EXPO ‘Destination SCHMUCK’ – Ligsalzstr. 27, Munich (DE) – 17-20 Mars 2014

SCHMUCK 2014 – Munich – 12-18 Mars 2014

‘Destination Schmuck’ is the first show held in Munich by the ‘Made to Make’ collective, having first exhibited during Schmuck 2013 with the online show ‘Matching Items Available’. ‘Destination Schmuck’ will showcase new work created in response to the theme of  Travel by the participating artists.

“With the growth in popularity of the Internet and social media within the art jewellery world our work ‘travels’ across the virtual world everyday. You are able to recognise a piece of work or a face of a jeweller you have only ever seen on a computer screen. Those jewellers and their work congregate yearly in Munich for those few days of ‘Schmuck’. Initial virtual connections of Like’s, Tweets and Pins are turned into tactile experiences and burgeoning dialogues.”

Members Farrah Al-Dujaili and Natalie Smith have taken on the role of curators for the show. ‘Made to Make’ collective is proactive in creating opportunities and platforms to display our work and engage with the jewellery community at large. By undertaking collective briefs that question, confront and push conceptions of jewellery we aim to ultimately invigorate our individual practices. Each member’s work exudes craftsmanship, imagination and creative ingenuity distinctive of the art jewellery approach.

The private view will be held on Thursday 13th March and the show will run until 16th March.

 

Farrah Al-Dujaili

Farrah Al-Dujaili  ‘Taking not the smallest notice’ 2013 Necklace Copper, enamel paint, watercolour, beads, acrylic coating. 13cm x 53cm x 5cm

Li-Chu Wu  Necklace: Blossom II 2010  Paper

Li-Chu Wu  – Mountains - 2012 Paper Jewellery- Brooches

Natalie Smith Brooch: ‘Heart of Glass’ 2011 -13x 8.5x 4.5cm

Natalie Smith Brooch: ‘A Study in Camouflage: 6.6′ 2013. Steel, textile, paint and sugar

 Hannah Fewtrell-Bolton – Piece 5 – 2010 – Textile, Advanced plastics , base metal

Jo Pond - Remnants. Cocoon on suspender clip.

Sally Collins   Silver Reknitted brooch

Ligsalzstr. 27
80339 München

Schmuck 2013 – EXPO online ‘Matching Items Available’

Matching Items Available

Made to Make collective are embracing the virtual space of the Internet with ‘Matching Items Available’ an online exhibition that goes live 06.03.2013 to coincide with Schmuck 2013. -

madetomakecollective.wix.com/matchingitems  -  06-10-Mar 2013

 ​​‘Matching items Available’ sees ten art jewellers transform a mass-produced, fast-fashion necklace into something wholly different.

​These reworked pieces exude craft, imagination and creative ingenuity distinctive of the art jewellery approach.

​This brief was set to question, confront and push conceptions of jewellery and to ultimately invigorate our individual practices to show ‘Made to Make’ as a collective that is proactive in creating opportunities and platforms to display work and engage with the jewellery community at large.

​Within the art jewellery community, the Internet is an invaluable tool of learning, display and connection. Reflecting the value of social media in the visibility of art jewellery Made to Make embraced the virtual space of the Internet for Schmuck 2013, with the integration of Twitter and Youtube within the exhibition. Creating a sensory experience in the virtual venue, with the aid of photographic, video and audio ‘sketches’ provided by each artist.

Artists:  Farrah Al-Dujaili –  Stephanie Arm – Emily Bullock — Sally Collins — Hannah Fewtrell-Bolton — Jo Pond — Fliss Quick — Katherine Richmond — Natalie Smith – Li-Chu Wu

« ‘Made to Make’ is a collective of art jewellers who are all alumni of the Birmingham Institute of Art and Design’s School of Jewellery MA course whose diverse collections have already culminated in an exhibition in the UK.
We are Farrah Al-Dujaili, Stephanie Arm, Emily Bullock, Hannah Fewtrell-Bolton, Sally Collins, Lydia Feast, Jo Pond, Fliss Quick, Katherine Richmond, Natalie Smith and Li-Chu Wu. »

Hannah Fewtrell-Bolton - ’High Street Incognito’ - Necklace Primark necklace, advanced plastics, enamel paint, plaster, pigment.

