The Shows are celebrations of our brilliant graduating students’ original work in art, design and performance. Please register to attend the private views and event celebration. www.eventbrite.com Image credit: Iris Pope
Adagio is an artistic project about time writes Ilaria Ruggiero in her exhibition review. As photography teaches us, an image is the pure settling for rhythm, the sense of time descending into vision. This is a delicate project that deals with light and movement through the diverse artistic forms of photography and jewellery. A minimalist and conceptual work that is reflected in the dual aesthetic soul of the image and the jewel: both evanescent yet present, stylized and essential. Letizia Maggio's technical and artistic research evolves into a sophisticated and complex narration, which mixes materials such as cotton, silver and
Price: from £5.10 Takes a fresh look at the ancient craft of silversmithing with 18 projects that teach various skills. This manual provides artisans with an understanding of silver's properties: what it is and how it behaves. It explains beginning, intermediate, and advanced techniques and then applies it to craft beautiful items. Image caption or copyright CV Surgery
Cartier V&A South Kensington The Sainsbury Gallery 12 April 2025 – 16 November 2025 The V&A are to open the first major exhibition in almost 30 years dedicated to Cartier jewels and watches featuring pieces worn by Queen Elizabeth II and Rihanna Opening in April 2025, the V&A will stage the UK’s first major exhibition in almost 30 years dedicated to Cartier jewels and watches, exploring how the Maison became an unparalleled force in the jewellery and watch world. Image Credit: Brooch, Cartier London, 1933. Amethyst, sapphires, diamonds and platinum. Vincent Wulveryck, Collection Cartier © Cartier Featuring more than 350
Caroline Broadhead: Questions of Jewellery 20 -23 July 2020 K2 Academy of Contemporary Jewellery Masterclass - Questions Of Jewellery Jewellery encompasses a wide range of issues and meanings, most often about what is valued and what is rated as important in our lives. The way ideas are expressed range from light hearted to hard-hitting, playful to political and everything in between. This workshop is aimed at those with an interest in the expanded field of contemporary jewellery i.e. body-related objects, clothing, performance and image-based ideas. Starting with rapid response briefs designed to challenge received preconceptions, we will find out what questions are the
NYCJW is the first and only week dedicated to promoting the world of jewelry through educational and innovative NYC focused programming. In its inaugural year, NYCJW will feature exhibitions, lectures, workshops, studio tours. Aimed at supporting and fostering jewelry of all types, the initiative also includes participation from both established and emerging brands, individual jewelers, artists, and designers. Image: A yashmak made in the 1990s from aluminum and Swarovski crystals by British jewelry designer Shaun Leane for fashion designer Alexander McQueen Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art Created by two industry leaders from the worlds of art jewelry and
Call for Applications: Landscape Open 2025: at Salisbury Museum The Salisbury Museum is calling for entries for the Landscape Open at Salisbury, our new annual opportunity for artists working contemporaneously within the distinguished genre of landscape painting. The open call invites artists to submit work within the genre of Landscape, across a range of mediums including painting, sculpture, drawing, photography, moving image, textile, print and mixed media. The museum is surrounded by the Wiltshire landscapes and monuments which have inspired generations of artists. Given this importance, it seems appropriate that Salisbury Museum should be the setting for an open competition
Banff silversmithing and jewellery school, Vanilla Ink The Smiddy are delighted to announce the creation of the José de San Martín Quaich. The North East social enterprise, which opened in 2018, was commissioned by Friends of Duff House to create a gift to present to the Argentine Ambassador during the bicentennial celebrations of the South American General’s visit to Banff in 1824. San Martín, known as “the Liberator of Argentina, Chile and Peru”, is a true national hero in his home country, whose name and image stir emotions and feelings of pride. Scott McIntyre, founding Director of The Smiddy, explained:
