All Discussions Tagged 'Jewelry' - crafthaus2024-03-29T06:09:24Zhttp://crafthaus.ning.com/forum/topic/listForTag?groupUrl=showing-publicly-and-building-a-legacy-privately&tag=Jewelry&feed=yes&xn_auth=noShowing Publicly: Special Edition Art Palm Beach 17tag:crafthaus.ning.com,2014-01-26:2104389:Topic:4544992014-01-26T06:39:50.196ZRebecca Rosehttp://crafthaus.ning.com/profile/RebeccaRose
<p>Art Palm Beach entered it's 17th year this January, promising to showcase the biggest blending of fine and applied disciplines of art yet. I just stepped out of the vast expanse that is the Palm Beach Convention Center, and am compelled to happily share the very large fine craft presence on view this weekend!</p>
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<p>This blog post is mostly pictures than text, in order to emphasize and give full credit to, the incredible amount of jewelry, glass, and ceramics showing among paintings…</p>
<p>Art Palm Beach entered it's 17th year this January, promising to showcase the biggest blending of fine and applied disciplines of art yet. I just stepped out of the vast expanse that is the Palm Beach Convention Center, and am compelled to happily share the very large fine craft presence on view this weekend!</p>
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<p>This blog post is mostly pictures than text, in order to emphasize and give full credit to, the incredible amount of jewelry, glass, and ceramics showing among paintings and sculpture. Unfortunately, not all of the artist's information was near the work in some cases, nonetheless, enjoy!</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">CHARON KRANSEN FINE ARTS- NYC</p>
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058523549?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="400" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058523549?profile=RESIZE_480x480" width="400" class="align-center"/></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">^ Necklaces by <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.charonkransenarts.com/artists/blavarp.html" target="_blank">Liv Blavarp</a>,</span> Norway ^</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058521318?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="400" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058521318?profile=RESIZE_480x480" width="400" class="align-center"/></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">^ Necklaces by <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.charonkransenarts.com/artists/blavarp.html" target="_blank">Liv Blavarp</a>,</span> Norway ^</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058523751?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="400" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058523751?profile=RESIZE_480x480" width="400" class="align-center"/></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">^ Brooches by <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://http://www.charonkransenarts.com/artists/kang.html" target="_blank">Yeonmi Kang</a>,</span> Korea ^</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058521674?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="400" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058521674?profile=RESIZE_480x480" width="400" class="align-center"/></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span>^ Bracelets by <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.charonkransenarts.com/artists/kaufmann.html" target="_blank">Ulla & Martin Kaufmann</a>,</span> Germany^</span></p>
<p><img width="400" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058522122?profile=RESIZE_480x480" width="400" class="align-center"/></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058531080?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="400" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058531080?profile=RESIZE_480x480" width="400" class="align-center"/></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">^ Colored Pencil Necklaces by <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.iris-tsante.com/iris-tsante/home.html" target="_blank">Iris Tsante</a></span> ^</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058524388?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="400" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058524388?profile=RESIZE_480x480" width="400" class="align-center"/></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">^ Detail of Colored Pencil Necklace by <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.iris-tsante.com/iris-tsante/home.html" target="_blank">Iris Tsante</a></span><a href="http://www.iris-tsante.com/iris-tsante/home.html" target="_blank"></a> ^</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058524511?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="400" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058524511?profile=RESIZE_480x480" width="400" class="align-center"/></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058519886?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="400" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058519886?profile=RESIZE_480x480" width="400" class="align-center"/></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058528688?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="400" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058528688?profile=RESIZE_480x480" width="400" class="align-center"/></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">^ Virus Controlled Crystals Grown onto Ropes- Necklaces by <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://zdenekvacek.com/collections/" target="_blank">Zdeněk Vacek</a>,</span> Prague<span> ^</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058518141?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="400" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058518141?profile=RESIZE_480x480" width="400" class="align-center"/></a></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span>THALEN & THALEN - BELGIUM</span></p>
<p><img width="400" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058523845?profile=RESIZE_480x480" width="400" class="align-center"/></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span>^ Silver by Rob & Jaap Thalen, Belgium ^</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058520552?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="400" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058520552?profile=RESIZE_480x480" width="400" class="align-center"/></a></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span>^ Silver by Rob & Jaap Thalen, Belgium ^</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058529070?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="400" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058529070?profile=RESIZE_480x480" width="400" class="align-center"/></a></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span>^ Rings by Rob & Jaap Thalen, Belgium ^</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058520981?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="400" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058520981?profile=RESIZE_480x480" width="400" class="align-center"/></a></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span>^ Rings by Rob & Jaap Thalen ^</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.thalen-thalen.com/images/brochure%20Art%20Palm%20Beach%202013/catalog%20Art%20Palm%20Beach%202013.html#p=1" target="_blank">Check out Thalen & Thalen's 2013 Art Palm Beach Exhibition Catalogue</a></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span>_________________________________________________</span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">DONNA SCHNEIER FINE ARTS - PALM BEACH, FL</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058529110?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="400" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058529110?profile=RESIZE_480x480" width="400" class="align-center"/></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">^ Necklaces by Barbara Packer, USA ^<span><br/></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058529342?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="400" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058529342?profile=RESIZE_480x480" width="400" class="align-center"/></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span>^ Detail of Necklaces by Barbara Packer, USA ^</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span><span><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058518048?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="400" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058518048?profile=RESIZE_480x480" width="400" class="align-center"/></a></span></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span>WHITESPACE GALLERY / THE MORDES COLLECTION - WEST PALM BEACH</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058518156?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="400" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058518156?profile=RESIZE_480x480" width="400" class="align-center"/></a></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">^ One of the busiest exhibits during the fair, curated by Elayne Mordes^</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058524722?