Hannah Fewtrell-Bolton – ’High Street Incognito’ – Necklace Primark necklace, advanced plastics, enamel paint, plaster, pigment. 

Li-Chu Wu – ‘My Pink Garden’    Necklace Primark necklace, paper sheets, paper threads, gild wire, nail polish, acrylic paint & glue.Farrah Al-Dujaili – ‘Some Strange Species’    Necklace Primark necklace, copper, fabric paper, thread, plastic beads, acrylic dip, acrylic paint, watercolour pencil, nail varnish, ceramic beads.

Katherine Richmond ‘Community Values’    Brooch Primark necklace, book pages, epoxy glue and solder.

Fliss Quick – brooch

Sally Collins – ‘Hey! Why So Serious?’    Collar brooch Primark necklace and textiles.

Natalie Smith – ‘Underneath It All…’    Neckpiece Primark necklace, textile, paint, icing.

Li-Chu Wu  Brooch: Place-Work2-Oxford 2012  Paper, copper, stainless steel  8 x 8 x 2 cm

Natalie Smith  Brooch: Bad Seed 2012  Clay, paint, textiles, steel, sugar  (‘From Dreams & Dust’ is a new collection that continues my work with SUGAR as a material.)

Farrah Al-Dujaili  Necklace: Meddle 2012  Copper, blackboard paint, chalk marker

Stephanie Arm  – Spring  Bangle

Sally Collins   Silver « Reknitted » brooch

Fliss Quick « wish I’d joined the foreign legion, 2011″

Hannah Fewtrell-Bolton – « don’t give a block »

EXPO ‘Donning Oxford’ – O3 Gallery, Oxford (UK) – 2 Juin-1er Juill. 2012

DONNING OXFORD

This exhibition of contemporary fine art jewellery looks to explore and stretch the notions of how or what it is to ‘don’ Oxford. Contributing artists have been selected for their collectively broad approach to jewellery making and will undoubtedly reflect, interpret and respond to this theme in varied and surprising ways.

 

Contributing artists:
Farrah Al Dujaili — Karen Bartlett — Emily Bullock — Rachael Colley — Sally Collins — Sian Haigh-Brown — Lucy Harvey — Fiona Hermse — Heidi Hinder — Tamsin Leighton-Boyce — Yi Lu — Mikaela Lyons — Toni Mayner — Kathryn Partington — Jo Pond — Fliss Quick — Katherine Richmond — Miriam Rowe — Natalie Smith — Shadi Vossough — Li-Chu Wu

Farrah Al-Dujaili – ‘Out-of-the-way-things’ necklace  Copper, enamel paint, acrylic paint, watercolour, beads, acrylic coating.

 

 

Li-Chu Wu – Brooch ‘Plants’ 2011 -Paper, copper, wax, silver plated

Mikaela Lyons – Neckpiece ‘Organic 3′ 2012 – Curtain trim, black fresh water pearls, enameled copper, wax

 

O3 Gallery
03 Gallery
Oxford Castle New Road
Oxford, OX1 1AY
Phone: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Website: www.o3gallery.co.uk
[e-mail]
www.donningoxford.blogspot.com
Opening times during exhibitions:
Tues – Fri 12-5pm, Sat & Sun 11am-4pm, Closed Mondays.

