EXPO ‘Badges & Buttons Waistcoats & Vest’ – Velvet da Vinci Gallery, San Francisco (USA) – 11 Juill.-26 Aout 2012

Badges & Buttons Waistcoats & Vest

Most of us have at one time or another worn a badge or button. It might have been a Peace Symbol, a Girl Scout pin or badge from your favorite sports team. These are pins with a purpose. They express your political views, belonging to a particular group or just saying « this is who I am ». Badges can indicate some feat of service, a special accomplishment or a symbol of authority, such as a policeman’s badge. Badges & Buttons Waistcoats & Vests is an exhibition exploring the notion of this modest form of jewelry. Curators Elizabeth Turrell (UK) & Robert Ebendorf (USA) have asked 26 artists, mostly from the United Kingdom and the US, to come up with their own kind of button with a message. The artist badges are displayed on vests or waistcoats – vintage, altered or custom-made clothing puts the jewelry on an imagined wearer.

 

 Participating artists:

Dail Behennah — Michael Brennand-Wood — Stephen Bottomley — Ken Bova — Melissa Cameron — Jim Cotter — Susan Cross — Robert Ebendorf — Beate Gegenwart — Caroline Gore — Jane Harrison — Gretchen Goss — Arthur Hash — Thomas Hill — Timothy Information Limited — Basil Kardasis — Felix Lindner — Megan McGaffigan — Trish O’Hara — Matthew Partington — Maria Phillips — Marissa Saneholtz — Marlene True — Elizabeth Turrell — Jessica Turrell

Elizabeth Turrell

Elizabeth Turrell Waistcoat & badges

Elizabeth Turrell Badgs

 Melissa Cameron « Ban Stop Save Fight Solve » Badge

Robert Ebendorf/Elizabeth Turrell Colaboration Badges

Arthur Hash Tool Badges

Jane Harrison « Bassett » Badge

Timothy Information Limited  Fuck C********m Badges

Jessica Turrell A Rash of Red

Megan McGaffigan Medal of Tamerlan Badge

Beate Gegenwart Waistcoat & brooches

Gretchen Goss Vest with Badges

Stephen Bottomley « Scent D’Or » Badges

Velvet da Vinci Gallery
2015 Polk Street (between Pacific and Broadway)
San Francisco CA 94109
415.441.0109
Gallery Hours:
Tuesday-Saturday 11-6
Sunday 11-4

EXPO ‘The Year was 2006′ – Studio2017, Waterloo NSW (AU) – 19-30 Juin 2012

‘THE YEAR WAS 2006‘

An exhibition of 100 jewellery pieces made in 2006

2006. It was a common year that started on a Sunday. John Howard was PM and Pluto was no longer classified as a planet. It is often bandied about that art is a reflection of our society; intrigued, we set out to find what 2006 might have looked like in terms of contemporary jewellery. 100 jewellers from across the globe have been invited to present one piece of jewellery they made 6 years ago. Presented as a salon hang, this exhibition will showcase an incredibly diverse array of jewellery and will give an overall snapshot of what these jewellers were thinking, making and the materials they were using all those years ago in 2006.

Alice Potter — Alice Whish — Alida Cappelletta — Amy Renshaw — Andrew Welch — Barbara Cotter — Bernadette Trainor — Beatriz Ruiz — Birgit Laken — Claire McArdle — Coconut Lu — Bridget Kennedy — Danielle Butters — Danielle Sweeney — Deborah Rudolph — Diane Beevers — Elfrun Lach — Elfi Spiewack — Emma Fielden — Erin Timony — Francine Haywood — Heidemarie Herb — Helen Mok — Ilse-Marie Erl — InSync Design — Jacomien Labuschagne — Jandy Pannell — Jane Millard — Jane Pollard — Jane Reynolds — Jasmine Matus — Jennifer Gehbauer — Jessica McMullen — Jessica Morrison — Jessica Page — Judy McCaig — Julie Usel — Julie Kiefel — Justine Austine — Karen Thompson — Karin Jakobsson — Karina Hunnerup — Karola Torkos — Kate Barton — Kath Inglis — Katrina Freene — Kelly McCallum — Kim Ebbeck — Linda Blair — Linda Van Niekerk — Lisa Furno — Luke-John Matthew Arnold — Madeleine Clark — Manuela Gandini — Mark Vaarwerk — Melanie Ihnen — Melinda Young — Melissa Cameron — Mervi Kurvinen — Michelle Kelly — Michelle Taylor — Minnette Michael — Mirca Maffi — Miriam Andraus Pappalardo — Nadine Smith — Naomi Schwartz — Paula Rodrigues — Phoebe Porter — Rachel Bell — Radka Passianova — Renee Damiani — Robi Szalay — Rudee Tancharoen — Sandy Marker — Shan Shan Mok — Sharon Fitness — Sharon Massey — Shauna Mayben – Shimara Carlow — Sian Edwards — Simon Cottrell — Sonya Scott — Stefanie Koelbel — Stephen Gallagher — Susan Frisch — Susanna Dwyer — Suzanne Esser — Szilvia Gyorgy — Tatjana Panyoczki — Teresa Faris — Vernon Bowden — Vicki Mason — Ximena Natanya Briceño — Zoe Brand

