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 ‘Forming Words’ – Flow Gallery (UK) – 14 Fevr-17 Mai 2013

Forming Words

14 February – 17 May 2013

 

Text forms part of our daily lives. Road signs, headlines and advertisement communicate with people without making a sound. In perhaps more thoughtful text, words enclosed in novels, type in a newspaper article or the verse of a poem can be a source of deep inspiration.
Flow’s forthcoming exhibition Forming Words is based on how form and structure can be inspired by text. Flow has asked selected artists to create new work based on a piece of writing of their choice, from poetry to a letter to lyrics. Whether it is the shapes, lines and curves which letters create that inspire the work, as in vibrant wall pieces by Debbie Smyth that motivate the work. Or simply the fluidity of the writing, artists exploring this theme express the diverse approaches and outcomes this one theme can manifest. Many of the artists have chosen to utilise the meaning of their selected text or the message that the text communicates to inform their work. Other artists, such as Aino Kajaniemi take a personal approach to using text with particular memories woven in thread.
The work in this exhibition traverses disciplines. Jewellery will be exhibited alongside silver teacups, ceramic vessels and enamel plates. The variety in material has resulted in an exhibition that intends to capture the endless inspiration of the written word.Clare Hillerby – Brooch

Artists include:  Jonathan Boyd — Gary Breeze — Tabea Dürr — Clare Goddard — Clare Hillerby — Mimi Joung — Alyssa Dee Krauss — Aino Kajaniemi — Hanne Mannheimer — Susanne Matsché — Enya Moore — Cecilia Levy — Bethan Lloyd Worthington — Matthew Raw — Debbie Smyth — Jessica Turrell – Ingeborg Vandamme — Sophie Wiltshire — Buddug Wyn Humphreys

Ingeborg Vandamme memories

Jonathan Boyd

Susanne Matsché snake of thoughts: leather, textile

Clare Hillerby – Collage brooch ~ Italy oval

Jessica Turrell – new group of ‘medal’ brooches

Jessica Turrell « Rememberings » Panel

 

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EXPO ‘Karl Fritsch Jewellery’ – Manchester Art Gallery (UK) – 15 Fevr.-23 Juin 2013

the first UK solo show of Karl Fritsch Jewellery.
Opens in Manchester on 15 February – 23 June.

Manchester Art Gallery presents the first UK solo exhibition from celebrated contemporary jewellery designer Karl Fritsch. Fritsch is a German-born, New Zealand-based jewellery designer whose highly sought-after work features in public and private collections around the world. Fritsch’s hand crafted jewellery is uniquely unconventional and according to exhibition curator Jo Bloxham ‘exudes an energy and fascination unlike that of any other living jeweller today.’ His playful approach combines precious and non-precious materials from gems to rusty screws alike, forging surreal yet perfect creations which push the boundaries of design to its limits.

Every piece is hand made and unique, often enabling the wearer to add his or her mark over time. At Manchester Art Gallery, many of the pieces will be available to buy with prices starting from £100 upwards.

Karl Fritsch will be giving a talk as part of our Thursday Lates programme on 14 March 2013, 6.30pm.

  Karl Fritsch Ingots, ring

Ingots, ring by Karl Fritsch, detail

Karl Fritsch  ring

Karl Fritsch  ring

 

 

Manchester Art Gallery
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EXPO ‘Nora Fok: Focus on Cloud Nylon’ – Lesley Craze Gallery, (UK) – 7 Fevr.-9 Mars 2013

Lesley Craze Gallery  : Nora Fok: Focus on Cloud Nylon exhibition. Private View tomorrow night (7 Fevr. 2013)

  Lesley Craze Gallery showcase a selection of works from Nora Fok’s seminal retrospective exhibition ‘Cloud Nylon’.
Nora Fok is one of Britain’s leading contemporary jewellers who uses knitting, weaving, plaiting and knotting to transform nylon microfilament into extraordinary intricate wearable forms.
‘Cloud Nylon’ has been toured around the UK at venues including the Ruthin Craft Centre, Shipley Art Gallery and the Harley Gallery, though this is the first time that this work will have been seen in London.
Key pieces have been chosen which reflect Nora’s delicate craftsmanship and fascination with the natural world.

