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

 

COUP de ROUGE ! Ligia ROCHA – travail au crochet

« I made this using wire from old television sets resistors wich is very thin and has this amazing colours. » (Ligia Rocha)

 

« Ligia Rocha: born and currently living in Porto, Portugal.
After attending the Fine Arts School at Lisbon, I studied goldsmithery, becoming a professional in this field.
My work is a result of an evolving dialogue between materials and ideas, using handmade metals, found objects, resin, copper wire from resistances and Japanese lacquer. Inspired and intuitive patterns are cut into the surface of the metal, transforming those seemingly ordinary materials into something precious.« 

RING a DAY challenge !!

Ring a Day challenge : For anyone who wants to participate in making a ring a day for the year 2010! nothing strict. you just have to make something every day… out of anything you want!!

post your propositions here : http://www.flickr.com/groups/rad2010/

le but du jeu ? faire une bague par jour, pendant l’année 2010 !!!

Les propositions sont délirantes, drôles, superbes, imaginatives, créatives …. à voir (à défaut de créer soi-même !) je me régale !!!

some of my « fav » :

Kathryn Riechert - Silver plate spoon handle with an enameled flower (glass on copper) pinned in place by a sterling rivet – ‘The Ring I Made With the Red Flower That Goes Over Multiple Fingers’ — Kathryn Riechert ‘The SQUID’ made w/ a fork ! — – Clare STOKER  — Ligia ROCHA‘  — Victoria TAKAHASHI ‘experimetal’

Nina DINOFF  ring composed of the entirety of Martin Luther King Jr.’s ‘I Have a Dream’ speech from August 28, 1963 –   ‘mikeandmaryjewelry‘ feathers — Thomasin DURGIN (‘Metal Riot’)  ‘Crown of Thorns Cilice Ring’ –  Thomasin DURGIN (‘Metal Riot’)  a testicular beaded moment!!! — Thomasin DURGIN (‘Metal Riot’) cerf-volant/kite ring – 

Les plus belles photos de toutes ces merveilles d’inventivité sur / have a look at the best pictures on  http://fiveprime.org/flickr_hvmnd.cgi?method=GET&sorting=Interestingness&photo_type=250&page=17&search_domain=Tags&photo_number=50&sort=Interestingness&tag_mode=all&textinput=ringaday&search_type=Tags

 

Thomasin Durgin is a stand-out participant in the Ring A Day Project on Flickr. I’ve been watching her mix it up with classic metalwork, shocking political statements, innovative use of alternative materials, and inspired conceptual pieces. If that weren’t impressive enough, she’s also created video art.
“Making one ring per day for a year is challenging,” Thomasin says, “and I’ve found it helpful to switch between mediums to keep it fresh for myself. Some of my videos are made as conceptual rings and some simply demonstrate the uses of rings that I’ve created. I know virtually nothing about making movies, but I have a lot fun playing with i-Movie and exploring stop-motion techniques.”