EXPO ‘The Outer Limits’ – Facere Gallery, (USA) – 4-24 Fevr. 2015

The Outer Limits

Lecture: Wednesday, February 4 at 5:00 PM
Reception: Wednesday, February 4 at 4:00 PM

Orbital by nature, jewelry art lives on the body. Jewelry art invites comment. Jewelry art says, « Howdy! ». It is with pleasure that Facèré Jewelry Art Gallery offers Outer Limits, an exhibition of jewelry art that is as playful as it is avant-garde. Each featured artist experiments with peripheries – pushing the boundaries of material, technique and form.

 

Artist List:
Jana Brevick — David Choi – Rebecca Hannon — Arthur Hash — Shayna Illingworth – Tia Kramer – Emiko Oye — Rachelle Thiewes – Myung Urso.

  Myung Urso, « Composition » Necklace in cotton, asian ink, linen, mulberry paper, african trade beads, resin, thread, and sterling silver. 5 x 21 x 0.75″

David Choi, Knotted Series #07 brooch in steel and sterling silver. 2 1/2 x 2 1/2 x 1/2« 

David Choi, Knotted Series #02 brooch in steel and sterling silver. 1 1/4 x 2 1/2 x 1/2″

 Rachelle Thiewes, Bracelet #373 in steel, sterling silver, kandy paint, 2 x 4.25 x 3.75″

Emiko Oye: No.4 – Big Mouth Strikes Again, Under the Killing Moon: Series of surrealist lips. One-of-a-kind convertible necklace and wall-mounted sculpture. Repurposed and recycled LEGO®, Argentium silver, rare earth magnets. Pendant measures 5.375 x 3.75 x 2” Necklace is 21.5” long.

Myung Urso, « Outer Space » Necklace in mica, thread, resin, and African trade beads. 5.5 x 22 x 0.25″

Myung Urso, « Still Life » Brooch in wool, thread, acrylic pain, sterling silver, and lacquer. 4 x 6.5 x 1″

 Arthur Hash, ‘Snake’ Bracelets in glass infused nylon.

Arthur Hash, « Inflated Chain » Necklace in glass infused nylon. 3-D printed. Approx 74″ long. Chain links are 22mm x 14mm. Largest element measures 6 x 1 1/2 x 1 1/2″.

Jana Brevick: Intersection Necklace, Sterling silver.

Emiko Oye: No.1 – Lips Like Sugar, Under the Killing Moon: Series of surrealist lips. One-of-a-kind convertible necklace and wall-mounted sculpture. Repurposed and recycled LEGO®, Argentium silver, rare earth magnets. Pendant measures 5 x 3 x 1.5” Necklace is 21.5” long.

Rebecca Hannon, « Pinwheel Neckpiece » in laminate, sterling silver clasp, and steel cable. Necklace is 26.5″ in length.

 

Facere Jewelry Art Gallery

1420 Fifth Ave, Suite 108,
Seattle, Washington 98101
http://www.facerejewelryart.com/
206-624-6768

 

EXPO ‘ONoff’ – SooLOCAL, Minneapolis (USA) – 24 Avril 2014

ONoff: An Exhibition of Makers that work ON and off the body

jeudi 24 avril 2014 –  18:00 – 21:00 (CDT)

This exhibition will be presented at SooLOCAL: A Division of Soo Visual Arts Center to run in conjunction with the 2014 SNAG conference in Minneapolis, MN.

image details: Manuela Jimenez - Right: Casi… 2013 / Left: She is Getting Lighter 2012

One would expect Jewelry artists to be limited to objects of personal adornment, but many contemporary makers in this field have gone beyond the constraints of functionality to pursue conceptual interests in areas such as photography, kinetics and sculpture.This exhibition seeks makers whose work demands exploration both on and off of the body. What happens when a metalsmith goes beyond the boundaries of the wearable? How does the work change when function and jewelry mechanics no longer need to be considered? Can the conversation continue seamlessly from a necklace into an installation or sculpture? The exhibition will feature two works by each artist selected: one piece of jewelry or wearable object and one piece that shifts in scale, medium or material in order to further investigate their ideas.Juror: Susie GanchSusie Ganch is currently Associate Professor and Head of the Metals Program at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia. She is also Director of Radical Jewelry Makeover, an international traveling community jewelry mining and recycling project. Exhibition Organizers: Sarah Holden and Kat Cole