Susan Frisch – Flowering Gum Brooch 

Alice Potter – spotty necklace

Elfrun Lach – ‘Corallium Rubrum’ necklace – natural red coral branches

Shimara Carlow bangle

Birgit Laken -   Big Thumbnail, pendant hard fabric, 2006

 

Studio2017
6b/ 2 Danks St
Waterloo NSW 2017  (AUSTRALIA)
Ph/fax: [phone]
Open: Tues – Sat 11 – 6pm
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EXPO ‘‘Winter’ Neckpieces’ – studio2017, Waterloo, Sydey (AU) – 3 Mai–4 Juin 2011

‘Winter’ Neckpieces
For the 4^th year running we will be hosting our successful annual ‘Winter’ group exhibition exploring the breadth, depth, and width of a particular area of jewellery or the body. Our previous winter exhibitions have showcased contemporary brooches. This year the focus will be the neck.

This year we invite a selected number of Australian and International artists to make contemporary versions of this ancient form of self expression. Expect to see works ranging from eye catching, oversized statement pieces, through to delicate pared back jewels. The only limitation will be that the finished work can be worn around the neck.

New work by :

Karin Jacobsson – Karin Findeis — Helena Bogucki — Karen Thompson — Joung-mee Do — Daehoon Kang — Melinda Young — Lauren Simeoni – Phoebe Porter — Raewyn Walsh (NZ) — Kristin D’agostino – Djurdica Kesic — Melissa Cameron — Elfrun Lach — Leslie Matthews — Bridget Kennedy — Diane Appleby — Farah Bandookwala  (UK) –  Saori Kita — Zoe Veness – Michelle Taylor — Vernon Bowden — Naomi Stewart — Valerie Odewahn — Melanie Ihnen — Sheridan Kennedy — Maureen Faye-Chauhan

Melinda Young – tenticular-neckpiece

Lauren Simeoni

Melissa Cameron, White Lace – nonconsecutive planes, 2011. Titanium, silk thread

Melissa Cameron, Watery Gothic Window, 2011. Titanium, 925 silver, stainless steel cable

Phoebe Porter - transit necklace

Elfrun Lach snowflakes-detail

Joung-mee Do   – rebirth

Saori Kita

 

 

 

 

studio2017 – contemporary jewellery and objects

Studio 20/17
6b/2 Danks St
Waterloo NSW 2017
Ph/fax: [phone]
www.studio2017.com.au
Tues – Sat 11 – 6pm

EXPO ‘The BOX Project’ – Keeper Gallery, Gaffa, Sydney (AU) – 18-30 Nov. 2010

The BOX project

Eighteen contemporary jewellers from Australia and New Zealand present work they have made using unexpected materials they received in a mysterious brown box. An unusual earplug neckpiece, shuttlecock earrings and brooches sprouting living grass adorn Gaffa Gallery’s walls amongst many other delightful pieces.

Curator Jasmine Matus conceptually revisits her childhood busy box, a box full of collected items brought out on rainy afternoons to inspire the making of imaginative objects. Twenty years later, The Box Project involves professional jewellers using complex materials and techniques to bring to life this intriguing past.