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="400" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058524722?profile=RESIZE_480x480" width="400" class="align-center"/></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">^ Necklaces and Bracelets by <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.whitespacecollection.com/artpalmbeach2014.html" target="_blank">Annemieke Broeenink, Amsterdam</a></span> ^</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058524023?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="400" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058524023?profile=RESIZE_480x480" width="400" class="align-center"/></a>^ Toy Inspired Necklaces and Earrings by <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.whitespacecollection.com/artpalmbeach2014.html" target="_blank">Innetke Otte, Amsterdam</a></span> ^</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">WOOLF GALLERY - LONDON</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058523067?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="400" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058523067?profile=RESIZE_480x480" width="400" class="align-center"/></a>^ Cast Aluminum Sculptures each 6" in height by <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.marcusegli.ch/" target="_blank">Marcus Egli, Switzerland</a></span> ^</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058522605?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="400" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058522605?profile=RESIZE_480x480" width="400" class="align-center"/></a></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">^ Ceramic Donuts by Jae Yoon Kim, Korea ^</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058521132?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="400" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058521132?profile=RESIZE_480x480" width="400" class="align-center"/></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span>^ Ceramic Donuts by Jae Yoon Kim, Korea ^</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span>DUANE REED GALLERY - ST. LOUIS</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058529908?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="400" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058529908?profile=RESIZE_480x480" width="400" class="align-center"/></a></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span>^ Torn Ceramic Vases by <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.duanereedgallery.com/Artists%20Pages/Lee,%20S/Lee_S.html" target="_blank">Steven Young Lee, USA</a> </span>^</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span><span><span>_________________________________________________</span></span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span>WEXLER GALLERY - PHILADELPHIA</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058530187?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="400" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058530187?profile=RESIZE_480x480" width="400" class="align-center"/></a></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span>^ Stone Bench with Stainless Steel trimming by <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.wexlergallery.com/artists/design/furniture/beer_vivian/index.php" target="_blank">Vivian Beer, USA</a> </span>^</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058521246?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="400" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058521246?profile=RESIZE_480x480" width="400" class="align-center"/></a></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span>^ Detail of Stone Bench with Stainless Steel Trimming by <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.wexlergallery.com/artists/design/furniture/beer_vivian/index.php" target="_blank">Vivian Beer, USA</a> </span>^</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span><span>_________________________________________________</span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Until next time!</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">-Rebecca Rose</p>
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<p> </p> Building a Legacy Privately: In Search of Lost Time / The Artist's Procrastinationtag:crafthaus.ning.com,2013-12-17:2104389:Topic:4471722013-12-17T02:42:58.245ZRebecca Rosehttp://crafthaus.ning.com/profile/RebeccaRose
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Who hasn’t fallen victim to one’s own hubris with the clock? Errors await, obstacles sneak in, and before you know it, the midnight deadline has passed, and after a quiet “Damn it” spoken to yourself, you swear you’ll never cut it that close to the wire again. </span></p>
<p class="p2"></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">But you do. </span></p>
<p class="p1"><span style="font-size: 13px;">We all do.</span></p>
<p class="p2"></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">We…</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Who hasn’t fallen victim to one’s own hubris with the clock? Errors await, obstacles sneak in, and before you know it, the midnight deadline has passed, and after a quiet “Damn it” spoken to yourself, you swear you’ll never cut it that close to the wire again. </span></p>
<p class="p2"></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">But you do. </span></p>
<p class="p1"><span style="font-size: 13px;">We all do.</span></p>
<p class="p2"></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">We procrastinate on starting projects, fulfilling deadlines, and try our hardest to cram it all in during the 11th hour. Procrastination handicaps our progress, hurts our performance, sabotages our goals, and blocks us from achieving the success we dream about. </span></p>
<p class="p2"></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">It’s about choice, decision, and self discipline. To break this cycle, you have to self regulate your actions, manage your time, and develop a different lifestyle. </span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">All boring stuff, right?</span></p>
<p class="p2"></p>
<p class="p2"><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058506422?profile=original" target="_self"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058506422?profile=original" width="202" class="align-center"/></a></p>
<p class="p1" style="text-align: center;"><span class="s1">Let’s look at the chemical make up of our laziness. </span></p>
<p class="p1" style="text-align: center;"><span class="s1">(Simpsonous Homerus.)</span></p>
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<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Physiologically, our brain’s frontal lobes are what triggers the urgency to accomplish and get our to-do list done, and our more addictive leisurely tendencies lie towards the back of the brain in the limbic system. We experience a mild anxiety response from our frontal lobes, when coupled with fear, sends survival signals to the brain and inversely makes us crave what feels good instead of what doesn’t. Usually that good feeling means leisure over work, which keeps us on the couch watching old reruns of 30 Rock.</span></p>
<p class="p1"></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Many times we postpone projects based on these uncomfortable feelings of fearing the project will fail, anxiety towards anticipated challenges along the project’s way, and the uncertain insecurity that the project’s outcome will be imperfect. </span></p>
<p class="p2"></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">These feelings convince us that our project is so overwhelming, we don’t even know where to start. </span></p>
<p class="p2"></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">So how do we change that?</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Develop a lifestyle and be cognitive about your projects, and make the decision to start the next step on your piece. Planning goals, and splitting a giant overwhelming piece into smaller steps and smaller goals will help you get into the habit of attacking a project. You may find yourself feeling more satisfied when achieving and completing these smaller steps, thus reinforcing productive behavior. Plan for distractions, obstacles, errors, and failures. Sounds easy, right?...</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">But seriously. How DO we change that?</span></p>
<p class="p1"></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Try planning backwards. When we look at a calendar, we look forward and ahead, so it seems like we have more time than we don’t. I propose you take that same calendar and look backwards instead of forwards. </span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Here’s what I mean.</span></p>
<p class="p1"></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1"><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058506723?profile=original" target="_self"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058506723?profile=original" width="499" class="align-center"/></a></span></p>
<p class="p2" style="text-align: center;">(Meredithicus Burgessica)</p>
<p class="p2" style="text-align: center;"></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Let’s take your overwhelming project and </span><span style="font-size: 13px;">break it up into pieces, smaller goals, and steps with</span> <span style="font-size: 13px;">a 2-3 day period assigned to accomplish each step. </span><span style="font-size: 13px;">With those days, add them to your calendar in reverse, starting from the deadline. </span></p>