 

 

ONoff Exhibition Artists :  Katja Toporski — Lisa Phelps-Havelin — Rachel Timmins — Manuela Jimenez — Kelly Mccallum — Brooke Swanson – Gabriel Craig — Heejin Hwang — Caitie Sellers — Melissa Cameron — Stephanie Lynn Voegele — Billie J. Theide — Masako Onodera — Evin Dubois — Jill Gower — Alexis Archibald –  April Wood — Demi Thomloudis — David Choi — Sarah Holden — Kat Cole

 

 

 

SooLOCAL:

A Division of SooVAC

3506 Nicollet Avenue South,

Minneapolis, MN 55408  – USA

EXPO ‘Staring : in HINDSIGHT’ – Die Neue Sammlung (Danner-Rotunde), Munich (DE) – 14-20 Mars 2014

SCHMUCK 2014 – Munich – 12-18 Mars 2014

Staring : in HINDSIGHT / SUNY NP METAL

Vernissage 14 Mars, 19 Uhr

STARING: The State University of New York at New Paltz

THE METAL PROGRAM AT THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT NEW PALTZ IN COOPERATION WITH DIE NEUE SAMMLUNG – THE INTERNATIONAL DESIGN MUSEUM MUNICH

Designed in response to the physical space that houses the exhibition, in Staring is an exercise in looking, finding, seeing and knowing.
This gallery, informally referred to as ‘under the stairs’, is an interstitial space – formed by the galleries that surround it. It is a negative of a positive, the leftover from a functional form. It lies in-between, forming the way one considers what lies on the other side of the concrete divide, what is revealed and what is hidden. As the risers and runners of multiple staircases surround the viewer, form becomes rhythmic, linear texture, closing in underfoot and overhead. In this space one is simultaneously astonished, disoriented, and mystified. While not originally conceived as an exhibition space, through imaginative thinking it became so.
As a marginal space it is not confined by traditional boundaries or conceptions. This notion of working the margin is akin to the creative strategies taught at New Paltz. Students are expected to engage the traditions of jewelry and hollowware, working within the field’s “architecture”, but not to mimic it; in dialogue through making they question function, value, and relevance to our somatic, conceptual and incorporeal experience. We look backward and forward at the same time, challenging and promoting the practice of making.
Provoked by the space itself, we ask the viewer to consider what it means to be ‘under the stairs’. In a domestic setting it is a space to keep things that are only used occasionally, or perhaps forgotten. It is a psychic space, the space of the Odradek, a space where fear of the unknown is manifested. Within this space discoveries are made, surprises can be found, and occasionally we lose even ourselves.

Talk on 16 March, 11 Uhr : Pravu Mazumdar: Understanding Surfaces. On Jewellery and Identity.
Pinakothek der Moderne. www.die-neue-sammlung.de

Human surfaces are hybrid objects involving biological and cultural elements like dress, makeup, jewellery, gait, skin, posture, voice. Contemporary societies manifest not only surfaces of products, but also human surfaces functioning as ‘packaging’ and emitting discourses on interiority that place humans within limits and define their individuality.
However, the surfaces are not only readable. They are also produced on a daily basis, not only by the individuals themselves or the global beauty industry at large, but also a whole political machinery of identity, gleaning certain constant, measurable and recognisable traits of individuality from the surface discourses, documenting them in passports and identity cards and locking in modern individuals within the shell of their identity. Modern jewellery – in its contemporary, critical manifestations and its inherent tendency of breaching tradition – can break open the shell of identity and involve individuals in an open play of enhancement and change of masks. It can indeed be understood as a means of counteracting the pressure towards identity in daily life in modern societies.
Such ideas will be presented with examples and images from the area of contemporary jewellery art.
Munich | Lecture | Sunday, March 16, 2014 | 11:00 p.m. | Tel. [phone]
Ernst von Siemens-Auditorium, Pinakothek der Moderne, Barerstrasse 40, Munich | Lecture in English | Admission free