LGBTQ+ artists challenge metalwork’s macho image in new exhibition Friday 25 March to Sunday 3 April 2022 Hereford Artists from Birmingham City University’s renowned School of Jewellery are among the contributors to a new exhibition of metalwork this month, inspired by the lives and experiences of members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer and questioning (LGBTQ+) community. The Queer + Metals exhibition, which opens in Hereford this Friday 25 March is the first show of its kind to focus exclusively on the creations of LGBTQ+ metalwork artists. The free to attend exhibition forms part of the annual Ferrous Festival
Real to Reel: The Craft Film Festival The first UK festival dedicated to craft and moving image, Real to Reel: The Craft Film Festival returns to Picturehouse Central during London Craft Week from 8 - 10 May 2018 in its third edition. Produced by the Crafts Council and Crafts magazine, the festival presents an eclectic programme of shorts exploring our relationship with materials and making. Discover documentaries, maker profiles, music videos and hand-crafted animations from around the globe that celebrate craft in all its facets across two screenings on 8th and 9th May. A special event on 10th May delves
Real to Reel: The Craft Film Festival The first UK festival dedicated to craft and moving image, Real to Reel: The Craft Film Festival returns to Picturehouse Central during London Craft Week from 8 - 10 May 2018 in its third edition. Produced by the Crafts Council and Crafts magazine, the festival presents an eclectic programme of shorts exploring our relationship with materials and making. Discover documentaries, maker profiles, music videos and hand-crafted animations from around the globe that celebrate craft in all its facets across two screenings on 8th and 9th May. A special event on 10th May delves
Real to Reel: The Craft Film Festival The first UK festival dedicated to craft and moving image, Real to Reel: The Craft Film Festival returns to Picturehouse Central during London Craft Week from 8 - 10 May 2018 in its third edition. Produced by the Crafts Council and Crafts magazine, the festival presents an eclectic programme of shorts exploring our relationship with materials and making. Discover documentaries, maker profiles, music videos and hand-crafted animations from around the globe that celebrate craft in all its facets across two screenings on 8th and 9th May. A special event on 10th May delves
Image credit- Left: Ami Pepper, Middle: Max Danger, Right: Shimell and Madden. Gill Wing Gallery presents Fire and Facets, a pioneering collaboration of craftsmanship across the continents. The project has created new jewellery by leading contemporary British designers featuring opals from Australia’s famous Lightning Ridge. The exhibition takes place in Gill Wing’s beautiful gallery in Islington, the leading London destination for contemporary jewellery. Fire and Facets is guest-curated by renowned New York jewellery blogger A Thousand Facets and will reveal limited edition opal inspired fragrances specially composed by award winning perfumer Sarah McCartney, made in London at her indie perfume
Benchpeg is extremely excited to reveal the Judges for the Benchpeg Awards 2016. Each Judge is an expert in their field, which range from fashion markets, art jewellery, commerciality, manufacture, the craft, image making, design, creativity and innovation. They are listed below in alphabetical order. Kate Baxter - The Cut London Kate Baxter is a jewellery designer and founder of fine jewellery blog & consultancy The Cut London. With over 10 years’ experience working within the jewellery industry; as a designer for global brands and as a freelance creative, Kate brought her unique sense of innovation and intuition to launch
Manon van Kouswijk - Sources & Resources at K Academy of Contemporary Jewellery, London 17 - 20 July 2019 A 4 Day Masterclass led by Manon van Kouswijk at K Academy Of Contemporary Jewellery, London Masterclass - Sources & Resources The project of contemporary jewellery started out as an idealistic one that aimed to change our thinking about what jewellery was and what it could be. In our increasingly image-driven era of late capitalism how do you articulate and shape your position within contemporary jewellery practice? What is it that draws you to work with this particular subject matter and