<p class="p2"></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Let’s say a deadline for submissions is January 31st. </span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">On the calendar: </span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Mark January 29th as the deadline (to allow for unforeseen computer problems).</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Mark January 26th as the deadline for taking pictures (to allow time for photoshop corrections i.e. cropping, file format changes, etc.).</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Mark January 23rd as the actual deadline to have the piece polished, finished etc.</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Mark January 22nd as the deadline for pickling, sawing, and grinding sprues (to allow for pesky solder problems). </span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Mark January 19th as the deadline to cast.</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Mark January 16th as the deadline for the carved wax to be finished and cleaned.</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Mark January 10th as the deadline to make the wax positive.</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Mark January 5th as the deadline to make the mold.</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Mark January 1st as the deadline to finish the prototype.</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Mark December 28th as the deadline for conceiving of and sketching out my idea.</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">LAST AVAILABLE START DATE: December 26th.</span></p>
<p class="p1"></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">I know my process doesn't take 35 days to produce a piece, but by setting a last available start date, once the 26th hits and every day after, I'll mentally feel the pressure to stop procrastinating and start doing. </span><span style="font-size: 13px;">Obviously not everyone takes the above steps for a piece, but it's easy to tweak it to your process. You know better than anyone how many steps your process takes, and how long each step takes to fulfill. </span></p>
<p class="p2"></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Doesn’t take you that long to make a piece? Great! You’ll feel more accomplished and proud when you meet step by step deadlines before their respective deadlines approach. If you find yourself meeting deadlines ahead of time every time, you’ll engrain a more efficient production rhythm and procrastination, unnecessary stress, and guilt won’t enter your head. You’ll have broken the routine and succeeded. </span></p>
<p class="p2"></p>
<p class="p1" style="text-align: center;"><span class="s1">Here’s a great slideshow on planning backwards:</span></p>
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<p class="p3" style="text-align: center;"><span class="s2"><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/edvainker/backwards-planning">http://www.slideshare.net/edvainker/backwards-planning</a></span></p>
<p class="p3" style="text-align: center;"><span class="s2">CLICK ON THIS LINK.</span></p>
<p class="p3" style="text-align: center;"><span class="s2">This link is the portal to procrastination knowledge.</span></p>
<p class="p2"></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">For those that feel they work best under pressure with a small time constraint, or is most stimulated under a sense of urgency, think of a reason to push up the deadline. It has to be a valid reason though, one that will trick and convince your brain into believing it’s the last possible day to get your project finished. For example, If your deadline is the 31st, purposely buy tickets to a concert for the 30th, thus pushing your deadline up to the 29th, and forcing you to feel that time pressured stimulus to start the project earlier. Maybe you’ll be less likely to skip out on those concert plans if you’ve already plopped down money for tickets. And what a great way to reward yourself for finishing the project two days before the actual deadline.</span></p>
<p class="p2"></p>
<p class="p1" style="text-align: left;"><span class="s1">Procrastinators unconsciously find distractions to postpone their projects and obligations.</span></p>
<p class="p1" style="text-align: left;"></p>
<p class="p1" style="text-align: center;"><span class="s1"><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058506859?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="210" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058506859?profile=RESIZE_320x320" width="210" class="align-center"/></a></span><span style="text-align: center; font-size: 13px;">For me, it’s washing the dog.</span></p>
<p class="p1" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">(Towelus Dogicus)</span></p>
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<p class="p1" style="text-align: left;"><span class="s1">I’ve learned that I’m the type of artist that is easily distracted, and over time I’ve objectively watched my actions to physically remove distractions like television, gaming, etc. When I find myself placing my dog in the tub, I take a moment, ask myself why, and end up heading back to my bench. I sit with the fear and anxiety about my project until the fear subsides, which only takes a few minutes, and then dive back into work.</span></p>
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<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Once you’ve gotten into the routine of being ahead of deadline and on a roll, keep that routine until it feels natural. Do that with your big picture. Remember the big picture legacy you saw yourself in from earlier posts? Metaphorically replace your overwhelming project with your big picture, and replace the small project steps leading up to the finished piece with step by step accomplishments that lead up to your big picture legacy.</span></p>
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<p class="p4" style="text-align: center;">Even if you don’t start today, you’re still in good company.</p>
<p class="p4" style="text-align: center;">(Proustias Marcelius)</p>
<p class="p4"></p>
<p class="p5"><span class="s1"><i>“If I had not been so determined to set to work, I might have made an effort to start at once. But given that my resolve was unbreakable, given that within twenty-four hours, inside the empty frame of tomorrow where everything fitted so perfectly because it was not today, my best intentions would easily take material shape, it was really preferable not to think of beginning things on an evening when I was not quite ready - and of course the following days were to be no better suited to beginning things. However, I was a reasonable person. When one had waited for years, it would be childish not to tolerate a delay of a couple of days... </i></span><i style="font-size: 13px;">Unfortunately, tomorrow turned out not to be that broad, bright, outward-looking day that I had feverishly looked forward to.” </i></p>
<p class="p5"><i style="font-size: 13px;">-Marcel Proust</i></p>
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<p><span>And if all else fails, be like Mike- Just Do It.</span></p>
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<p><span>-Rebecca</span></p>
<p>_____________________________________________________________________________</p>
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<p> </p> Showing Publicly: Brave New Worldtag:crafthaus.ning.com,2013-08-09:2104389:Topic:4284042013-08-09T01:04:36.572ZRebecca Rosehttp://crafthaus.ning.com/profile/RebeccaRose
<p><span style="font-size: 13px;">Want to submit to international shows but don't know where to start?</span></p>
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<p>During the SNAG Conference segment: "Purple Cow, Sacred Cow, Cash Cow" the speakers discussed that by thinking differently in our field, you can set yourself ahead of the rest of the pack. Not only were attendees encouraged to think outside the norm in regards to finding, getting, and capitalizing on opportunities ranging from galleries to magazines, the speakers…</p>
<p><span style="font-size: 13px;">Want to submit to international shows but don't know where to start?</span></p>
<p> </p>
<p>During the SNAG Conference segment: "Purple Cow, Sacred Cow, Cash Cow" the speakers discussed that by thinking differently in our field, you can set yourself ahead of the rest of the pack. Not only were attendees encouraged to think outside the norm in regards to finding, getting, and capitalizing on opportunities ranging from galleries to magazines, the speakers practically handed over the key formulas to attendees in order to do so. It was an excellent segment, and proved to be one of the most useful and contemporary presentations throughout the conference. It was so advantageous, I fervently typed notes on my iPhone and soon noticed I wasn't the only one. Clustered around me, I noticed a slew of attendees' faces illuminated by the yellow glow of the notes app also.</p>