Nora Fok – disc-florets 2008-9 – neckpiece – knitted dyed nylon

Nora Fok – - neckpiece – knitted dyed nylon

 

Lesley Craze Gallery
33 – 35a Clerkenwell Green
London EC1R 0DU
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EXPO ‘Suspend-ed in Pink’ – The Atrium-The School of Jewellery, Birmingham (UK) – 7-28 Janv. 2013

Suspend-ed in Pink
The Atrium – The School of Jewellery, Birmingham.  07.01.13-28.01.13

 

Exhibitiors ‘Suspend.ed in Pink’ 2013 :

Alexandra Hopp –  Andrea Coderch –  Annette Dam –  Babette Von Dohnanyi –  Claire Lavendhomme –  Claire McArdle –  Corrado de Meo –  Demitra Thomloudis — Drew Markou –  Erica Voss –  Farrah Al Dujaili –  Galatée Pestre –  Helena Johansson –  Heng Lee –  Isabel Dammermann –  Jane Richie –  Jo Pond — Jorge Manilla — Josephine Siwei Wang — Kate Rohde — Karen Bartlett — Karen Vanmol — Karin Roy Andersson — Katharina Moch — Kevin Hughes — Lauren Markley — Laurence Verdier — Lital Mendel — Lynn Batchelder — Mallory Weston — Masako Hamaguchi — Michelle Kraemer — Minna Karhu — Patricia A Gallucci — Rachel McKnight —  Réka Fekete — Rhona McCallum — Ria Lins — Sam Hamilton — Silke Fleischer — Sofia Björkman – Thea Clark — Vinit Koosolmanomai — Yeseul Seo — Zoe Robertson.

Karen Bartlett

Claire McArdle

Sam Hamilton

Corrado de Meo Brooch: Flower in Pink 2012  Mixed media -  Photographer: Federico Cavicchioli

Heng Lee – Floral Embroidery- Pixel Series

Andrea Coderch  Brooch: Untitled 2012  Mixed media

Babette Von Dohnanyi  Brooch: Sea Miracles 2012  Mixed media  Photographer: Federico Cavicchioli

Helena Johansson

Kate Rohde resin cuff

Farrah Al Dujaili- ‘Beautifully Marked’

Lital Mendel- Curvature Collection : pink necklace with ribbon (this one will not be exhibited here …)

Lital Mendel-   necklace from « Epehmeral collection »  (THIS one will be exhibited !)

Michelle Kraemer- « like red but not quite » / brooch / cotton, acrylic paint, steel

Rachel McKnight – Pink Twisted Ruffle Neckpiece

Silke Fleischer – Pickup #4 velvet pink 

Zoe Robertson  Brooch: Double Bubble 2011  High density modelling foam, flock fibre, magnet, powder coated steel

 

 

The Atrium Gallery (Birmingham School of Jewellery)
Vittoria Street
B1 3PA – Birmingham
United Kingdom
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EXPO ‘UNEXPECTED PLEASURES’ – Design Museum, London (UK) – 5 Dec. 2012–3 Mars 2013

UNEXPECTED PLEASURES

The Art and Design of Contemporary Jewellery

A Design Museum, London touring exhibition

Bringing together almost 200 objects from around the world, Unexpected Pleasures celebrates the work of contemporary jewellers who have challenged the conventions of jewellery design.

Curated by jewellery designer and maker Dr. Susan Cohn, the exhibition offers a survey of contemporary jewellery presented through a number of themes: Worn Out – celebrating the experience of wearing jewellery, Linking Links – looking at the ways in which meaning and narratives are expressed in jewellery and A Fine Line – offering insights into the origins of contemporary jewellery today, highlighting key instigators of the contemporary jewellery movement.

The exhibition will feature prominent UK and international jewellers including Wendy Ramshaw, renowned for her complex geometric designs, Hans Stofer’s intricate wire form jewellery, Gijs Bakker’s conceptual adornments and delicate abstract pieces by Dorothea Pruhl.

