July 2023, Half 2
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Listings gathered with help from Carrie Yodanis.
THREE AJF LIVE EVENTS COMING SOON
- AJF Reside with Rita Soto. The finalist for the Susan Beech Mid-Profession Grant will visitor star on August 2, at 12 p.m. EST. Register here.
- AJF Reside with Sulo Bee, October 2, 2023.
- AJF Reside with Khanya Mthethwa. The winner of the Susan Beech Mid-Profession Grant can be our visitor on October 25, 2023.
Mark your calendar!
EVENT LISTINGS
Go here to study trunk reveals, openings, auctions, lessons, jewellery weeks, and extra.
FEEL LIKE SEEING A JEWELRY SHOW IN THE AMERICAS?
Discover these listings and plenty of, many extra on our dedicated exhibition page:
- Herbes Folles, Hasard et Germes de Désir, at Viceversa by July 22
- Between Realms: Jessica Calderwood, Seth Michael Carson, Melinda Threat, at Pistachios Up to date Artwork Jewellery by July 23
- Paradox Found: Treasures by Kim Nogueira, at Mobilia Gallery by July 29
- Ted Noten, July 22–August 13; Terhi Tolvanen, by August 26, at Ornamentum
- A Fracturing Practice: Patricia Domingues, at Brooklyn Metallic Works by the tip of August
- Earrings Galore, Pistachios Up to date Artwork Jewellery, July 27–September 10
THE JEWELRY JOURNEY INTERVIEWS JOHN MOORE
Moore’s Lacewing gained the 2019 Goldsmiths Firm Award. Commissioned by worldwide collector Tuan Lee, who’s famend for her style in assertion items, it was constructed from sterling silver discs embellished with 48 diamonds set in 18-karat gold and took valuable jewellery into a brand new realm, commanding consideration and difficult the notion of bijou as an adjunct. Hearken to the podcast here.
DEADLINE EXTENDED FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGEMS’S CALL
Artificial Intelligems has prolonged the decision for participation of their new challenge on co-creative AI and jewellery to August 31, 2023. Extra data + participation here. Questions? E mail [email protected].
OSTENTATIOUS BURIAL NECKLACE SUGGESTS ANGLO-SAXON WOMAN’S POWER
The grave often is the most vital burial from a time when pagan and Christian beliefs mingled and ladies held highly effective positions within the early church. With Roman cash and 30 pendants and beads of gold, garnets, glass, and semiprecious stones, the bling suggests the girl was an early Christian chief, a princess, or an abbess. More.
PETERS VALLEY OFFERS TWO FULLY FUNDED RESIDENCIES
A restricted variety of artists may also be chosen to spend both two weeks or one month immersing themselves of their craft within the college’s totally outfitted studios throughout October and November. Open to artists who work in advantageous metals and blacksmithing, in addition to different fields. Deadline: August 14, 2023. More.
CALL FOR ENTRIES—LOEWE FOUNDATION CRAFT PRIZE
The Loewe Basis launches the seventh version of its Craft Prize, a world award celebrating excellence in craftsmanship. The winner’s prize is 50,000 euros. The shortlisted and profitable works will seem within the exhibition and accompanying catalog in Paris in spring 2024. Deadline: October 25, 2023. Info.
CRAFT RESEARCH FUND GRANTS NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS
Elevating craft to a brand new self-discipline of examine, the Craft Analysis Fund has awarded $95,000 every year since 2005 to students, artist-researchers, curators, graduate college students, and organizations, all of whom have participated within the writing, revising, and reclaiming of the historical past of craft. Deadline: October 5, 2023. Information for Craft Analysis Fund Exhibition Grant is here. Information for Craft Analysis Fund Undertaking Grant is here.
W MAGAZINE INTERVIEWS GEORGINA TREVIÑO
Treviño turns on a regular basis objects—a bedazzled ski masks for Dangerous Bunny, a handbag constructed from an outdated tomato can—into artistic endeavors. Different A-list shoppers embody Woman Gaga and Beyoncé. More.
AMERICAN CRAFT INTERVIEWS ZAHRA ALMAJIDI FOR THE QUEUE
Identification and adornment converge in Almajidi’s kaleidoscopic jewellery. She creates daring, declarative artwork jewellery that permits the wearer to change the best way they transfer by cultures and areas. Read more.
KOOKMIN GRADS FEATURED IN MARZEE EXHIBITION
Jewellery by 19 alumni seems in Traverse. The work exudes a cheerfulness and youthfulness whereas being extraordinarily effectively thought out and executed with distinctive craftsmanship and precision. By means of July 19, 2023. More.