Participants : Aliyah Gold — Allison Ulmer – Allyson Bone — Amy Williams — Anna Drexel — Aran Galligan — Cameron Andersen — Celine Browning – David Choi – Eunjae Baek — Francesca Urciuoli — Hyun Kyung Park — John Huckins — Kate Mess — Katherine Wilson — Kathleen Rearick — Kim Zitzow – Lena Grabher — Lynn Batchelder — Maia Leppo  — Martin Anderson — Melissa Tolar – Michael O’Neill — Missy Graff – Nikky Bergman — Qu Mengnan — Sara Glaberson — Sarah Abramson — Steven Gordon Holman

 

MFA Candidate Steven Gordon Holman : Steven’s Work has been selected to compete in the international design competition TALENTE – at Schmuck 2014 in Munich

Lynn Batchelder,  Necklace: Sawing/Drawing, 2013 – Steel 

Steven Gordon Holman – Necklace: To Segment and Join, 2013 – Mule deer antlers, nylon paracord, steel cabled

Martin Anderson

Michael O’Neill « Flood »  – 2010  Bracelet  Silver; Pyrex; Driftwood

Aliyah Gold -   Moth Brooch Sterling silver, Glass, Gold leaf – « Infestations » 2013

2 artists Pieces :
Left and Right: Martin Anderson. Necklace: Black & Yellow Necklace, 2012. Glazed porcelain, sterling silver, silk.
Center: David Choi. Bracelet & Knotted Brooches: Untitled, 2013. Steel, silver.
Pre & post-production styling: Steven Gordon Holman & Anna Hammer.
Camera: Kim Zitzow. Model: Mengzi.

Eunjae Baek 2010-12 thesis work

Hyun Kyung Park - 3 brooches « Architexture »  Huguenot Street – Deyo House 3 Brooches | 2012 | Plastic, Paint, Sterling Silver, Steel

 

Die Neue Sammlung – The International Design Museum Munich
Danner-Rotunde
Barer Straße 40
Pinakothek der Moderne
80333 München

0PENING HOURS TUESDAY – SUNDAY 10:00 – 18:00
THURSDAY 10:00 – 20:00

EXPO ‘FERROUS’ – Velvet da Vinci Gallery, San Francisco (US) – 1er Mars-14 Avril 2013

FERROUS | Velvet da Vinci Contemporary Art Jewelry and Sculpture Gallery | San Francisco -

March 1 – April 14, 2013

(David Choi bracelet)

Jewelry in a New Iron Age by 60 International Artists

Velvet da Vinci San Francisco exhibition
March 1 – April 14, 2013
Artists’ reception Friday, March 1, 2013 from 6 to 8 p.m.

FERROUS, an exhibition of jewelry using iron, steel, and steel alloys. Although the use of iron dates back more than two thousand years, this humble material is more commonly used for agriculture and industrial purposes than adornment. A significant exception is the Berlin Iron Jewelry of the early 19th century. The Prussian Royal family funded the uprising against Napoleon by encouraging wealthy citizens to exchange their precious gold and silver for intricately fabricated iron jewelry.Intricacy is just one aspect the 60 artists of FERROUS explore with this versatile material. Known for its strength and lightness, the steel and iron jewelry of FERROUS is both rusty and shiny, sheet and wire, bejeweled and modest. The exhibition will take place simultaneously at Velvet da Vinci Gallery in San Francisco and as a virtual exhibition at crafthaus online. In May FERROUS will travel to 18Karat Gallery in Toronto, Canada as part of The Society of North American Goldsmith’s annual conference.

 

 