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<p>If you find yourself lost in digital cul-de-sacs when seeking out international exhibition opportunities, I'd like to offer a piece of my purple cow and blow your mind for a second to help rewrite your map from a cul-de-sac to a highway. In the name of thinking differently, here's an approach I thought of and started implementing last year that has opened my eyes to opportunities that lie seemingly unreachable around the rest of our globe. </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Firstly though, let's consider how most North American artists search for show opportunities. We generally enter keywords and search for phrases in English, right? By searching these phrases solely in English, you're only generating English results, and your Google passport isn't being utilized to it's full capacity.</p>
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<p>For example, "Art Jewelry Submissions" searched in English will primarily give you the same opportunites in America, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and other English speaking countries, the same as all of your fellow artists are reading and going after. To find more diverse international shows, take those same keywords and search phrases like "Art Jewelry Submissions" or "Art Exhibitions" or whatever you wish, and search in your desired country's native language, and voila! You've tapped into the unearthed and under-discovered international art show and market. </p>
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<p>When galleries list opportunities online, they do so in their native language, and roughly 75% of people in the world do not speak English.</p>
<p> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Let's take that key phrase "Art Jewelry Submissions" and input it to Google Translate while selecting Portuguese to yeild show opportunites available in Brazil. Brazil is the 5th most populous country boasting major galleries in cities like Rio De Janeiro, Sao Paulo, and Fortaleza.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">Highlight the Portuguese translation, copy, and paste the Portuguese in your search bar or url.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">Click enter.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">Click on the translate button.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span>Welcome to a new facet of your art career.</span></p>
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<p>Get into the habit of checking every two weeks, and experiment with your searches using different phrases, keywords, and languages. Don't be afraid of other alphabets, if you want to search for a show in Japan, Google Translate will search for the translated Kanji, Katakana, and Hiragana into your search engine without your need for a keyboard that supports those keyed alphabet symbols. Customize your search time frame to filter out the old and receive only the most recent postings, and you're on your way to peer through a periscope above the web's sea of data, focused on other continents.</p>
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<p>Some examples:</p>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-size: 13px;">Appel de soumissions art -French</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 13px;">Arte presentaciones- Spanish</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 13px;">Bando per progetti di arte- Italian</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 13px;">υποβολές τέχνης- Greek</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 13px;">التقارير الفنية- Arabic</span></li>
</ul>
<p><span class="s1"> </span></p>
<p>I know what you're thinking, relying solely on Google translator is risky given the nuances of each language, but that's where deeper, personal research will be to your benefit. Extra research ahead of time will also save your neck when it comes to ensuring you'll participate with a gallery who has a reputable and trustworthy history. I can't emphasize extra research enough, especially when participating on the international stage and dealing with customs, currency exchanges, cultural differences, etc. Do your research!</p>
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<p>Coincidentally enough, while preparing notes for this blog post, the August Mensa Bulletin arrived on my stoop, sporting a cover filled with different translations for words associated with comprehension and intelligence. The meaty article inside penned by fellow Mensan Lisa Van Gemert, "Language Lessons: 6 Reasons You Should Learn a Foreign Language Today" points out the advantages of learning more than one. In it, she included a fitting quote by philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein who wrote, "the limits of my language are the limits of my universe."</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">"Mensa Bulletin" August 2013 Issue. Roger Brooks, Editor.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Learn more at: <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.us.mensa.org/" target="_blank">American Mensa</a></span></p>
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<p>Every so often however, domestic art galleries will partner with international art galleries to produce traveling shows and exhibitions. San Francisco's Velvet Da Vinci Gallery recently partnered with Museo Franz Mayer in Mexico City for "La Frontera," an exhibition sharing artists' interpretations on the relationship between Mexico and the US as influenced by the infamous border between the two. Below are some pieces from that exhibition. The show features the work of roughly 90 different artists and just completed it's first leg of the tour at Museo Franz Mayer in Mexico City, from June 6 - July 28, 2013. The second leg of the tour will open at Velvet da Vinci in San Francisco, from August 14 - September 15, 2013. </p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">Celeste Christie, "La Migra" Lapel Pin.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">Nancy Moyer, "Border Fence Series: Border Scenarios" Neckpiece, Front and Back View.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058446347?profile=original" target="_self"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058446347?profile=original" width="500" class="align-center"/></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Elvira Bessudo Maya, "Seguro 1" Brooch.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">(My favorite "La Frontera" piece.)</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">View their online coverage of the full exhibition here:</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span><a href="http://www.velvetdavinci.com/allimages.php?action=show&id=160" target="_blank">Velvet Da Vinci x Museo Franz Mayer present "La Frontera"</a></span></p>
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<p>Earlier this year in May, while conference goers hustled from one ballroom to the next, European jewelers were converging across the globe at the Art Gallery of Legnica in Katedrainy, Poland for the 22nd Annual Silver Festival. This year's theme, "Revolt!" showcased artists' interpretations of the Occupy Movements that triggered similar global revolutions and events worldwide. I was honored to show my piece "Puppeteering" at the festival, along with art jewelers from 43 different countries.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">"Revolt!" Official Poster, 22nd Annual Legnica Jewellery Festival, Katedrainy, Poland.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">Guests during the opening of "Revolt!" May, 2013.</p>
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<p>Huxley's literary warning about technology thankfully doesn't have to surpress your ability to currently use modern developments to your advantage. <span style="font-size: 13px;">If you're daring enough in this brave new world, you can do anything, be anyone, and go anywhere you want to with a strong wifi signal and a plane ticket. </span></p>
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<p><span>Enjoy your new Art Show Rosetta Stone!</span></p>
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<p><span>-Rebecca</span></p>
<p>_____________________________________________________________________________</p>
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<p> </p> Building A Legacy Privately: As I Lay Dyingtag:crafthaus.ning.com,2013-08-01:2104389:Topic:4275692013-08-01T03:17:17.046ZRebecca Rosehttp://crafthaus.ning.com/profile/RebeccaRose
<p>Imagine your biggest dream. </p>
<p>Now imagine a bigger one, really allowing yourself to release the ceilings of your imagination. </p>
<p>Look beyond your own existence, beyond your own life,<span> beyond money and fame, and flirt with the big picture of your art however you define it.</span></p>
<p>Look beyond this generation, or however many years you believe you have left on this planet, and think: What will your art have left the world? </p>
<p>Consider that your creations, your…</p>
<p>Imagine your biggest dream. </p>
<p>Now imagine a bigger one, really allowing yourself to release the ceilings of your imagination. </p>
<p>Look beyond your own existence, beyond your own life,<span> beyond money and fame, and flirt with the big picture of your art however you define it.</span></p>
<p>Look beyond this generation, or however many years you believe you have left on this planet, and think: What will your art have left the world? </p>