Decouverte : Sally COLLINS « frilly things »

Sally COLLINS

« … avid champion of ‘Make Do and Mend’ culture Sally Collins creates her pieces from second-hand fabrics such as crochet and lace, heat treated copper and gold-plated elements to create compositions of layered pattern, colour and form. With a playful emphasis on excess detailing and frills Sally’s sometimes eccentric designs add to the charm of her work making her a much loved designer. Of her work Sally says: “My concern is not only with the ecological benefits of re-using and re-inventing something old, discarded or forgotten, but with the beauty of the history of an object when it has been passed down through a family or transformed into something else for another purpose.” » (Amelia’s Magazine)

 

« Working from my beautiful little workshop nestled at the bottom of my garden in the West Midlands,  I create colourful and tactile jewellery pieces from a combination of precious and non- precious metals and recycled textile elements.
Not only exploring issues of recycling and sustainabilty, my work considers issues of ornamentation and the concept of the ‘superfrilly’; the emphasis is on excess detailing and frills, taking pleasure in unusual or abundant combinations of fabric and texture. Every piece is meticulously handmade and completely unique.
 I also work as a  lecturer on the BA (hons) degree in Jewellery and Silversmithing at Birmingham’s School of Jewellery. »

« My collection ‘Make Do And Mend’, is a range of earrings, rings, brooches, neckpieces and bodypieces inspired by a domestic approach to recycling and sustainabilty. I combine sewing, knitting and crochet with traditional jewellery making skills to create tactile and colourful pieces of contemporary jewellery.
Hand pierced elements in sterling silver, gold- plated sterling silver or copper and patinated metals are layered with recycled pieces of fabric, reknitted unravelled jumpers and frilly clusters of crochet.
‘Make Do And Mend’ comprises of a range of large ‘statement’ body pieces and brooches designed more for exhibition purposes, alongside a more wearable and accessible range of brooches, necklaces and earrings.  »

 Sally COLLINS – ‘Hybrid 3′ body piece

Sally COLLINS – collection ‘Make Do And Mend’, small scale brooches

Sally COLLINS – collection ‘Make Do And Mend’ – ‘Florry’ necklace

Sally COLLINS – collection ‘Make Do And Mend’ – ‘Doily’ necklace

Sally COLLINS – Silver ‘Reknitted’ (large scale) brooch

COLLECT 2011 – at SAATCHI GALLERY, LONDON (UK) – 6-9 Mai 2011

COLLECT has an enviable reputation as a premier, annual fair for contemporary craft. Through its presentation of work from the best international applied artists, COLLECT has become a prestigious event in the international cultural calendar gaining the respect and support of many private collectors, museum curators and galleries.

This year, for the first time, the work of each artist will be complimented by a photographic installation curated by a renowned Italian photographer, Mario Guerra, in which the jewellery on display will be interpreted from an artistic viewpoint, so as to create an ever closer connection between the worlds of contemporary craft and contemporary art.

jewelry galleries :

Alternatives Gallery (IT), Antonella Villanova (IT), Electrum Gallery (UK), Galerie Louise Smit (NL), Galerie Marzee (NL), Galerie Ra (NL), Galerie Rob Koudijs (NL), Galerie Sofie Lachaert (BE), Galleri Format (NO), Galleria Norsu (FI), Lesley Craze Gallery (UK), Galerie Rosemarie Jäger (DE), The Scottish Gallery (UK), Tyger Glyn Gallery (UK)

Eugenia Ingegno (Alternatives Gallery)

Sally Collins – (Alternatives Gallery)
Helen Britton – (Galerie Louise Smit)

Bettina Speckner – front brooch – 2010  (Galerie Ra)

Mia Maljojoki - (Galerie Rob Koudijs)
Ara Kuo -  (Galerie Sofie Lachaert )

Elise Hatlo – (Galleri Format)

Anna Talbot, Redwolf, 2009 - (Galleri Format)
Nora Fok – (Lesley Craze Gallery)

Melanie Isverding (Galerie Rosemarie Jäger)

Attai Chen  (Galerie Rosemarie Jäger)
Susan May- brooch – (Tyger Glyn Gallery)

 

 

