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
T [413] 637-8386
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www.siennagallery.com

EXPO ‘Stephanie Tomczak’ – Heidi Lowe Gallery, US – 14 Aout-9 Sept. 2010

Heidi Lowe Gallery will feature new works by Seattle based artist, Stephanie Tomczak. Tomczak is using polymer, copper, and enamel to imitate sea forms and juxtaposing them with coral, turquoise and bone to create beautiful pieces of jewelry. The show opens during the « Second Saturday Mosaic Art Walk » on August 14th from 6-9pm and will be on view through September 9th.

Stephanie Tomczak  -  Oceanic Gems necklace – 2010 – sculpted polymer clay, sterling silver, bamboo coral, sponge coral

Stephanie Tomczak  -  Oceanic Gems pendants – 2010 – sculpted polymer clay and sterling silver

Stephanie Tomczak  -  Oceanic Gems earrings – 2010 – sculpted polymer clay and sterling silver

Stephanie Tomczak  -  stick pins

see her BLOG !

 

Heidi Lowe Gallery
Innovative Jewelry Studio
328 Rehoboth Avenue
Rehoboth Beach, Delaware (DE) 19971
302-227-9203
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EXPO ’2nd annual “Earrings Galore” group show’ – Heidi Lowe Gallery, US – 22 mai-6 juill. 2010

The second annual “Earrings Galore” group show at Heidi Lowe Gallery will showcase dozens of artists this year. From 6-9 p.m. Saturday, June 12, the gallery will host an opening reception in conjunction with Rehoboth Beach’s “Mosaic” art walk.
“Last year, ‘Earrings Galore’ was one of our most successful shows,” gallery owner Lowe said. “This year I am finding a new, fun, and unexpected way to display the earrings. The type of earring someone wears can say a lot about the person. So, I am displaying a lot of different styles to appeal to as many women as possible. The display will only enhance the earrings’ ‘cool factor’.”
The complete show will be on display until July 6 and features artists from across the United States as well as London. A partial display will be on display through September.

Melissa Borrell

Anya Kivarkis earrings

The Opulent Project- Costume Costume: Ring-Top Earrings -2010 -Enamel Painted Brass, Silver
Eliana Arenas Orange Earrings – 2010 – Mixed Media

Soyeon KIM – White and Pink Earrings -2010 – Pearls, Glass and Silver

Yevgeniya Kaganovich - Pearl and Rubber Earrings-2010 -Pearls, Rubber,  Silver

Mary Pearse – Crowning Earrings – 2010 – Silver

Lynette Andreasen earrings

Lynette Andreasen – more earrings  !!

ARTISTS : Lynette Andreasen — Eliana Arenas — Megan Auman — Jill Baker Gower — Arden Bardol — Thyra Bessette — Kristine Bolhuis — Allyson Bone — Melissa Borrell — Brenda Bregman — Ashley Buchanan — Laura Buckland — Raissa Bump — Analya Cespedes — Jim Charles — Susannah Fitz — Christina Goodman — Colleen Heineman — Annie Hinkes — Sarah Holden — Janet Huddie — Chris Irick — Yevgenia Kaganovich – Janis Kerman — Soyeon Kim — Kristin Lora — The Opulant Project – Jimin Park — Mary Pearse — Beth Pohlman — Shella Robinson — Alice Roche — Jessica Rosenkratz — Hyseung Shin — Amy Tavern — Jennifer Theokary — Stephanie Tomczak — Katja Toporski — Karola Torkos — Ben Ulsh — Veleta Vanza — Stephanie Voegele — Sadie Wang — Stacey Webber

 

Karola Torkos (UK) – Cluster Hoops -2010 -plastic, silver

Stephanie Voegele -Lime Green Chandelier Earrings- Plastic, flock, paint, epoxy, nickle silver – 2010

 

 

 

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

ENAMEL Jewelry – from the « Enamel show » at Velvet da Vinci Gallery, 2009

Celebrating 500 Enameled Objects by Lark Books
Celebrating the publication of 500 Enameled Objects by Lark Books, and in conjunction with The Enamelist Society Conference 2009, Surfacing, Velvet da Vinci Gallery will be exhibiting pieces featured in the book.
The artists featured in « The Enamel Show » at Velvet da Vinci have produced some of the most spectacular pieces featured in the 2009 Lark Book 500 Enameled Objects, juried by Sarah Perkins.
The exhibition includes both wearable jewelry and small sculptural objects. Sixty-five international artists are featured in the exhibition.

Participating artists:
Sally Aplin • Sofia Björkman • Amanda Bristow • Harlan Butt • Jessica Calderwood • Helen Carnac • Tania Carson • Patricia Case • Yi Chen • Marianne Contreras • Lisa Crowder • Venetia Dale • Dubbelop (Pauline Barendse & Jan Matthesius) • Robert Ebendorf • Beate Eismann • Helen Elliott • Susie Ganch • Angela Gerhard • Gretchen Goss • Charity L. Hall• Joseph Handy • Jan Harrell • Mark Hartung • Sha Sha Higby • Melissa Huff • John Iversen • Jessica Kahle • Elizabeth Kaprow • Susan Kingsley • Soyeon Kim • Maya Kini • Shana Kroiz • Jutta Klingebiel • Deborah Lozier • Claudia Milic • Anna Moll • Viktoria Munzker-Ferus • Seth Papac • Joan Parcher • Miel-Margarita Paredes • Sarah Perkins • Joseph Pillari • Natalya Pinchuk • John Rais • Michele Raney • Katherine Redford • René Roberts • Jessica Schlachter • Ann Schmalwaßer • June Schwarcz • Sean Scully • Giovanni Sicuro • Marjorie Simon • Judy Stone • Tura Sugden • Amelia Toelke • Stephanie Tomczak • Fabrizio Tridenti • Julia Turner • Elizabeth Turrell • Jessica Turrell • Mariah Tuttle • Niki Ulehla • Jonathan Wahl

Tura Sugden « Pollination Ring »  –   Fabrizio Tridenti – brooch

Stephanie Tomczak « Angelito, a Mourning Portrait » Brooch  — Susie Ganch brooch

Elizabeth Kaprow  – « Red Cross » Brooch –  brooch

 Lisa Crowder « Bunnies Light and Dark » Brooches
Natalya Pinchuk « Growth Series, Brooch

Giovanni Sicuro « M1″ Bracelet –Viktoria Munzker-Ferus « Enamel as Pigment 03″ Brooch

Venetia Dale « Blooms on Gold » Necklace — Shana Kroiz Necklace « White Wash »

 

BOOK :

500 Enameled Objects by Lark Books