Munich (Germany)
tel [phone]
http://www.pinakothek.de/pinakothek-der-moderne

 

EXPO ‘Jewelry Circus’ Felieke van der Leest – West Norway Museum of Decorative Art, Bergen (Norway/Norvege) – 29 Mai 2010- 9 Janv. 2011

 ’Jewelry Circus’ – Felieke van der Leest

Felieke van der Leest uses toys, yarn and precious metals to create colourful and humorous jewellery and objects.

This Dutch artist who lives in Hardanger combines the traditional art of the goldsmith with well-known textile techniques in a way that leaves us unsure of what we are actually seeing. In this way she creates a magical world of stories and playful art objects for us to look at, fabulate over – or just to decorate ourselves with ?

Art Museums of Bergen
Rasmus Meyers allé 9,
5015 Bergen, Norway
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
[e-mail]

La Vie en Rose ! « girly tour »

« Quand il me prend dans ses bras
Il me parle tout bas
Je vois la vie en rose.. » (Edith Piaf)

Arthur HASH voit (aussi) la vie en rose !!! …. et c’est KITSCH !!!

Arthur Hash  bracelet  –  ping pong pin  –  Cake Mixer brooch

 

Maiiiiis ……. il n’est pas le seul !!! allez, c’est parti pour un « girly tour » !!

Mette Saabye (DK) – Ring ‘Crystalring’ – silver, salt crystal, paper
Mette Saabye (DK) – Brooch ‘Bumblebee harasses Pink Flower’ – gold, laquer, paper, silver (Gal. Louise Smit)

Dana Seachuga (IL) – ‘Hollow cries’ brooch – deer horn, pearls, nail polish, silver …
Mia Maljojoki (DE) – necklace

Miette (FR)- « envie » necklace, pvc
Mikiko Minewaki (JP)- necklace ‘plachain’ – curlers – (schmuck 2010)
Kate Kusack (US) zipper necklace

Alexia Cohen (US) bracelet
Heather Skowood - love-hate bracelet, silver & pom poms (photo Jonathan Keenan, UK)

Amy Weiks (US) – lick series
Karen Monny (FR) – collerettes soie 2000-01

Julie Bouldoires – b.o. spirales -fleurs – bijou d’un jour avec fleurs fraîches (ou pas) (Gal. Caractere)
Emiko OYE (US) – eclipse pink  Limited Edition bracelet – LEGO, sterling silver, rubber cord

Uli Rapp (NL) – proudly FAKE
Fifi  la Ferraille (FR) – Collier – Pièce unique

Cheryl Eve Acosta (US) – Double Bracelet – expo ‘fibers expanded’ – sterling- nylon bracelet
Helen Britton (AU) – ‘non omne est aurum quod splendet’ (all that glitters is not gold)

Denise Julia Reytan (DE)- neckpiece
Masako ONODERA (US) – Eruption Necklace

 

‘mikeandmaryjewelry‘ ‘ring_a_day » challenge
Brigit Daamen (NL) felt ring
Yoko Izawa  (UK)- veiled ring

Iris Eichenberg (NL)- ‘traenenmeer’ brooch – ‘pink years later’ – copper plated silver, beads, nylon
Terhi Tolvanen (NL)- Hyacinthe Cristalline – broche, 2008 – grape wood- silk, silver, amethyst (long 18cm)

Min-Jii CHO - necklace
Silvina Romero (Arg.) – textile necklace

 

Katerina Handlova (CS) – glass-rocaille, lamp-worked beads ‘coral’ necklace
Christine Bossler (US) ‘Distance’ necklace

 

Eric-Charles Donatien pour Lemarié (FR) – Broche Étoile du Sud-plumes, argent,cristaux
Lisa Juen – Brooch ‘Pink Tradition’ 2009- Steel, nail varnish, rost, glass, silk floss

Mi-Mi Moscow (RU)- necklace « tranquility »
Felicity PETERS (AU) – ‘inspired by the gherkin’, earplugs and silver thread

 

Akiko Kurihara (JP) ring
Susanne KLEMM (CH) – ring ‘sleeping beauty’- ‘orchid’  -silver,cold enamel

 

Johanna Dahm (CH) perspex brooch
Shannon Carney – resin brooch

 

Sarah Keay (UK) pink bangle detail – Silver, monofilament, enamel, plastic.
Katharina Moch (DE) bracelet- plastic (partly glow in the dark) copper, enamel, citrin...

 

Philip SAJET- ‘Precious and stone’ 2008 – gold, rose quartz
Ted NOTEN-’ Fashionista Purple Haze’ necklace- glass, crystal, nylon

Susie Ganch  brooch (SOFA 2009)
Seth Papac  (US) necklace

Chloé Durand - Monocle : laiton doré + gravure laser « ¥€$ » + plexiglass teinté en rose taille diamant
« Monocle qui met en avant la dérision de notre comportement vis à vis de l’argent ; l’obsession que la quête de la richesse engendre en nous, et l’illusion de bonheur qu’elle produit. Avec, je vois la vie en rose… »

 

 

et pour finir en beauté …. des fesses roses … de bonheur !

Brigit Daamen (NL) was recently featured in the exhibition “Fashioning Felt”, at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum. Brigit felts plastic costume jewelry with merino wool and transforms them into precious edgy neck pieces.

EXPO ‘No Problem (?)’ Nine Israeli Jewelers – Gallery Loupe, USA – 9 Fev-14 Mar 2010

« No Problem (?) » addresses the tension that exists between the monumental problems of the State of Israel and the « flippant » jargon of everyday speech that often seems to belie these problems.
This exhibition brings together the outstanding talent of contemporary studio jewelers from two renowned Art Schools — Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem and Shenkar College of Engineering and Design in Ramat Gan.
 

« NO PROBLEM (?) » is curated by Deganit Stern Schocken – a leading force in the field of Contemporary Art Jewelry and one of Israel’s most important studio jewelers.

Participating Artists :
Shirly Bar-Amotz, Rory Hooper, Aviv Kinel, Gregory Larin, Tehila Levi, Michal Oren, Dana Seachuga, Deganit Stern Schocken, Edda Vardimon.

Dana SEACHUGA (IL)’hollow cries’ brooch- 2009 – ivory, deer horn,pearls,silver, nail polish
Deganit STERN SCHOCKEN (IL)’figure of speech – the eye’ neckpiece- 2009 -stainless steel, polystyrene,silver, gold, zircon
Michal OREN (IL) ‘a place to hide’ bracelet- 2009 – oxidised silver
Tehila LEVI (IL) ‘ventricular fibrillation- for my baci’ neckpiece- 2009 – silver, alpaca
Aviv Kinel (IL) street hearts ring 2009 – silver, pvc*

Gallery Loupe
50 Church Street
Montclair, NJ 07042 (USA)
Tel : [phone]
Fax : [phone]
email : [e-mail]
Tuesday – Friday 11-6
Saturday & Sunday 12-5
or by appointment