Saatchi Gallery
Duke of York’s HQ, King’s Road
SW3 4SQ‎ – London
United Kingdom
Telephone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
website: www.craftscouncil.org.uk/collect
mail: [e-mail]

EXPO ‘Alchemists: New concepts in jewellery’ – New Brewery Arts, Cirencester (UK) – 14 Janv-27 Fevr. 2011

 Alchemists: New concepts in jewellery

Jewellers are not defined by traditional materials and today’s makers are constantly pushing the boundaries of what jewellery can be.
Be it big and bold or pale and subtle, the innovative world of studio jewellery will delight and challenge in equal measure often making us re examine our pre conceptions of what jewellery means.
ALCHEMISTS, the latest jewellery exhibition to be curated at New Brewery Arts, sets out to investigate and present the work of contemporary jewellers who take precious or unexpected materials and transform them into unusual and desirable jewellery.
The notion of using precious and non-precious materials within jewellery is hardly new, but this show seeks to highlight the breadth of approaches and range of materials used by today’s makers when exploring the adornment of the body.
New Brewery Arts is proud to present the work of over 25 artists. Internationally renowned and award winning contemporary jewellers will be exhibiting alongside the fresh talent of new makers just stepping out in their careers.

Artists:
Jane Adam, Jivan Astfalck, Karen Bartlett, Sally Collins, Jack Cunningham, Anna Gordon, Maria Hanson, Yoko Izawa, Tanvi Kant, Hannah Louise Lamb, Bridie Lander, Alison Macleod, Lindsey Mann, Toni Mayner, Maria Militsi, John Moore, Grainne Morton, Louise Parry, Kathryn Partington, Betty Pepper, Lina Peterson, Jo Pond, Mah Rana, Katherine Richmond, Zoe Robertson, Ruth Tomlinson, Jessica Turrell.

Jivan Astfalck – ‘Vanitas’

Lina Peterson

Jack Cunningham

Sally Collins - brooch

Grainne Morton Ruth

Lindsey Mann – combines brightly printed sheet aluminium & other non-precious materials (found objects)

Jessica Turrell- Scribble Series – brooches, silver, copper, vitreous enamel, 2009

Jo Pond- brooch – given a kite (cocoon serie)

 

 

Maria Militsi

Karen Bartlett - Ring-Copper, silver,CZ,gold plate,powder coat

 

 

New Brewery Arts
Brewery Court, Cricklade St
GL7 1JH – Cirencester
United Kingdom
Telephone: [phone]
website: www.newbreweryarts.org.uk
mail: [e-mail]

 

BOOK :

Coloured Aluminium Jewellery: design & make – Lindsey Mann -
Published by A& C Black Publishers Ltd, London – 128 pp

SIERAAD Art Fair 2010 – Amsterdam – 4-7 Nov. 2010

Sieraad : International jewelry art fair  in Amsterdam. The fair will include the 50 best entries for the international design contest New Traditional Jewellery and the presentation of « Inspirations »

This year the theme of SIERAAD Art Fair as well as of the New Traditional Jewellery design contest is TRUE COLOURS. A brilliant concept, for it calls for new artistic exploration on the part of designers and a search for their own creative roots.

In the meantime 200 jewellery artists have registered to show their work at SIERAAD, which is the largest number of participants since the beginning of the fair. From November 4 through 7 they will show the wide range of their creativity to the public in the Gasholder on the Westergasterrein in Amsterdam. The fair will include the 50 best entries for the international design contest New Traditional Jewellery.