<p>Consider that your creations, your pieces, will outlast you in years, and that your art takes on a life of it's own beyond your hands as it travels from owner to owner. Who will it effect and how? Where will it go, where could it end up? By what method is your art able to change other people's lives just by existing?</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">- - -</p>
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<p>Now switch from dreaming it, to being it. </p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">Tim Curry, "The Rocky Horror Picture Show"</p>
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<p>More times than not, discussions about building a legacy begins with <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://blog.legacy.com/2011/10/03/writing-your-own-obituary/" target="_blank">people writing their own obituaries and pretending to be dead</a></span>. And for good reason- it helps release our minds from the material motives and reasons we make up for doing what we do. </p>
<p>Too abstract? Start with something small, for example, "Once I leave that room full of people, how will they remember me?" Usually we fall into the realm of 'Out of sight out of mind'. The key is to have your art, actions, thoughts, and presence be so long lasting that it ripples around the people you interact with, much longer after you've left.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">- - -</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"></p>
<p>And now the switch from existentialism to artistry.</p>
<p>I admit, the aforementioned suggestion is macabre, instead of an obituary, <span style="font-size: 13px;">try writing your desired encyclopedia entry instead, a sample entry for <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.phaidon.com/store/art/the-art-book-new-edition-9780714864679/" target="_blank">“The Art Book”</a></span></span><span style="font-size: 13px;">, or writing a manifesto. It can be your personal one, or one that intends to effect and benefit a group of people. </span><span style="font-size: 13px;">The Latin term Manifesto is taken from the root ‘manifest’ meaning ‘to make visible or to reveal’. A manifesto reveals your intent, helps you make and set measurable time oriented goals, all in an attainable and realistic manner.</span></p>
<p>The almighty Wikipedia has a fantastic list of art related manifestos to peek at and poke through: <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_manifesto" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_manifesto</a></span><a href="http://http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_manifesto" target="_blank"></a>.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">Check out <span style="font-size: 13px;">Andre Breton's 1st Surrealist Manifesto, and his 2nd with amended intent and named supporters like Salvador Dali and Max Ernst.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 13px;">If you haven’t defined it yet, dip into your artist statement, it might be hiding in there. Chances are you already know what is truly important to easily decode the primary purpose and intent behind your work. </span><span style="font-size: 13px;">Be true to your purpose, vision, and aim. Be unwavering, and stick with it long term. </span></p>
<p>Expand on that purpose and find or build a community around it, delve deep and find like minds to help reinforce that central objective, and<span style="font-size: 13px;"> keep that dialogue going. Whether your legacy is a personal one, or one meant for others, eventually you’ll need to turn the dialogue into actions and events, and create tangible realizations of that vision. And then repeat, repeat, repeat, even after you think your efforts have been enough. That’s when you’ll begin to see the effects long term.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 13px;">Here are two great business articles about leadership and legacy, the themes can be applied to artists as strongly as it is to CEOs: </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.inc.com/les-mckeown/how-to-leave-a-leadership-legacy.html" target="_blank">http://www.inc.com/les-mckeown/how-to-leave-a-leadership-legacy.html</a></span></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://www.success.com/articles/861---live-your-legacy" target="_blank">http://www.success.com/articles/861---live-your-legacy</a></span></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">- - - </span></p>
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<p>During the SNAG Toronto conference, Damian Skinner's "Jewelry Mandala" segment provided a great example of specifically describing his sociological vision of t<span style="font-size: 13px;">he field </span><span style="font-size: 13px;">in the form the diagrams below. These diagrams succinctly define and establish groups of diverse jewelers to help artists understand how they fit into the big picture of the jewelry field. </span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span>Oppi Untracht's original diagram.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Damian Skinner's response to Untracht’s diagram is that "it puts all the emphasis on the maker and the studio, rather than on the life of the jewel once it leaves the jeweler’s care." And causes him to define w</span><span style="font-size: 13px;">hat he desires to be altered in ‘The jewel mandala’, "which deals with the functions that jewelry has from the wearer or user’s point of view." These approaches and his continuing efforts in analyzing and communicating the theories of craft and art jewelry history will no doubt have a lasting impact on existing and future generations of jewelers.<br/></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><img width="450" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058442579?profile=RESIZE_480x480" width="450" class="align-center"/></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span>Oppi Untracht's original diagram.</span></p>
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<p>Check out this 2009 Jewelry Manifesto by James Sweeney: <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.mardonjewelers.com/blog/the-slow-jewelry-manifesto/" target="_blank">http://www.mardonjewelers.com/blog/the-slow-jewelry-manifesto/</a></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span>- - -</span></p>
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<p><span>Legacy building takes time. Once you define your big picture and purpose, it's easier to fill in the missing smaller pieces to get you there. Those small pieces to your puzzle may be:</span></p>
<p> </p>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-size: 13px;">Classes you want to take, classes you secretly want to teach.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 13px;">Reaching for an award, writing grant proposals.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 13px;">Gaining real world art experience, exhibiting work in local, national, and global shows.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 13px;">Gallery representation, finding & establishing relationships with galleries who believe in your art.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 13px;">Philanthropic art, getting your art involved in charities or starting an art foundation yourself.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 13px;">Developing new processes or techniques and giving lectures or workshops on the topic.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 13px;">Having your art shown in printed publications, online blogs, film, and TV.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 13px;">Getting your work on the fingers of public figures and celebrities. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 13px;">Being a part of art organizations or starting an artistic community.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 13px;">Building a definitive brand or timeless art style so your work is recognizable at first glance.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 13px;">Protecting the technical and legal aspects of your work through ongoing intellectual property support.</span></li>
</ul>
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<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058440718?profile=original" target="_self"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058440718?profile=original" width="222" class="align-center"/></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span>Turn a S.M.A.R.T. goal into a smarter one to achieve the small steps leading up to your big picture.</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">- - -</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"></p>
<p>Let's switch back to the romanticized idea above: Your pieces having a life beyond your hands, and outlasting you. A chance exists that the pieces you create will get handed down through family estates, will be viewed under panes of glass in a museum, and can even be used in a film that wins best picture and is watched by generations to come. These may seem far fetched, pie-in-the-sky ideas, but next time you visit the artifacts section in a museum and look at the jewelry, ask yourself if those artists envisioned their art would end up there too. </p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 13px;">Just as Faulkner's <span>characters wrestle with questions of their own existence and identity, ask and answer the questions about your artistic existence and artistic identity. </span></span><span style="font-size: 13px;">Dream about the legacy you want to leave behind, then slowly define it so you can easily become it.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 13px;">And if you like the idea of discovering your legacy through writing an obituary, watch this TEDtalk from Brad Meltzer given in 2011: <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgiixRwn6xU" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgiixRwn6xU</a></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 13px;">Be the change you want to see in the [art] world.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"> -<span style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"> - - </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 13px;">-Rebecca</span><span style="font-size: 13px;"> </span></p>