« UNEXPECTED Pleasures, an exhibition of the world’s ugliest, loveliest, most intriguing contemporary jewellery, opened at the National Gallery of Victoria International yesterday.
 »Everything here is designed to be worn, » said guest curator and jewellery designer Susan Cohn.
Visitors took that as a challenge, moving through 180 dimly lit curiosities by the world’s most radical designers, trying to imagine what it would be like to wear a necklace of glass and ceramic dildos. Or a tubular  »veil » collar like a pearly plastic version of Ned Kelly’s helmet. Or a cluster of rusted bolts and nails on a silver  »Screw Ring ».
»After procreation and survival, our next instinct as humans is adornment, » Cohn said when asked,  »Why? »
 »Adornment is about attracting a mate, which in turn, is about procreation and survival. »
Some humans, however, obviously require more complex, intellectual adornments than others.  »Yes, some wearers will want something that speaks that way for them, » Cohn said. Among the exhibits was a vast choice of such expression, from the minimalist exquisitry of a grey sunray-pleated yoke, to a clump of small pale  »tumours », photographed bursting through a model’s frock. The latter was in a category of radical ideas.
NGV director Gerard Vaughan said the exhibition offered  »a fresh view of the many meanings associated with jewellery ».
The visiting director of London’s Design Museum, Deyan Sudjic, said it was the result of a  »long, drawn-out, cerebral process », and that is precisely how it felt.
Unexpected Pleasures: The Art and Design of Contemporary Jewellery, is a Design Museum, London, exhibition funded by the Joan and Peter Clemenger Trust.
It is free and runs until August 26, when it will travel to London. (Daily Life.com.au)

 

Camilla Prasch – MEGA 2009 – red dyed snap fasteners, nylon thread, silicone discs – Photo: Dorte Krogh

Lauren Kalman, Hard Wear (Oral Rims), 2006, Electroformed mold with gold plating

Doug Bucci, USA, Trans-Hematopoietic neckpiece (2010).

Susie Ganch, USA, Yellow dust, brooch (2010)

David Bielander, Scampi, armband/bracelet, 2007

Karl Fritsch Screw ring 2010 silver, nails, screws

 

Karl Fritsch, New Zealand, Steinhaufen, ring 2004

Hyewon Kim -  Torn 1 (2011) – resin, twigs Photo: Myoungwook Huh

Tiffany Parbs – Extension (2008) – hand woven hair, digital print – photo Terence Bogue

Caroline Broadhead, England, Veil, necklace (1983).

Susanne Klemm, « Frozen » necklace, plastic

Blanche TILDEN – Speed, neckpiece  2000  borosilicate glass, titanium, anodised aluminium

Paul Derrez  Pleated Collar  1982  Plastic, steel 

Felieke van der Leest – necklace

Gijs Bakker Rose necklace – Colour photograph in laminated plastic (1983) 

Dorothea Prühl Habicht (Hawk), 2006 necklace, elm wood – H 40 cm

Noon Passama, Brooch, 2010

 

First on show at the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 20 April – 26 August 2012, this exhibition will also tour to the Design Museum in London, 5 Dec 2012 – 3 Mar 2013. Melbourne based designer and maker Dr. Susan Cohn (interview with The Age) has curated this exhibition for the Design Museum and is also co-author of the substantial catalogue documenting this event as well contributing to the discussion about contemporary design and making.

 

 

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EXPO ‘Stephen Bottomley: Retrospective’ – The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh (UK) – 7-28 Nov. 2012

Stephen Bottomley: Retrospective

Born in Norwich 1967, he studied at Farnham then Brighton, before graduating from the Royal College of Art, London in 2001. For more than twenty years Stephen Bottomley has reflected an emerging digital age in the creation of contemporary jewellery with a quietly confident minimalist beauty.

The work in this exhibition spans the two decades each side of the turn of the Millennium, a period that most clearly witnessed the gradual shift across many craft practices as digital possibilities were explored and accepted. Clarity of line, simplicity of form and pattern are all trademarks of his jewellery made with the traditional skills of Goldsmiths interwoven with the then newly emergent computercontrolled tools of design and manufacture. It is work that does not rely on technological innovation alone, but has at is root an original aesthetic authenticity and a love of material.