 

Participants 2010

Alexa – Maria Klahr Amanda Caines Anat Sapir Glass Jewellery Design Anke AMO Akerboom Atelier Bloedjes Atelier Hanneke Paumen Atelier Luz Atelier Myrthe Atelier: Akelei Atelier: Kunst in Zilver Atelier: MB Aurifex Goldschmiede Babette von Dohnany Camara Gallery Cees Post Christiane Köhne Creative Jewellers on show Daniele Geargeoura Danielle Vroemen Do Collection Dominique Trinephi Dorit Schubert Dubbelop Edelsmederij Orzini Edelsmid Annelies Schroder

Eelco Veenman Eva Baum Eva Schreuder Fabienne Vuilleumier Fachhochschule Trier Fairytale jewellery H.H. Huang HAL 1 Design Hanneke Wels-Davelaar Hartog en Henneman Hester Zagt Ines de Booij Irish Talents Isabell Schaupp Jacomijn van der Donk Jantine Kroeze John Artistizabal C. Josef Koppmann Julia Funk Julia Miltenberger Schmuckdesign Kircher Schmuck L* sieraden Label 17.01 accessories Lady Indira LALABEYOU

Leen Heyne Liuba Jewels Loet Gescher M10 Sieraden en Ontwerp Malu Berbers Marc Lange Marian Sturkenboom Mayza Joao Design Miguel Gomez Romero Mirjam Jakubowski en Rene Vlasblom Misun Won MOYA Nele Content Nirit Dekel Nora Rochel Patricia Thomazo Paulien Schipper Peggy Bannenberg Petra Eberz Ra-books Ramjuly Renate Pukis en Tobias Ueberschaer Robine Ehrenburg Sabine Müller Sabine Scheubele

Saimaan AMK | Saimaa University of Applied Sciences Sally Collins Sarah Herriot Design Sarah Kobak Edelsmid Sarit Assaf Serena Kyung-Hyun Park Sieraad in Perspectief Simone Brewster Spitzenstücke Stephanie Hensle Tamara Grüner Tove Rygg Ulrike Poelk Uta Knoop Schmuckdesign Ute Decker Sculptural jewellery Ute van der Plaats van Jansen Yoriko Mitsuhashi Zehava Hashai-Spellman Zita Jansen edelsmid

Uta Knoop -  necklace

Arata Fuchi (at Creative Jewellers on show)- Ring – silver : silver powder : oxidized silver powder : fine gold : fine silver

Mirjam Dreher and Penkaar Abova at/from Fachhochschule Trier

Uli Rapp - new creations for SIERAAD

Fabienne Vuilleumier – broche « Villa Dutoit »

Enregistrer

SIERAAD Art Fair, international jewellery design fair – Amsterdam (NL) – 4-7 Nov 2010

SIERAAD Art Fair

list of participants 2010

« People wear jewellery for very different reasons – from habit or from a form of self- respect, when one has to dress for a certain occasion, but also in memory of a beautiful moment or a certain person. Jewellery is also worn simply because one is happy to be alive, from the need for something new and in anticipation of things to come. Just as people wear jewellery for different reasons, they also differ in taste and physical appearance. Some people can spend more money on jewellery than others. But where is a contemporary selection to be found that, as far as diversity is concerned, surpasses all other forms of presentations in the way of ideas, materials and price range?

SIERAAD was set up in 2001 as a platform for people who have chosen a fantastic profession in which they can realize all their ideas but who, being self- employed, have only limited possibilities to put their work on the market. The need for such a platform is apparent from the growing number of participants from many different countries who would like to present themselves. This year the work of independent jewellery designers from more than ten countries will be on show. The direct confrontation with the public does not only serve a necessary, economic purpose – it may also result in some feedback regarding the content of their work, which in turn may lead to new developments.
Realizing this edition of SIERAAD Art Fair means that the ideal form of the fair has been realized at the same time. With its characteristic outline and beautiful open space the former gasholder on the premises of the Amsterdam WesterGasfabriek is the right spot with the right atmosphere. The location is spacious enough to create an individual place for each designer while still maintaining the coherence. The fair displays jewellery in all its manifestations and furthermore, presents a small number of goldsmiths that design silver plate.

