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Life's a Bench
Event Details
Time: September 8, 2009 at 10am to September 24, 2009 at 5pm
Location: Birmingham City University, The School of Jewellery
Street: Vittoria Street,
City/Town: Birmingham, B1 3PA, UK
Website or Map: http://www.schoolofjewellery.…
Phone: +44121 331 5940
Event Type: exhibition
Organized By: All participating artists
Latest Activity: Sep 6, 2009
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Event Description
The exhibition ‘Life’s a Bench!’ showcases the students graduating from the School of Jewellery’s MA programme. The work presented reflects the development of each individuals practice over the one-year course.
Standing together in one show each maker’s collection demonstrates sensitivity to their environment often addressing contemporary social and economic issues: a sense of belonging and ideas of worth, re-using and recycling materials or making challenging imagery into wearable objects.
Bringing skills from many different art, craft and design backgrounds, this international group of makers redefine materials for use in jewellery including metals, plastics, wood, textiles and ceramics. Using 2D and 3D design principles and applying both traditional and cutting edge techniques to innovative choices of material results in a rich variety of work with strong aesthetics.
Operating outside the conventional boundaries of craft, these makers have explored the relationships between jewellery and the body, the wearer and themselves, displaying a critical undercurrent we are more used to seeing in fine art.
Participating artists: Yung-Tung Chen, Charlotte Daffern, Fiona Jane Hermse, You-Hua Hsieh, Tamsin Leighton-Boyce, Mikaela Lyons, Katharina Moch, Katherine Richmond, Elena Ruebel, Rickson Salkeld, Chuchart Sarunnayawatsin, Ching-Chih Tseng, Shadi Vossough, Jue Zhao.
Opening times: Mon-Thurs 10am-5pm, Fri 10am-4.30pm, Sat 10am-4pm
Private View: Sat 12th Sept 6-8pm
view the catalogue:
http://issuu.com/lifeisabench/docs/sep09
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Comment by Elena Ruebel on September 6, 2009 at 11:27am -
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Comment by Fiona Hermse on August 14, 2009 at 5:30pm -
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Comment by Shadi Vossough on August 14, 2009 at 4:35pm -
Look out for our feature in Fused magazine coming soon.
http://www.fusedmagazine.com/
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Comment by charlottedaffern on August 14, 2009 at 2:20am -
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Comment by Katharina Moch on August 13, 2009 at 4:58pm -
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Comment by Shadi Vossough on August 13, 2009 at 3:45am
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The online catalogue is now available to view here:
http://issuu.com/lifeisabench/docs/lifeisabench
It will be available for purchase at the show and from selected retailers after.
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Comment by Shadi Vossough on August 12, 2009 at 9:23am
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Comment by Shadi Vossough on August 12, 2009 at 8:47am
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See our work here:
http://crafthaus.ning.com/profile/TeddyTseng
http://crafthaus.ning.com/profile/YouHua
http://crafthaus.ning.com/profile/Chuchart
http://crafthaus.ning.com/profile/ElenaRuebel
http://crafthaus.ning.com/profile/ShadiVossough
http://crafthaus.ning.com/profile/Rickson
http://crafthaus.ning.com/profile/MikaelaLyons
http://crafthaus.ning.com/profile/KatharinaMoch
http://crafthaus.ning.com/profile/charlottedaffern
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Comment by Rickson on August 11, 2009 at 6:01am -
Come view my work at the show, or online at http://crafthaus.ning.com/profile/Rickson and participate in my discussions.
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Comment by Rickson on August 11, 2009 at 6:00am
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