SEE DANIEL KRUGER’S NEWEST BODY OF WORK
Known as The Teylers Assortment, the items have been unveiled at Teylers Museum, in Haarlem, Netherlands, by Galerie Rob Koudijs, which produced a stunning on-line catalog. Go gaga over the works here. Kruger served as a juror for the 2021 Susan Beech Mid-Profession Artist Grant.
DO YOU TAKE CREAM OR SUGAR WITH THAT NECKLACE?
Khajornsak Nakpan has produced jewellery from synthesized espresso fibers and metallic. The revolutionary biodegradable supplies are a part of a Thai program that promotes scientific analysis, know-how, innovation in waste discount, and a round economic system. More.
THE LITTLE BLACK DRESS, ACCESSORIZED
An exhibition on the Nationwide Museum of Scotland provides costume jewellery to its show of the traditional wardrobe staple. More.
A JEWELRY COLLECTION MADE FROM PACKING FOAM
Dezeen featured a present by college students at Lucerne Faculty of Artwork and Design. Additionally: a helium-filled object designed to drift alongside the wearer and a challenge exploring how AI can generate jewellery designs. Peek at the entire college students’ works here.
JOANA VASCONSELOS COOKS UP A COLOSSAL CONFECTION
The Portuguese artist began as a jeweler however has turn out to be a sculptor recognized for super-sized works. Her Wedding ceremony Cake, a pavilion formed like a three-tiered cake, opened final month at Waddesdon Manor. The folly continues the customized of inserting fanciful buildings in gardens and landscapes. More.
ARE YOU ALLERGIC TO JEWELRY?
Summer season is allergy season for pollen and … your baubles? More.
COLOSSAL RE-FEATURES LAURA ESTRADA
Sprawling metallic varieties elegant, sculptural jewellery. More.
BOUCHERON’S NEW COLLECTION HAS A POP ART SPIN
“Extra Is Extra” subverts conventional strategies and supplies. A high-jewelry pocket attaches to any garment due to a magnet. A Pop Artwork hair bobble doubles as a hoop. Embellished hoodie strings may be worn as earrings. The Rubik’s dice comes again as a necklace. More.
CUTTING, DRILLING, TUMBLING, FILING, POLISHING … EYEGLASS FRAMES
How do they make baubles to border your eyes? A video reveals the flowery hand-made technique of a Japanese producer. (In case you wanted extra proof that glasses are jewelry-adjacent.) Watch.
JEWELER’S “CREATIVE OUTLETS” SHAPE NEW EXHIBITION
The objets d’artwork that André Chervin crafted over virtually six a long time can be displayed this fall on the New-York Historic Society. More.
BOOK—THE NAMEPLATE: JEWELRY, CULTURE, AND IDENTITY
Like so many individuals, authors Marcel Rosa-Salas and Isabel Attyah Flower have been first launched to nameplate jewellery in childhood. Their love for it steadily blossomed into the analysis challenge Documenting the Nameplate. They’ve spent years accumulating images and testimonials from wearers the world over. With essays and interviews from students and cultural figures, modern portraits, archival imagery, and a historic exploration into the multifaceted and infrequently missed significance of nameplate jewellery. More.
MAGAZINE: VANITY FAIR ON JEWELLERY
The duvet of the particular subject, dated July/August 2023, options Boucheron’s pocket, talked about above. Get the journal here.
OPEN CALL—KORU8
Head for the woods! That’s the theme for the Finnish Jewelry Artwork Affiliation’s 2024 juried exhibition. What’s a forest within the context of up to date jewellery? Is it a cloth, colours or textures, emotions, phrases, experiences? How do forests relate to you and your tradition? More info.
FRANÇOISE VAN DEN BOSCH FOUNDATION 2024 RESIDENCY
The inspiration presents a possibility to reside and work in probably the most lively jewellery communities on this planet. The resident has use of a studio house/workshop, supplied by jewellery maker Rian de Jong and her partner Herman Marres, and receives a €500 grant. Worldwide candidates welcome. Deadline: September 15, 2023. Info.
OPEN CALL—MILANO JEWELRY WEEK
You’ll be able to take part in numerous methods: by way of the Jewellery Hub and Artistar Jewels exhibitions; a expertise present; Experiential Journey; or The Jewellery Drops publication. Deadline: July 30, 2023. Info.
CALL FOR ENTRY—VIII CONTEMPORARY GOLDSMITHING EXHIBITION
Introduced by the Asociación de Diseñadores de Orfebrería y Joyería Contemporáneas, the exhibition will happen on the Museo Nacional de Artes Decorativas of Madrid inside the Madrid Design Competition, concurrently with the Semana del Arte-ARCO. Deadline: September 21, 2023. Info.