What goes for vases or paintings goes for jewellery as well – enough is never really enough. Obligations and restrictions are self-imposed values. What really matters is the joy that can be experienced from a work of art. Apart from the wealth of forms and colours, what is especially important are the associations one may have with it and the way one can live with it. That is why the fair is just as interesting for people who seldom buy jewellery as for collectors of these items of cultural significance. Unique objects in a variety of price ranges are to be found here as well as jewellery made in small numbers.
By means of a few centrally located presentations the range of the concept ’jewellery’ is shown. This year it will be an exhibition in which jewellery designers write history, entitled “Medieval Mystery solved”. Jewellery can also symbolize loss and sorrow, which becomes clear from the impact of “Bomb Wreck Jewellery”. As organisers of this fair, Astrid Berens and Maarten Bodt are aware that an increase in new talent is crucial for the profession of jewellery design. Therefore, this year they offer space to students of the section Jewellery & Product Design of the College of Arts in Maastricht. Using new computer technology jewellery designers associated with the Formativ from Düsseldorf make unexpected possibilities and jewellery tailored to the individual visible and tangible. For those who want to increase their knowledge about jewellery there will also be a stand with books on this subject.
In short, everybody can find something to his liking on this edition of SIERAAD Art Fair, if only, for starters, a personal remembrance of this confrontation with the many-sidedness of contemporary jewellery. » (Marjan Unger, art historian and publicist)

Alexa-Maria Klahr (DE)

Anat Sapir - glass jewelry 

Christiane Köhne (DE) - Brosche ‘rosa Fischernetz’ plastikblumen

Dorit Schubert (DE)

Fabienne Vuilleumier (FR) – ‘Villa Dutoit’ bracelet

Hsiu-Hsuan Huang Painted Necklace, 2007 (Turquoise, canvas, oil paint)

Isabell Schaupp

Jacomijn van der Donk

Julia Funk (DE), Kragen, ‘Die Orientierungslose’

Malu Berbers

Nora Rochel (DE)

‘Ramjuly‘  (Emanuela Deyanova & Antoaneta Petrova) – rings

Sally Collins (UK) ‘Make Do And Mend’ collection

Stephanie Hensle (DE) – brooch-  iron, silver plated with magnetic plastic gemstones

Tamara Grüner

Tove Rygg (CH)

 

 

 

Uli Rapp (NL)

Ute Decker

Uta Knoop (DE) ‘confetti’ necklace

 

NEW TRADITIONAL JEWELLERY GROWS INTO A BIENNIAL EVENT
THEME INTERNATIONAL DESIGN CONTEST AND EXHIBITION IN 2010: TRUE COLOURS
Starting with the fourth edition, New Traditional Jewellery (NTJ) will become a biennial event. The three preceding editions of this international design contest and the ensuing travelling exhibitions have been proof of the success of this project and its right to exist. The quality requirements as to the nature and scope of and entries for the event are becoming increasingly strict. In order to meet these requirements in a professional manner NTJ will become a biennial design contest.
The next edition will be in 2010. For the design contest and exhibition 2010 the technical jury of New Traditional Jewellery (NTJ) has chosen the theme ‘True Colours’ because literally as well as figuratively this theme offers considerable scope for inspiration.
The 2010 theme: ‘True Colours’
Showing your true colours means that you show what your real attitudes and qualities are. You can approach True Colours from a social perspective; society is full of topical colour coding. Other examples may be found in heraldry, folklore and science.
True Colours refers to colours and pigments. Over the centuries the palette of art history has been determined by precious mineralogical and biological pigments that were obtained from ground semi-precious stones, processed metals, and earth, seeds and plants – materials that did not always bear the test of time; in the course of time white lead e.g. turned black.
The link between the theme ‘True Colours’ and contemporary jewellery design is obvious. From time immemorial the significance and appreciation of jewellery have pre-eminently been determined by colour.
From the use of gold or silver to enamels and mineralogical and biological stones: colour is a language. In the seventies and eighties it became manifest how rich this language is. The application of textiles and Perspex in jewellery led to a new form language and use of colour – an important stage in the emancipation of contemporary jewellery design.
True Colours is about the history, meaning, value, magic and power of the language of colour.
The importance of NTJ
For every edition of New Traditional Jewellery an inspiring theme is chosen. Participants are challenged to reshape historical or traditional jewellery. They do not submit just their design – they must also submit pictures and information about the historical or traditional ornament on which their concept is based.
This is the characteristic added value of NTJ: past and present are bridged by artists in a very personal way. A technical jury selects fifty to seventy designs which are on show in an exhibition during the SIERAAD fair, where the winners of NTJ are also officially announced.
When taking part in this contest, jewellery designers from all over the world make use of a new platform where they give shape to their vision of a tradition and a theme. This design contest and the ensuing travelling, international exhibition have become a showcase for developments in contemporary jewellery in the new millennium.
Foundation Art in Business is the initiator of New Traditional Jewellery. Its objective is the promotion of knowledge and appreciation of the art of jewellery in the business world, among private individuals and civil authorities. In this ways FAB wants to bridge the gap between artists and buyers and between tradition and today’s world.