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<p> </p> Showing Publicly: Special Edition Art Basel 44tag:crafthaus.ning.com,2013-06-21:2104389:Topic:4215832013-06-21T23:30:54.057ZRebecca Rosehttp://crafthaus.ning.com/profile/RebeccaRose
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">I regularly attend Art Basel Miami Beach held in South Beach every December, but this year I was presented with a highly unusual opportunity to attend Art Basel 44 in Basel, Switzerland. It was an opportunity I couldn't pass up, and thought to myself, I can share this worldwide event with the crafthaus community! (For those unaware of the glory that is Art Basel, check out this link: …<a href="https://www.artbasel.com/en/Basel"></a></span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">I regularly attend Art Basel Miami Beach held in South Beach every December, but this year I was presented with a highly unusual opportunity to attend Art Basel 44 in Basel, Switzerland. It was an opportunity I couldn't pass up, and thought to myself, I can share this worldwide event with the crafthaus community! (For those unaware of the glory that is Art Basel, check out this link: <a href="https://www.artbasel.com/en/Basel"><span class="s2">https://www.artbasel.com/en/Basel</span></a> ) </span></p>
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<p class="p1"><span class="s1">This Art Basel 44 post, as it relates to the topic of 'Showing Publicly', covers standout galleries that showed wearable art during the Basel fairs last week.</span></p>
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<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Lucky enough to attend Monday night's Design Miami/Basel Fair Vernissage, I made Ornamentum Gallery my first stop for their highly anticipated exhibition. Ornamentum housed an incredible show with brand new works from Ruudt Peters.</span></p>
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<p class="p1"><img width="400" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058425654?profile=RESIZE_480x480" width="400" class="align-center"/></p>
<p class="p1" style="text-align: center;">Entrance Floor, Design/Miami Basel, 2013. Photo: Rebecca Rose</p>
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<p class="p1"><span style="font-size: 13px;">Peters' exhibition entitled "Qi" -loosely translated in Chinese to mean "life energy", "life force", or "breath"- is the product of his recent 3 month experience living in China. Peters' engraved bluestone brooches and necklaces are shown with shelved groupings of his porcelain figures. Each of the porcelain figures begin the same in shape and size, and are then altered with found objects, debris, human hair, and other various materials. The designs engraved on each bluestone brooch and necklace were initially drawn blind, with Peters closing his eyes and letting his own "Qi" to take over and create the image. </span></p>
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<p class="p1" style="text-align: center;">Ornamentum Gallery with artist Ruudt Peters, Design/Miami Basel, 2013. Photo: Rebecca Rose</p>
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<p class="p1" style="text-align: center;">Ornamentum Gallery, Design/Miami Basel, 2013. Photo: Rebecca Rose</p>
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<p class="p1" style="text-align: left;">At first glance, one might think that the pairing of his brooches and necklaces with his figurative sculptures are unrelated, but let's explore Peters' "QI" concept deeper. Some of the figures are altered with acupuncture pins, and mapped out with acupuncture points. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acupuncture" target="_blank">I<span style="text-decoration: underline;">t's said that for acupuncture to fulfill it's needs, "QI"</span></a> must readily flow through the body to the vessels. I liked the application of oxidized silver on top of the bluestone, the linear forms made with the silver placed over parts of the blindly drawn figure reminded me of veins and major arteries in the body. I'm unsure if this was the intent, but I enjoyed seeing that relationship between the silver, bluestone, porcelain, and acupuncture pins.</p>
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<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058424842?profile=original" target="_self"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058425604?profile=original" width="400" class="align-center"/></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Sculpture: Ruudt Peters, Porcelain, 2013. Photo: Rebecca Rose</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span>Sculpture: Ruudt Peters, Porcelain, 2013. Photo: Rebecca Rose</span></p>
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<p class="p2" style="text-align: center;"><span>Necklace: Ruudt Peters, Engraved Bluestone, Silver, 2013. Photo: Rebecca Rose</span></p>
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<p class="p2" style="text-align: center;">Necklace: Ruudt Peters, Engraved Bluestone, Silver, 2013. Photo: Rebecca Rose</p>
<p class="p2" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058427355?profile=original" target="_self"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058427817?profile=original" width="400" class="align-center"/></a></p>
<p class="p2" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">Ornamentum Gallery, Design/Miami Basel, 2013. Photo: Rebecca Rose</span></p>
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<p class="p2">Louisa Guinness Gallery at The Design Fair showed a collection 10 new necklaces and rings called "Cuts and Voids" from sculptor Anish Kapoor, famous for his highly reflective convex and concave public art pieces. For more about <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.louisaguinnessgallery.com/exhibitions/13/overview/" target="_blank">"Cuts & Voids" click here</a></span>.</p>
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<p class="p2">At The Scope Art Show, <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://gallery-g77.com/artists/hiroko_tsuchida" target="_blank">Gallery G-77</a></span>, showed paintings with the larger than life jewelry work of Tokyo based artist Hiroko Tsuchida, pictured below. Tsuchida's Stainless Steel version of the piece, <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://gallery-g77.com/artists/hiroko_tsuchida" target="_blank">available by clicking here</a></span>, also describes the artist's relationship to jewelry and the outside perception when worn. Although I personally prefer the polished stainless steel version via the link aforementioned, Tsuchida's use of performance art wearing, or "being anchored by", her piece proved striking in person at the Scope Fair. The artist also showed necklaces made entirely out of safety whistles and parts of small nail scissors.</p>
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<p class="p2"><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058427323?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="400" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058427323?profile=RESIZE_480x480" width="400" class="align-center"/></a></p>
<p class="p2" style="text-align: center;">"From MYSELF to Myself", Hiroko Tsuchida, 2012. Scope Basel Art Fair. Photo: Rebecca Rose</p>
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<p class="p2" style="text-align: center;"><span>"From MYSELF to Myself", Hiroko Tsuchida, 2012. Scope Basel Art Fair. Photo: Rebecca Rose</span></p>
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<p class="p2">Tsuchida's description as read from the <a href="http://gallery-g77.com/" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">G-77 Website</span>:</a> <span> </span></p>
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<li><span style="font-size: 13px;">In the work "From MYSELF to myself" Hiroko Tsuchida suggests that jewelry may be a mirror of oneself, but not a mirror which is a mere reflection, but rather a tool helping to find her true self. She says: "Sometimes, small and delicate things, like a piece of jewelry, are becoming powerful for articulation of oneself. When I wear my jewelry, it becomes a big part of expressing who I am. It says a lot about me". By wearing the large necklace, anchored to the ground, the artist feels like being dressed in a silver frame and forced to see herself objectively through "other eyes".</span></li>
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<p class="p2">Antonella Villanova Gallery out of Milan exhibited new necklaces from Lucia Massei, and curiously displayed each piece on canvas, angled on black easels or music stands, with spotlights pinpointing each piece as the background faded away.</p>