Pink Heater Pink Heater Showroom represents a selection of international jewelry and accessory brands whose designs have a distinctive personality and strong image. The Showroom is dedicated to nurturing the brands it represents, encouraging growth by bring the brands into the relationship circle with Pink Heater’s network of luxury retailers, concept stores, buying offices, journalists and stylists, that has been carefully developed over the span of 10 years. Twice a year during Paris Fashion Weeks in March and October, the Showroom moves off-site for the Pink Heater Exhibition. These peak buying periods are the occasion to showcase 20 to 25 curated designer collections, brands represented by
Hortus Conclusus - Donna Brennan Contemporary Applied Arts Working with stones, minerals, gold and silver, my work explores the dichotomy between nature and artifice… transporting stones and minerals from the realm of nature into the realm of culture. Donna Brennan is a fine art jeweller who has adopted a cross-disciplinary approach to photography and sculptural jewellery, crafting a narrative from image to object which blurs the dichotomy between fine art and applied art. Derived from the Latin term for ‘enclosed garden’, Hortus Conclusus is a series of wearable sculptural art pieces, crafted from a mélange of minerals, stones, gold, bronze
Hortus Conclusus - Donna Brennan Contemporary Applied Arts Working with stones, minerals, gold and silver, my work explores the dichotomy between nature and artifice… transporting stones and minerals from the realm of nature into the realm of culture. Donna Brennan is a fine art jeweller who has adopted a cross-disciplinary approach to photography and sculptural jewellery, crafting a narrative from image to object which blurs the dichotomy between fine art and applied art. Derived from the Latin term for ‘enclosed garden’, Hortus Conclusus is a series of wearable sculptural art pieces, crafted from a mélange of minerals, stones, gold, bronze
....and a Side Serving of Silver, Seasonal Silver Showcase, Kath Libbert Jewellery Gallery Kath Libbert Jewelery Gallery launch their seasonal silver showcase ....and a Side Serving of Silver, featuring silverware and jewellery with a frosty, icy, wintery feel to it. Spotlighting collections crafted by the finest UK based jewellers and silversmiths. .... and a Side Serving of Silver runs until 29th January 2017 alongside our current exhibition Dates: to 29th Jaunary 2017 Open: Daily, 10.00am - 5.30pm Monday - Friday. Weekends, 10.00am – 6.00pm Venue: Kath Libbert Jewellery Gallery · Salts Mill, Saltaire · Bradford BD18 3LA www.kathlibbertjewellery.co.uk Image credits:
NOËL – Designer Gifts Fair 2018 9 - 10 December 2018 Over 80 designers attentively selected from Romania, Turkey, Bulgaria and Italy are welcoming you at the ninth edition of the designer gifts fair, NOËL – on 9th and 10th December, Casa Universitarilor, in Bucharest. The longest-running and most selective designer gifts fair is inviting you on 9th and 10th December at Casa Universitarilor to seduce you and take you on a super-journey in the world of super-designer creations. “With the occasion of the designer gifts fair’s ninth edition, the image of NOËL is completed by the appearance of the
Image Credit: Barbara Chase-Riboud: Infinite Folds, installation views, Serpentine North © Barbara Chase-Riboud 2022. Photo: © Jo Underhill, courtesy Serpentine. Barbara Chase-Riboud: Infinite Folds Serpentine North, London Tuesday 11 October 2022 – Monday 10 April 2023 Serpentine extends the first UK solo exhibition of American visual artist, sculptor, novelist and poet Barbara Chase-Riboud until April 2023. Serpentine is delighted to announce the extension of Infinite Folds, an exhibition featuring over 30 works by American-born visual artist, sculptor, novelist and poet Barbara Chase-Riboud. On display at Serpentine North until 10 April 2023, this is the artist’s first institutional solo presentation in
Show Two - BA Jewellery Design Central Saint Martins Degree Shows 2017 University of the Arts London Crossing disciplines, Show Two spans from design and fashion to drama and cultural enterprise. Projects on show – whether provocation, performance or product – present a future in the making. Courses Jewellery and Textiles - BA Jewellery Design, BA Textile Design, MA Material Futures Image credits (Above) Scott Armstrong - Ring: jesmonite, red ocre pigment, gold plated precious white metal Elena Bonanomi - Necklace: 18ct gold, silver Kristina Ferenchuk - Ring: 18ct gold, garnet, citrine, green tourmaline Alix Ferracci - Neckpiece: satin fabric, silver plated brass, bicycle
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