Participating artists:
Nanz Aalund, USA –  Anne Achenbach, Germany –  Dauvit Alexander, Scotland –  Talya Baharal, USA –  Michael Berger, Germany –  Lisa Bjorke, Sweden –  Aaron Bray, USA –  Elizabeth Callinicos, UK –  Melissa Cameron, USA/Australia –  David Choi, USA –  Kat Cole, USA –  Dialogue Collective, UK –  Andy Cooperman, USA –  Donna D’Aquino, USA –  Jaclyn Davidson, USA –  Ann Catrin Evans, Wales –  Maureen Faye-Chauhan, Australia –  Fekete Réka, NL –  Mirla Fernandes, Brazil –  Peg Fetter, USA –  Rebekah Frank, USA –  Motoko Furuhashi, USA –  Susie Ganch, USA –  Elliot Gaskin, USA –  Janna Gregonis, USA –  Dana Hakim, Israel –  Masako Hamaguchi, UK –  Tom Hill, USA/UK –  Heejin Hwang, USA –  Rob Jackson, USA –  Mary Frisbee Johnson, USA –  Lisa Juen Sinnott, USA –  Satomi Kawai, USA –  Maya Kini, USA –  Amy Klainer, USA –  Jenny Laidlaw, UK –  Lorena Lazard, Mexico –  Roxy Lentz, USA –  Timothy Information Limited, UK –  Kasja Lindberg, Sweden –  Tara Locklear, USA –  Sarah Loertscher, USA –  Drew Markou, UK –  Judy McCaig, Spain/Scotland –  Lindy McSwan, Australia –  Chris Nelson, USA –  Iker Ortiz, Mexico –  Claudio Pino, Canada –  Jo Pond, UK –  Suzanne Pugh, USA –  Meghan Patrice Riley, USA –  Mackenzie Sala, USA –  Natasha Seedorf, USA –  Sondra Sherman, USA –  Marjorie Simon, USA –  Melissa Stiles, USA –  Barbara Stutman, Canada –  Tore Svensson, Sweden –  Sarah West, USA –  Katie Wright, UK

Donna D’Aquino : Red/Black Necklace

 Helen Shirk: Neckpiece

Alexander Dauvit : Three Post-Apocalyptic Cocktail Rings

David Choi Brooch

Maureen Faye-Chauhan: Stainless steel Octahedral brooch

Sarah West – Coney Island/RCA Brooch

Susie Ganch : Pendant

Mirla Fernandes Eu sou a medida II/Fe (I am the measure/Fe) Necklace

Drew Markou Rust and Space Brooch #1

Tara Locklear – Faux Real KJ Lane Replica Earrings

Marjorie Simon First Thoughts on Miami Foliage Neckpiece

Sondra Sherman Study Valeriana Brooch

Barbara Stutman Boutonniere #11

Jennifer Laidlaw No use in crying over spilt milk Necklace (detail)

Lindy McSwan Day 7 NYC v2.1 and v1.2 Brooches

Dana Hakim My Four Guardian Angels Brooch

Meghan Patrice Riley Interstitial II Necklace

Kat Cole 405 Summit Catalog of Belongings Neckpiece

Kat Cole The Land Below – Winter Neckpiece

Sarah Loertscher Structure Neckpiece #13

Amy Klainer Safety Chain Necklace

Suzanne Pugh Brooch

Roxy Lentz Neckpiece

 Lisa Bjorke Frigg Brooch

Reka Fekete Juggling Brooch

 Lisa Juen I Make You Look Successful Brooch/Neckpiece

 Claudio Pino INOX Reverie Ring

Michael Berger Kinetic Ring

Motoko Furuhashi – Sentiment Brooch

Timothy Information Limited -  Gone Brooch

EXPO ‘COSTUME COSTUME’ – Sienna Gallery, Lenox (USA) – 4 Juill.-31 Aout 2011

COSTUME COSTUME Part II
Guest curated by Arthur Hash.

COSTUME COSTUME (an opulent project) is a collection of work made by emerging contemporary art jewelers. It is an exploration of costume jewelry as subject ; jewelry about jewelry.
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We are thrilled to have Arthur Hash curate a selection of new designers and artists to expand the COSTUME COSTUME collection! View select pieces online or model entire collection in the Costume Costume Photobooth at Sienna Gallery in Lenox, Massachusetts..

« Pink Thinks » – Erin Rose Gardner for TOP  (The Opulent Project)

 

Current and past artists include Sarah Abramson, Mikael Arsjö, Kate Bauman, Michael Dale Bernard, Thyra Bessette, Allyson Bone, Jenny Bradley, Raissa Bump, Sarah Kate Burgess, Alice Jee Chung, David Choi, Meg Drinkwater, Anne M. Fiala, Erin Gardner, Maricha Genovese, Anna Hinkes, Rory Hooper, Soyeon Kim, Courtney Kemp, Seohee Koh, Tara Locklear, Sarah Loertscher, Julia Elizabeth Louise, Edgar Mosa, Jimin Park, Mary Hallam Pearse, RT Peters, Katie Poterala, Cynthia Rohrer, Earl Ross, Leslie Skalin, Theresa Sterner, Monika Strasser, Kristi Sword, Islay Taylor, Melissa Tolar, Stephanie Tomczak, Ben Ulsh
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Sienna Gallery debuted the project last April at SOFA NY where we installed a photobooth. This format provided visitors with an experience outside of the typical museum-like presentation of jewelry and objects at SOFA. We encouraged people to have fun interacting with our jewelry. Viewers instantly became wearers, modeling our jewelry for a printed souvenir photo-strip. And in some sense the wearer became a « collector » and jewelry became « collected » through physical printed image and solidified through social media.