Stephen Bottomley  Brooch: Black Diamond 2012  Silver, precious yellow metal, enamel and diamond encrusted aerospace material

Stephen Bottomley  Brooch: Deep blue 2012  Oxidised silver, blue enamel, gold

Stephen Bottomley  Brooch: Lemon yellow 2012  Oxidised silver, blue enamel, gold

Stephen Bottomley  Drape Bangle  2007  oxidised silver and acrylic  W:18.5cm

 

 

 

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MADE12 – Brighton (UK) – 22-25 Nov. 2012

MADE12

Brighton’s Design and Craft Fair

MADE12 exhibitors : Karen Fox / Kirsty Fraser

Look out for MADE12 in Brighton from November 22-25 2012. The 120 makers include a fair sprinkling of ARTS THREAD members, such as Karen Fox, Rhona McCallum, Ros Millar, Suet Yi Yip and Kirsty Fraser.

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Bekki Churcher Partially oxidised silver bangle

Bekki Churcher Geometric silver ring with a tumbled peridot

Karen Dell’Armi  Etched Silver Long Necklace

Karen Fox – Ruffle Neckpiece. Stainless steel mesh-cloth, silk ribbon, 14ct gold filled chain

Kirsty Fraser, Rooftop Necklace, silver with frosted acrylic and cord

Polly Horwich Five Red Rings. steel, plastic coating various

 

Rhona McCallum,   Marram I, Neckpiece (2011) Brass, steel

Rhona McCallum,  Weathered Line Bangle (2012) Oxidised white metal, brass, epoxy putty, slate

 

Ros Millar,   Black and Rose Collection Rings

John Moore – Vane bracelet. Reversible. Anodised aluminium, stell and silicone

Tanja Ufer – Microchrystaline quartz, fire opal, 22ct gold, silver, fine gold kumboo

Liz Willis - Pebbles Necklace – Silver, hand stitched silk thread & glass beads. Image by Keith Leighton

 

 

 

the Corn Exchange,
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Brighton BN1 1UG
in the heart of Brighton just around the corner from the Royal Pavilion
Brighton (UK)

EXPO ‘OUT THE BLUE’ – Kath Libbert Jewellery Gallery, Bradford (UK) – 15 Nov. 2012 – 27 Janv 2013

OUT THE BLUE
Nine Electric New Talents

Kath Libbert Jewellery Gallery, which in 2012 celebrates sixteen years at Salts Mill, has selected and exhibited the work of new graduates since its inception. In numerous cases these emerging talents have gone on to gain wide acclaim for their work, and many continue to be represented by the gallery.

(‘Reflex’ brooch by Joanna Hemsley)

For Out The Blue Kath Libbert has chosen nine new BA and MA graduates from all over the UK:  ‘Spotting and then supporting the work of cutting edge new graduates has always been extremely central to the ethos of the gallery.  Forging a career straight out of college is really challenging. Now, more than ever, it is vital to exhibit and encourage these incredibly talented jewellers at this formative stage in their careers. In this Olympic year we think we can spot a winner….the gold medalists of the future!’

Just like this year’s graduates, renowned goldsmith Jacqueline Mina, who has won the Jerwood prize for Applied Arts and this year received an OBE for services to Art, started out on her jewellery career over 40 years ago after graduating from the Royal College of Art. She is now exhibited and collected worldwide with pieces in the Victoria & Albert Museum and in the Museum of Art and Design in New York. Currently represented by Libbert she says:

‘Galleries such as Kath Libbert Jewellery play a very important role in the career of the new graduate because they educate and encourage their clients and can also advise budding jewellers to go in a certain direction. With her background in psychology, I think that Kath is particularly good at tuning in to new designers who are prepared to take risks in their own careers, people who will stick it out. Knowing this, collectors have confidence in who Kath selects to be in the gallery’s exhibitions. A new graduate exhibition such as Out The Blue allows collectors to spot someone right at the start and then follow them throughout their career.’

