EXPO ‘Ring a Day – 65 artists. 1 year. 365 rings’ – Punch Gallery, Seattle (USA) – 5-29 Mai 2011

Ring a Day
65 artists. 1 year. 365 rings.

May 5 – 29, 2011

Opening Reception: 5 – 8pm
First Thursday, May 5, 2011

As a tie-in to the annual SNAG (Society of North American Goldsmiths) conference, PUNCH presents this totally RAD (Ring a Day) exhibition showcasing 365 rings, accompanied by select photographs to illustrate the diverse, creative and inspiring rings artists have made from Day 1 to Day 365.

Colleen Baran, Kathryn Cole, Shannon Conrad, Nina Gibson and Sara Westermark juried RAD from over 16,000 rings (!!!) submitted to the Ring a Day group on Flickr. The exhibition features 65 international artists with work ranging from ephemeral and conceptual art rings to functional jewelry in both alternative and classic materials.

(Ring 100, Victoria Takahashi, April 10, 2010 – wood, mixed metals, polymer clay, dyed feather, acorn cap)

This project was an open challenge to metalsmiths and other artists across the globe to make one ring a day out of any material for the entire year of 2010. Over the course of the year artists continually added rings, new artists joined the group, ideas morphed into new ideas, artists played off the ideas of other artists, and materials were used in new and unexpected ways. On a daily basis, rings were created, photographed, and posted to the Ring a Day Flickr group. The majority of the artists represented discovered the project through social media networks like Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, blogs and word of mouth. This project reflects a population of metalsmiths and jewelry makers who are facile with current online technology.

Ring a Day is part of the Society of North American Goldsmith’s yearly conference; an event that brings together 800+ visitors from around the world for exhibitions, artist’s talks, trunk shows and more. SNAG is an international educational non-profit organization that supports and advances the professional practice of artists, designers, jewelers and metalsmiths.

 

Thanks to the RING A DAY blog I got the list of exhibiting artists !!
Ashley Akers
Sabine Amtsberg
Loren Angulo
Maria Apostolou
Erin Austin
Meg Auth
Angela Baduel-Crispin
Colleen Baran
Inbar Barbaket
Laurie Brown
Kathleen Brughelli
Maureen Brusa-Zappellini
Catherine Chandler
Kathryn Cole
Kerry Alice Collins
Shannon Conrad
Jennifer Culp
Beth Cyr
Casey Daurio
Trudie Davies
Lisa Dienst-Thomas
Nina Dinoff
Thomasin Durgin
Laura Flavin
Renee Ford
Nina Gibson
Lynne Glazzard
Natalia Gomensoro
Heather Goodwin
Lora Hart
Sarah Hood
Chris Irick
Alice Istanbul
Norsola Johnson
Sarah Loertscher
Marthe Le Van
Kate Jones
Maggie Joynt
Evelyn Markasky
Bill Martin
Marta Miguel Martínez-Soria
Denise McCoy
Alisa Miller
Danielle Miller
Carrie Nunes
Margaret O’Brien
Marta Sanchez Oms
Paul Phillips
Calan Ree
Kathryn Riechert
Andrea Ring
Lígia Rocha
Kathi Roussel
Kest Schwartzman
Ponsawan Silas
Mike Stromberg
Rachelle Stromberg
Victoria Takahashi
Leslie Tinnaro
Susan Trindle (= »Quercus Silver » !)
Mary Lu Wason
Emily Watson
Sara Westermark
Dee Wilder
Jaqki Withycombe

(go to see the pictures on the blog ! INCREDIBLE things … well, RINGS !)

The Ring a Day project, initially proposed by artist Nina Dinoff, was intended as a challenge to set a daily routine of exploration

Susan Trindle (the mysterious »Quercus Silver » !)

Maria Apostolou

Thomasin Durgin‘s « Crown of Thorns Cilice Ring » RAD 31

Thomasin Durgin (a.k.a. Metal Riot)

 

 

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BOOK :

Ring a Day – by  Marthe Le Van – LarkCrafts Ed. – 256 pp
publication date : sept. 2011

 

some RINGS discovered here & there ……………

Each time I see great rings I think about the great « ring web site », « The Carrotbox » ! and my dream would be to help her to discover new rings ….. but she knows ALL about rings before everybody ! so keep up dreaming !

………….. and trying to STOP this post !!!! finding every hour new GORGEOUS rings !!!

Alina Alamorean

Julia  deVille

Lisbeth Nordskov ring – Nylon, sølv, elfenben og granater.

Susanne Klemm

Rita Marcangelo – silk (burnt) & silver rings

Lucia Massei- « Le parole vengono dopo  » 2011

Lucia Massei- 2 Pigmented shibuichi (silver & copper) rings

Patty Nieman – Ring (exhibition « Finger symbols » 2010)

Marcus Marguillier- 3rd hologram series ring

Ingjerd Hanevold – Norway

Ingjerd Hanevold – Norway

Medan Toril ring (saw on Helena Johansson blog)

Shannon Carney ring

Helena Johansson‘s contribution to the book New Rings: 500+ Designs from Around the World

Violaine Ulmer - céramique, argent

Tomasz Zaremski – Poland

Tomasz Zaremski (Poland) – rings

Amber O’Harrowseashell ring

Esther Knobel

Tasso Mattar

Marie Bonfils  (DK) – ‘Ode to Manfred’ ring

Katherine Wheeler existence ring

Susanne Klemm – sleeping-beauties – couldn’t resist to them …………

Joe Wood (US) – ball rings 1999 – cast sterling silver, with 18K gold liner

Augousta Themistocleous  – ‘ping pong’ ring – collection 2009

Melanie Moulhen – émail – bagues ? (blog Bijouterra)

Winfried Krueger ring 1999 (blog Bijouterra)

Sun Kyoung Kim

Iwaki Yu

Agata Friedman

Liisa Hashimoto – shoe ring

Margaret Bridgewater – ‘Floating’ rings

Anthi Voyatjes - « Death encapsulated » - Sterling silver, pearls, animal skull; hollow form construction

Keri Kwik (US) – ring

Kaylee Russotti

Robean Visschers so well-known « under-construction » structure ring -Gold, silver (oxidized)- 2006

Robean Visschers  - another construction/structure ring – glorious !

Lisa JUEN – ring (exhibition « Finger symbols » 2010)

Yoko Izawa - veiled rings (exhibition « Finger symbols » 2010)

Nora FOK – ring ?  (exhibition « Finger symbols » 2010)

Rhona HOGG (UK) ring

Jenny Llewellyn set of rings -  like jelly worms …..

Isabelle Hertzeisen – twist tie rings

Ashley Akers

BOOK

New Rings – 500+ Designs from Around the World – by Nicolas Estrada – Thames & Hudson, 272 pp – available in JUNE 2011 -

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GREAT RINGS saw on this Flickr page about « Finger symbols » exhibition  held in 2010 by Shetland Arts (Finger Symbols, an exhibition exploring rings and finger ornaments, curated by Mary Smith can be seen at Bonhoga Gallery, Weisdale, Shetland from 7 August to 5 September. 2010)

Felieke Van der Leest – ring ……. LOL !

VIDEO à voir ABSOLUMENT sur les bagues de l’expo  « Finger symbols » !

 

GREAT page too on this Flickr gallery : The Ring Show !!(The Ring Shows: ‘Then & Now’ and ‘Putting the Band Back Together’ at the Georgia Museum of Art in Georgia, US- It runs August 23-November 2, 2008)

Yael Krakowski

Vickie Sedman (US)