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<p class="p2"><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058422533?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="400" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058422533?profile=RESIZE_480x480" width="400" class="align-center"/></a></p>
<p class="p2" style="text-align: center;">Necklaces: Lucia Massei, Photo: Rebecca Rose</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span>Necklaces: Lucia Massei, Photo: Rebecca Rose</span> </p>
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<p class="p2">The abundance of jewelry and wearable art on view during this year's Design Miami/Basel Fair not only caught the discerning eyes of Blouin Art Info, but also sparked this article available via the <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.blouinartinfo.com/news/story/913792/jewelry-art-takes-pride-of-place-at-design-miamibasel-2013" target="_blank">Blouin Art Info website</a></span>.</p>
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<p class="p2">Amidst the countless galleries that housed conceptually driven sculptures, paintings, sound art, etc. it was a delight to see such a strong presence of jewelry and wearable art at Art | Basel 44. On the Design Miami/Basel official website, their contributing writers have condensed the jewelry and wearable art pieces in a recap through <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.designmiami.com/designlog/basel-shows/basel-show-information/jewelry-by-artists-at-design-miami-basel-2013/" target="_blank">their perspective here</a></span>.</p>
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<p class="p2">So if the accomplishments that these artists, galleries, fairs, etc. have attained regarding sharing wearable art with the Art Basel audience inspires you to take part in your own Art Basel endeavor, opportunities are available.</p>
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<p class="p1"><span class="s1">If any of you are interested in showing and representing yourself (or a collective of jewelry artists) The SELECT Art Fair's application season has begun. Matthew Eck and Brian Whiteley host the hotel style art fair out of South Beach's Catalina Resort, on Collins Ave. in Miami, mere steps away from Art Basel Miami Beach, Aqua Art Fair, The Ritz Carlton, and Sagamore Hotels. The ticket price of $5,000 gets you, or split amongst a collective of you, a hotel space to showcase your art during the hottest art event in the States. (In comparison, Aqua Art Fair's ticket price per gallery is around $12,000 and up.) To view their prospectus for <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.select-fair.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/miami-2013.pdf" target="_blank">The SELECT Art Fair 2013, click here</a>.</span></span></p>
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<p class="p1"><span class="s1">The NEW MATERIAL Art Fair will host it's inaugural event at this December's Art Basel Miami Beach. The New Material Art Fair also applies the hotel fair model and is steps away from The Aqua Hotel Fair, also on Miami Beach. To view the prospectus, price tag, and potential for prosperity, <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.newmaterialartfair.com/apply.html" target="_blank">click here.</a></span></span></p>
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<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Before making any leap, heavy amounts of homework and research are recommended first. A great conversation topic is already in progress, primarily discussing the relationships between artists and galleries, but also skims the surface of art fairs <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.artjewelryforum.org/articles/in-sight-series-high-expectations-artists-galleries-and-their-relationships-part-13" target="_blank">via this link on Art Jewelry Forum.</a></span> But just as Stefan from Ornamentum Gallery says in the Art Jewelry Forum conversation aforementioned, it takes a lot of out of pocket resources to make a big event like this happen. So if you're intrigued, and at a spot in your career where you can afford to participate, show solo or buddy up with a collective of artists, get past the application process and are invited, you've got to sell, sell, sell during that week.</span></p>
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<p class="p1"><span class="s1">And as always, let us know the outcome of your efforts if you pursue these outlets, we'd all love to hear how it goes! </span></p>
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<p class="p1" style="text-align: center;"><span class="s1">***DISCLAIMER***</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">I am in no way affiliated with The SELECT Art Fair, The New Material Art Fair, nor do I promise riches and gold if you participate. But some of you may want to show and be able to show, so if I can somehow facilitate connecting artists with the right people involved in these fairs, all the better.</span></p>
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<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Until then, </span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">-Rebecca Rose</span></p>
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<p> </p> Showing Publicly: Thinking Outside the Box. Or Better Yet, Erasing It.tag:crafthaus.ning.com,2013-06-02:2104389:Topic:4182102013-06-02T06:23:11.544ZRebecca Rosehttp://crafthaus.ning.com/profile/RebeccaRose
<p>Many of us seek out identical exhibitions and shows and fairs and collectors and you name it, which contributes to the struggle we each face blending in to the group. </p>
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<p>But what if we expanded our idea of that group? Do we as a group of jewelers and metalsmiths mainly seek out jewelry and metalsmith opportunities only? If so, why? Because it's safer or considered the norm? Have we as a group accepted the rift between fine and applied art so much that we perpetuate it as well?…</p>
<p>Many of us seek out identical exhibitions and shows and fairs and collectors and you name it, which contributes to the struggle we each face blending in to the group. </p>
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<p>But what if we expanded our idea of that group? Do we as a group of jewelers and metalsmiths mainly seek out jewelry and metalsmith opportunities only? If so, why? Because it's safer or considered the norm? Have we as a group accepted the rift between fine and applied art so much that we perpetuate it as well? Is this blocking our potential as artists?</p>
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<p>Appropriately along the lines of Bridgism- the crossover of fine and applied art- below is coverage of the collaborative art show of Karen Russell + Sea Of Bees Jewelry. </p>
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<p>Karen Russell is a portrait artist known for her angled lines, elongated anatomy, and harsh harmony of colors, she's won awards for her portraiture and is pretty well known about town. Stephanie Marie Smith, founder and artist at Sea of Bees Jewelry is known for her angled brass necklaces, geometric shapes, and <span style="font-size: 13px;">creates each piece by hand with brass sheet, jump rings, and a load of ingenuity. </span></p>
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<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058419375?profile=original" target="_self"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058419375?profile=original" width="440" class="align-center"/></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Official Show Poster, The Falcon, Orlando, FL </p>
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<p>Here's what the show announcement read:</p>
<p>"All new original paintings by Karen Russell, featuring all new jewelry designed by Sea of Bees depicted within the paintings. The paintings and new jewelry line will be for sale at the opening and throughout the month." </p>
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<p>Did you catch that? Art featuring jewelry <strong>depicted</strong> in the paintings, while selling the actual jewelry pieces. Perfect, harmonious, artistic synergy at work here. Solid success. </p>
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<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058417636?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="600" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058417636?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="600" class="align-center"/></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"> Paintings: Karen Russell / Jewelry: Stephanie Marie Smith / Photos: Rebecca Rose</p>
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<p>At tonight's opening, which drew art lovers and jewelry lovers alike, Karen sold paintings, and Stephanie sold a great deal of Sea of Bees Jewelry, a great deal of it. I bought a piece and love, love, love it. </p>