The Nine New Graduates that Libbert Tips for Gold are:

Francesca Flynn, Glasgow School of Art, whose sparkling crystalline collection epitomizes the title of the exhibition, Out The Blue, explores the facets of natural and constructed crystals creating vibrant jewellery. Edinburgh College of Art graduate Mariko Sumioka is inspired by the natural materials used in Japanese architecture and creates elegant pieces that interact sculpturally with the human body.

Joanna Hemsley, RCA, London, makes playful, mobile pieces that surprise and delight by revealing hidden elements, while Cristina Zani, Edinburgh College of Art, creates striking, erudite work inspired by her travels in Seoul and the writings of Italo Calvino.

Amy Logan, Sheffield Hallam University, creates pieces which play with concepts of space, containing and encircling it with elegant swirls of finely curved coloured metal. Heather Woof, Edinburgh College of Art, forms windswept looking pieces from the hardest of metals – titanium and steel, not normally used to express movement as they are so very difficult to work with. Very much inspired by the wild Scottish weather she experienced whilst studying in Scotland!

Also an Edinburgh graduate, Nabla Pall’s work is joyfully colourful, each piece like a miniature modernist painting, inspired by circuses, exotic birds and her early exposure to a multitude of cultures. In contrast, from Central St Martins, London, Yannan Song’s work is meditatively simple – elegant neckpieces in fine stainless steel curves and lines mimic the way that strands of hair rest on the body. Finally Marek Svana, De Montfort University, Banbury, constructs superbly engineered geometric copper bangles, darkly oxidized on their exterior, with contrasting flashes of enamel inside in brilliant primary colours.

Francesca Flynn – ‘Fusion Formation’ brooch in resin and white metal

Francesca Flynn ‘Fragmented Formation’ brooch in resin and white metal

Joanna Hemsley – ‘Reflex’ ring (from close to fully open) – stainless steel, silver, topaz and haematite

Cristina Zani - ‘My Seoul’ group of wood rings with acrylic paint

Mariko Sumioka – ‘Mosaic Roof’ earrings/pins in enamelled copper, silver and gold

Mariko Sumioka – ‘Mosaic Roof’ earring/pin in enamelled copper and silver

Heather Woof, ‘Explode’ brooch in hand cut titanium and mild steel

Heather Woof, ‘Windswept’ earrings in hand cut titanium and mild steel

Nabla Pall, Edinburgh College of Art -   Magnetic brooch in resin with line drawing

Marek Svana – Hinged bangles in oxidised copper, silver and enamel

 

Kath Libbert Jewellery Gallery
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Coup de COEUR : Natalie Smith et ses douceurs en SUCRE

Je vais avoir l’air d’une « mémé qui radote » mais ces bijoux m’ont remis en tête un souvenir de mon enfance : Pollux, le chien du manège enchanté, qui marmonne et « ronchogne » « je veux un CHUCRE, je veux un SSSUCRE, où est passé mon SUCRE » …….. On a tous besoin de douceur(s) !

‘From Dreams & Dust’ is a new collection that continues my work with sugar as a material. Natalie Smith

« My work explores the ideas of growth, transformation and disintegration.
I find inspiration in surrealist science fiction, which is rich in atmosphere and imagery. Many of the books describe apocalyptic landscapes and alternate worlds that are on the brink of geographical catastrophes. In these dramatic dreamscapes there are no utopias, emphasis is placed on mental explorations and evocative journeys of the isolated humans.
I create my pieces by combining permanent and temporary materials such as textiles and sugar. I like the pieces to have a constantly changing structure and once completed, begin their transient lives. Depending on how they are cared for they may dissolve in humid conditions, change colour or melt like an ice-lolly on a hot day revealing the materials underneath. The evolution of the work is something that interests me greatly. I do not attempt to try and control what happens to the pieces after they are finished. I like an element of surprise.  »

Natalie Smith  Brooch: When? 2012  Clay, paint, textiles, steel, sugar  11.5x7x5.8 cm

Natalie Smith  Brooch: Bubble 2012  Clay, paint, textiles, steel, sugar  12.3×5.4×1.5 cm

Natalie Smith Ring: The Spider 2012  Clay, paint, textiles, steel, sugar  12x6x5 cm

Natalie Smith – Neckpiece: Bella 2012  Clay, paint, textiles, steel, sugar  47x25x5 cm