Islay Taylor  – pro nailz – gold plated bronze, hand painted acrylic nails

 

Sienna Gallery
80 Main Street
Lenox, MA 01240
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www.siennagallery.com

Annual MARZEE selection of GRADUATE WORK JEWELLERY 2011 (NL) – 7 Aout-24 Sept. 2011

SELECTION of WORKS to see HERE

Jade Drakes and her dogs – Brooch, electroformed copper. Gold plated

Satita Rojpojjanarat and her « Thai clouds »

 Nadege Roscoe’s intimacies

(THANKS to Alchimia blog for pictures !)

Alla Malova Guy - necklace Post Fossil 2011, ceramics, metal chain, flocking, epoxy resin, iron, magnet – Switzerland, Geneva, HEAD

Antje Stolz – necklace Steinlos I (Stoneless) 2010, stone veneer, enamel lacquer, oxidised silver, lead, coral cement  – Germany, Idar-Oberstein, Fachhochschule Trier

Agata Bartos – necklace Storytellers – Precious Buttons 2011, porcelain, epoxy resin  – Netherlands, Arnhem, ArtEZ

Bell Zhou – necklace Protect 2011, glass, silver, gems, paint, seed, copper, yellow plastic thread, steel  – Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology

Andrêa Martins - brooch Shadow of Truth 2011, silver, cord, fishing line  – Portugal, Senhora da Hora, ESAD

Marine Stampfli - bracelet Paradoxes 2011, silver, cotton, resin  – Switzerland, Geneva, HEAD

Satita Rojpojjanarat – brooch 2011, silk, nylon, magnet  – Italy, Florence, Alchimia, Scuola di Gioielleria

Hanna Liljenberg (MA) – brooch 2011, black paper, shellac, silver  – Sweden, Gothenburg, HDK

Alice Bo-Wen Chang (MFA) – necklace Bodyspace/bodyscape series 2011, silver, gold plated copper, copper  – UK, Edinburgh College of Art

Mariko Sumioka (BA) – necklace Bamboo Necklace 2011, oxidised copper, enamel on copper, kimono, gold-plated steel cable  – UK, Edinburgh College of Art

David Choi (MA) – brooch 2011, steel, oxidised silver  – USA, New Palz, State University of New York (SUNY)

Younghee Hong – brooch Drawn to Nature #2 2011, polymer filament, plastic price tags, silver – USA, Bloomfield Hills, Cranbrook Academy of Art

Anne Achenbach - necklace Kuh (Cow) 2011, zinc coated steel  – Germany, Dusseldorf, Fachhochschule

Sachiyo Higaki – necklace 2010, wood, thread  – Germany, Idar-Oberstein, Fachhochschule Trier

and ………..