NTJ list of  NOMINEES for 2010

…. among them : Annika Pettersson (SE), Denise Julia Reytan (DE), Floor Mommersteeg (NL), Giovanni Sicuro (IT), Isabell Schaupp (DE), Kirsten Spuijbroek (NL), Tamara Grüner (DE), Thea Clark (US), Willemijn de Greef (NL), Atty Tantivit (Thailand), Carolina Gimeno (Chile), Dora Haralambaki Greece, Fabrizio Tridenti (IT), Vivi Touloumidi (GR), Nicolas Cheng (SE) ………………

Amanda Caines (UK)                   —                          Carolina Gimeno (Chili)

Dora Haralambaki (Greece) – ceramic jewellery

Nicolas Cheng – ‘The Beauty of Nothingness’ - brooch – loofah, sponge, cotton

 

 

SIERAAD
WesterGasfabriek
Haarlemmerweg 8-10
1014 BE – Amsterdam (Netherlands/Hollande)
Tel : [phone]
[e-mail]
http://www.sieraadartfair.com

EXPO ‘Spectrum’ – Heidi Lowe Gallery, Rehoboth Beach, Delaware (USA) – 9 Oct.-9 Nov. 2010

« Spectrum: A Broad Range of Varied but Related Ideas and Objects that Explore Color »,

a group show co-curated by Megan Romero and Ashley Willemain. They have brought together a select group of artists who use color as a central aspect of their work. International recognized artists, Amy Tavern, Melissa Tolar, Timothy McMahon, and Sally Collins will present a variety of works including intricate brooches with gemstones and rings that frame beautiful fabrics.

Spectrum will be on view through November 9th. Gallery Hours Daily 10-6

«  »Spectrum » is an exhibition focused on contemporary jewelry inspired by color featuring Sally Collins, Timothy McMahon, Amy Tavern, and Melissa Tolar. These artists utilize a wide variety of formats, processes and materials, but are connected through the importance of color in their work. Color has played a dominant role in the Fine Arts for many generations, from the specific hues of paintings to the bold use of color in modern and contemporary sculpture. Until recently, color played a secondary role within the field of jewelry, limited to the addition of gemstones, patinas or enamels. With the freedom to break out of the traditional metalsmithing techniques and processes, color has become a force to be reckoned with. « 

Amy Tavern – Earrings

Amy Tavern – necklace

Sally Collins (UK)-  Bridesmaid Ring - Oxidized Sterling SIlver, fabric, cotton

Timothy McMahon (US) – Necklace 

Melissa Tolar – Enamel, hand-cast gems, and pearl brooch

Melissa Tolar – necklace

 

Heidi Lowe Gallery
Innovative Jewelry Studio
328 Rehoboth Avenue
Rehoboth Beach, Delaware (DE) 19971 (USA)
302-227-9203
[e-mail]