 

ARTISTS INCLUDE :
Diane Appleby, Zoe Brand, Melissa Cameron, Zara Collins, Kristin D’Agostino, Sharon Fitness, Liana Kabel, Peta Kruger, Bridie Lander, Jasmine Matus, Carrie McDowell, Sunggee Min, Jessica Page, Alice Potter, Sonya Scott, Lauren Simeoni , Sondi , Melinda Young

 

Here is a sneak peak into some of the materials that the Box Project artists have received in the post. Now all they need do do is weave some magic :

Jasmine Matus – Embellishments for the neck.

Lauren Simeoni (AU) - Woodland neckpiece, artificial plants, plastic beads, brass, 2010

Natalia Milosz-Piekarska (AU) - Royal Parade neckpiece,  timber, turquoise, acrylic and glass beads, paint, 2010.

Sunggee Min (AU) - Sunday Afternoon,925 Silver, Corian, Hobby moss, Silk Thread

Zara Collins- Gifts for Murasaki Czech glass beads, broken cloisonné container. 2007 - (Photo: A Frolows)

Melissa Cameron – Tunnel Pendant, 2010

Kristin D’Agostino

Peta Kruger- Metal on the Map  (Group exhibition, April 2010)

 

Keeper Gallery,
Gaffa,
281 Clarence Street,
Sydney CBD
www.gaffa.com.au

EXPO ‘Everyday Objects’ – Loft Gallery, Abbotsford, Melbourne (AU) – 21 Oct.-3 Nov. 2010

‘Everyday Objects‘ at Loft Gallery, “Six artists use traditional Gold and Silversmithing techniques to explore, interpret and re-imagine everyday objects and themes. Curate by Beka Hannah. Featuring:
Claire McArdle, Georgia Lancaster, Inari Kiuru, Mary Hackett, Melissa Cameron, Beka Hannah.

 

Melissa Cameron- Planar radial pattern-coaster 

 

 

 

Loft Gallery
L1 253 Johnston St
Abbotsford, VIC (Australia)
Opening 6-8pm, 21st of October
Hours 12-5pm, closed Sunday.

EXPO ‘PREZIOSA Young 2010′ – Florence (Italy) 21 Mai-6 Juin 2010

Le Arti Orafe is glad to announces PREZIOSA YOUNG 2010. The third edition of this important exhibition of young goldsmith/artists selected for their individual research and for the originality of their creations will presented in Firenze, as a “collateral” exhibition to the fifth edition of PREZIOSA 2010. 
The aims of PREZIOSA YOUNG is to contribute to the diffusion of what is new in the research jewellery, what the new generation of goldsmiths/designers/artists have “boiling in the pot”…The exhibition opens on May 21st. To take part to the artists’ conferences on May 22nd, the day after the opening, interested people must register on-line (places are limited).

The selection of the 111 participants was handled by an international jury composed by Giampaolo Babetto, Johanna Dahm, Evert Nijland, Helen Britton, Angelika Wildegger, Dora Liscia Bemporad, Maria Cristina Bergesio, Giò Carbone

The 8 selected participants are:
Cheryl Eve , USA
Erin Keys, Australia
Monica Haneckova , Slovakia
Sachiko Shouji, Japan
Edna Yoshie, Japan
Sooyeon Kim, Korea
Adam Grinovich, Sweden
Melissa Cameron, Australia

Cheryl Eve, (Cheryl Eve Acosta) USA – piece ‘Connecting’ 2009Mixed media

Melissa Cameron, (AU) – Red radial pattern

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sooyeon KIM - ‘Rock’ foam, cement, silver brooch

 

Because of the importance and beauty of works, the Jury decided to give a special mention to:

Marta Hryc, Poland — Susanne Wolbers, Germany — Elena Ruebel, Germany –  Sabine Lang, Germany — Jahyun Baek, Great Britain –Natalie  Smith, Great Britain –  Tiina Rajakallio, Finland — Lisa Juen, Germany

Marta Hryc  (PL)

Sachiko Shouji (JP) -bangle – 2009 – Mixed media
Melissa Cameron (AU) -piece : Red Tin Set 2009 – mixed media

Adam Grinovich (SE)- necklace – 2009 – Mixed media
Edna Yoshie (JP) – ring – 2009 – Mixed media

 

PREZIOSA Young Firenze
Via dei Serragli 104
50124 – Florence (Italy)
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Fax: [phone]
website: www.artiorafe.it
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