Marcos Guzman (BA), Catherine Da Costa (BA), Inari Kiuru (BA), Bin Dixon-Ward (BA), from Australia, Melbourne, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT)  –  Marleen Henot, Sofie De Bakker, Hannes Groffy, from  Belgium, Hasselt, Provinciale Hogeschool Limburg — Ren Kai, Liu Xiao, from China, Beijing, Central Academy of Arts — Alena Hesounová, Karla Olsáková, from  Czech Republic, Prague, AAAD Academy of Art, Architecture and Design — Kadi Kübarsepp, Liina Lõõbas, Katrin Kosenkranius, Kadi Kübarsepp, from  Estonia, Tallinn, Eesti Kunstakadeemia — Krista Ruohonen, from Finland, Lappeenranta, South Carelia Polytechnic — Marie Masson, from France, Limoges-Aubusson, l’École Nationale Supérieure d’Art (ENSA) — Julie Connellan (MA), from  Ireland, Dublin, The National College of Art and Design (NCAD) — Laura Alvarado, Ricarda Tesch, from  Germany, Dusseldorf, Fachhochschule — Sabine Conrad, from Germany, Idar-Oberstein, Fachhochschule Trier –  Hyoun Jung Sung, from Germany, Halle, Burg Giebichenstein, Hochschule für Kunst und Design –  Stefan Heuser, from Germany, Munich, Akademie der Bildenden Künste — Laura Rittlinger (BA), Michaela Prange (BA), Yasutaka Okamura (BA), from Germany, Pforzheim, Fachhochschule — Yael Nissan, Rotem Fishler, from Israel, Ramat-Gan, Shenkar College of Engeneering and Design — Keren Grinfeld, Shir Pins, from Israel, Jerusalem, Bezalel — Carissa Hsu, from Italy, Florence, Alchimia, Scuola di Gioielleria — Makoto Tachihara, Koji Toyama, Haruka Masuda, from Japan, Tokyo, Hiko Mizuno College of Jewelry — Morgane de Klerk, Atsuno Takase, Benedikt Fischer, Marina Elenskaya, from Netherlands, Amsterdam, Rietveld Academie — Jie Sun, from Nederlands, Amsterdam, Sandberg Instituut — Iris Verstappen, from Netherlands, Maastricht, Academie Beeldende Kunsten — Jessica Winchcombe, Julia Middleton, from New Zealand, Porirua, Whitireia Polytechnic –  Ilse-Marie Erl, from New Zealand, Auckland, Aotearoa, Unitec — Typhaine Le Monnier (MA), Maria Emília Martinho (BA), from Portugal, Lisbon, AR.CO — Ji-hye Lee, Jihyun Lee, Heon-Joo Ji, Heejoo Kim, from South Korea, Seoul, Kookmin University — María Saura Estruch, María Sol González Martínez, from Spain, Barcelona, Escola Massana — Barbora Hainzová, from Slovakia, Bratislava, Academy of Fine Arts and Design — Malin Peter (BA), Xiang Dai (MA), Charlotte Maslov (BA), Mikael Sellersjö (MA), from Sweden, Gothenburg, HDK — Katrin Spranger (MA), from Sweden, Stockholm, Konstfack — Hannah Fewtrell-Bolton, Xiaohan Ren, from UK, Birmingham Institute of Art and Design BIAD — Jenny Laidlaw (MA), Vershali Jain (MA), from UK, Edinburgh College of Art — Ruth Reifen, Mariah Tuttle, from USA, Providence, RISD — Allyson Bone (MA), Allison Ullmer (MA), from USA, New Palz, State University of New York (SUNY) –

many mant THANKS to Gallery Marzee for their pictures !!!

Galerie Marzee
Lage Markt 3
6511 VK Nijmegen
The Netherlands

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METAL Inclinations2 – online exhibition – will open on 31 OCTOBRE 2010

online Metalsmithing and Jewelry Exhibition

The METAL Inclinations2 exhibition will open online at
http://www.smm-metalinclinations.org October 31, 2010.
Until that time, METAL Inclinations1 2008-09 will be shown at the same URL.

METAL Inclinations, an International online Metalsmithing and Jewelry Competition and Exhibition (2008-09) is presented by The Society for Midwest Metalsmiths (St Louis, Missouri, USA). This exhibition includes selections of the most exemplary fine metal art created by metalsmiths, silversmiths, goldsmiths and jewelers all over the world.(http://www.midwest-metalsmiths.org)

These artists have one or more pieces selected :

ALICIA JANE BOSWELL — KRISTINE BOURCIER — JUAN CARLOS CABALLERO-PEREZ — DAVID CHOI –  CAPPY COUNARD — DARIA DE KONING — KEN DERENGOWSKI — MOLLY DOUGLASS — BENCE FORDOS –  ALIYAH GOLD — THERESA HAUSER — BARBARA HEINRICH — NICOLE JACQUARD — UOSIS JUODVALKIS — JUDITH KAUFMAN –  JUDITH KINGHORN — ELHADJI KOUMAMA — CHAO-HSIEN KUO — VICTORIA LANSFORD –LORENA LAZARD — SUNG-YEOUL LEE — PATRICIA LEMAIRE — JOSEPH LEROUX — AMY LYONS — CHRISTINE MACKELLAR — BROOKE MARKS-SWANSON — WENDY MCALLISTER — JENNIFER MOKREN – JINHEE PARK — VINCENT PONTILLO — GRETCHEN RABER — SUZAN REZAC — DAVINA ROMANSKY –
AMY TAVERN — PATRICIA TELESCO — ASHLEY WARSAW — LIAUNG CHUNG YEN

Theresa Hauser - « gold chain » necklace – crocheted yarn, sterling silver
FIRST MERIT AWARD
« the gold chain necklace is an iconic style of necklace that i found to be suited for reproduction in this manner. yarn and thread are used in place of the original precious metal. this alteration inherently conveys a sense of playfulness and fun, but attempts to have as much appeal as the original inspiration. after all, the point is for them to be enjoyed »

Nicole Jacquard – ‘Wallpaper ‘ -  Silver, fine silver, gypsum powder, silk thread- 2009
« Within my work I am interested in exploring the themes of; the souvenir, ornamentation, memory, longing, and nostalgia associated with the collection of personal objects. I am interested in how ordinary everyday objects transcend the mundane through the association of memory thus becoming personal and precious. Overall my work draws reference to objects that I’ve collected, objects that were hand made or mass produced but due to their limited use for special occasions, they became precious and personal with meaning. By employing the use of new technologies and their materials, my work also explores the ideas of what it means to be made by hand in contrast to mass production and the future of mass customization. »

Jill Baker Gower – Patterned Rosette Brooch – Vitreous enamel on copper, argentium sterling silver, velvet Acid etched, sifted and stoned enamel, fabricated

Amy Tavern – necklace -Sterling Silver, Spray Paint – layers of red and white spray paint with sgraffito 2009

Patricia Lemaire – ‘Jardins Suspendus De Babylone’ – Maillechort, argent forgé, granulation, patine, crayons d’oursin
« I love creating worlds in which a piece to wear can be found…. metal … as a faithfull friend…. allows me to implement wireline architectures and large « self-carried » objects. »

Vincent Pontillo -  ‘For Saraswati’ – Sterling Silver, 23 Karat Gold Leaf. Forged, Fabricated
« « I will never look like that. » Usually a phrase which is heard, but most commonly said responding to a billboard.
I am attracted to the role this « billboard » plays in my life. Utilizing metalsmithing techniques and traditional jewelry form, I socially and conventionally reinterpret commercialism through adornment. Rendering each piece non-functional, I seek to express a personal commentary of the marketeers’ opportunistic approach to unattainable idealism through ornament. »

Lorena Lazard- ‘Wrap Me Up ‘ -  Crochet Piece Pure Silver, Sterling Silver

David Choi – brooch – fabricated steel
« The physicality of steel is cold and rigid. It is fascinating to turn this man-made material into something warm and beautiful. My focus is in this transition from constraint to plasticity. I construct complex forms from multiple elements. My work represents the seamless relationship between order and chaos. To me, perfection is an illusion. The more I deform it, the more it can represent my definition/sense of reality. Jewelry is a large subject in a small object; what animates me is the sentiment of the beautiful. »

Sung-Yeoul LEE – ‘Connection II’ -  Sterling silver, Cable wire / Fabricated
« My goal is associating the idea of intimacy in jewelry objects to the body while the cord functions as a vehicle which conveys metaphorical meaning of connection. When the piece is on the body, the cord seems to penetrate or bind the wearer. I feel that it expresses the physical and conceptual connection between piece and wearer. It is also very meaningful in promoting the intimacy between wearer and the work itself. »

Liaung Chung YEN - ‘Stone Pathway’ – Bracelet – By using the gold wire to create the structure and the feel of the natural stone, I create the stone pathway. Along the pathway, you can find some diamonds which imply the treasures during the journey. Hand fabricated, soldered and stone setting. 18k gold, diamonds

Aliyah GOLD – Swarm Necklace Leather, Bronze, stainless steel, sterling silver

Pour METAL Inclinations1 2008-09, voir article : découverte(s) on METALinclinations – APPEL à CANDIDATURE / CALL for ENTRIES pour METALinclinations2 – Deadline 18 Juill. 2010