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<p><span><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058421084?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="600" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058421084?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="600" class="align-center"/></a></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"> Paintings: Karen Russell / Jewelry: Stephanie Marie Smith / Photos: Rebecca Rose</p>
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<p><span>Stephanie hung each Sea of Bees piece on the wall, next to the corresponding portrait painting of the figure wearing it. Next to each shadowboxed jewelry piece was a framed professional photo of a human model wearing the jewelry.</span></p>
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<p><span>Smart for multiple reasons:</span></p>
<p><span>1.) Guests could see what the necklace looked like worn on a real person in the photograph in addition to the painting.</span></p>
<p><span>2.) Multiples of each necklace were available at the event so she didn't have to keep removing the necklace off the wall if a guest was interested in purchasing.</span></p>
<p><span>3.) The painting depicting each necklace made you want to buy *both* the necklace and the painting. </span></p>
<p><span>4.) Wall hanging her jewelry like a painting reassured patrons the jewelry is a piece of art itself.</span></p>
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<p><span><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058421645?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="600" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058421645?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="600" class="align-center"/></a></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"> Paintings: Karen Russell / Jewelry: Stephanie Marie Smith / Photos: Rebecca Rose</p>
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<p><span>Stephanie's a smart cookie. It's no wonder that her pieces are collected by uber popular and renowned Pop Surrealist Audrey Kawasaki, and was recently approached by Urban Outfitters to carry her line nationwide.</span></p>
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<p><span>The point: think outside of the box that says you only have to show with other jewelers. Consider showing with artists in different mediums, too. For example, i</span><span style="font-size: 13px;">f you're a Rapid Prototype Artist think of the possibility of showing with various 2 Dimensional Digital Artists. The opportunities really are endless. </span></p>
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<p><span>Think of a painter in your area whose painting style emulates your metalsmithing style. Maybe there's a similarity in color scheme, where your jewelry matches their palette. Seek them out and propose a collaborative show. One of the reasons Karen and Stephanie's show was a hit is because of those angled, geometric lines in both artist's work- paintings and necklaces. It visually made sense that they hung together.</span></p>
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<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058418975?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="600" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058418975?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="600" class="align-center"/></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: 13px;">Paintings: Karen Russell / Jewelry: Stephanie Marie Smith / Photos: Rebecca Rose</span></p>
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<p>Play with the idea of hanging your work. Does it hang well on a wall? Can you shadowbox it? Is it more sculptural? Can it be shown on a pedestal like a piece of sculpture? If we present our work in a way that makes it easier for the gallerist to understand how to show it, the more likely they'd be able and willing to show it at their venue. <span style="font-size: 13px;">(In addition to sculpture pedestals, I sometimes wall hang my jewelry with the framed original sketch next to it, and find I'm able to show in more venues.)</span></p>
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<p>So, I'm going to suggest something that sounds out of the norm that might ruffle feathers.</p>
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<p>We have the power to rewrite our own shows, and how our work is shown. We have the power to propose an idea for a show to a gallery or venue, put the word out there and curate the best pieces as it fits with the show's vision, be it with metal, ceramic, sound, fiber, performance, or paint. </p>
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<p>Why wait to be accepted into a show, when you can create one?</p>
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<p>And when you do, let us know about it! :)</p>
<p>-Rebecca</p>
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<p>Karen Russell: <a href="http://solaceincolor.com" target="_blank">http://solaceincolor.com</a></p>
<p>Stephanie Marie Smith: <a href="http://www.seaofbeesjewelry.com" target="_blank">http://www.seaofbeesjewelry.com</a></p>
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<p> </p> Around the Conference in 80 Hours: Pin Swap & Gallery Hoptag:crafthaus.ning.com,2013-05-27:2104389:Topic:4174382013-05-27T18:48:40.709ZRebecca Rosehttp://crafthaus.ning.com/profile/RebeccaRose
<p><span style="font-size: 13px;">For those that missed the chance to pack their suitcases so tight until the zippers puckered, for those that wished to collect new pieces from talented artists at the trunk show and tools from the vendor room, for those that couldn't make it up to Toronto, this blog's for you.</span></p>
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<p class="p1"><strong><span class="s1">The Pin Swap:</span></strong></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">After checking in, settling in, and diving in on Wednesday, the…</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 13px;">For those that missed the chance to pack their suitcases so tight until the zippers puckered, for those that wished to collect new pieces from talented artists at the trunk show and tools from the vendor room, for those that couldn't make it up to Toronto, this blog's for you.</span></p>
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<p class="p1"><strong><span class="s1">The Pin Swap:</span></strong></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">After checking in, settling in, and diving in on Wednesday, the first round of pins and business cards were exchanged during the annual pin swap. Toronto being my first SNAG conference, I realized this type of activity is way more fun in the role of participant than observer, a mistake I am determined not to repeat after finding myself pining for pins.</span></p>
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<p><a href="http://www.reactivemetals.com/http___www.reactivemetals.com/Home.html">Reactive Metal's</a> magenta/cobalt blended diamonds, <a href="http://michaeldalebernard.ning.com/photo/album/list">Michael Dale Bernard's</a> powder coated and laser cut resin pins in hues of teal/pacific blue, and fellow crafthaus member <a href=""http://linda-savineau.blogspot.com/'">Linda Savinaeu's</a> RP diamonds -where only the outlined angles were printed, strategically leaving visible the negative space inside- provided SNAG guests with a bounty of brooches. </p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="text-align: center; font-size: 13px;">A shot of assorted SNAG artists’ pins, as swapped by attendee <a href="http://www.laurastangerjewelry.com/">Laura Stanger</a>.</span></p>
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<p><strong>The Gallery Hop:</strong></p>
<p>Thursday night's exhibition crawl gave SNAG guests an unlimited day pass for <span style="font-size: 13px;">streetcar jaunts and subway trains to explore the 18 location Gallery Hop. I met up with fellow crafthaus member <a href="http://www.johnlunn.com/lunnflutes/">John Lunn</a> and friends, and started at Toronto's </span><a href="http://www.textilemuseum.ca/" style="font-size: 13px;">Textile Museum</a> for their show <em>SHINE.</em> The standout piece being the 20 foot long tapestry pictured below, not made from textiles, but rather aluminum.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058414576?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="650" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058414576?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="650" class="align-center"/></a><span style="font-size: 13px;"><span>Carmelo Arnoldin, </span><i>The Last Supper</i><span>, 2013, tapestry constructed with strips of aluminum from 3,363 recycled soft drink and beer cans, 6.6 ft x 20.2 ft / 203 x 616 cm</span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><em>A Bit of Clay on the Skin: New Ceramic Jewelry,</em> in it's encore exhibition held at <a href="http://www.gardinermuseum.on.ca/exhibitions">The Gardiner Museum</a> was a true delight. The ceramic-centric institution is of course a perfect setting for the show, and the SNAG Conference and Toronto International Jewelry Festival is of course perfect timing for the show. Enjoy this PBS video below of the exhibition before its journey to The Gardiner Museum.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #808080; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: center;">Watch</span> <a href="http://video.pbs.org/video/1896969320" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none !important; font-weight: normal !important; height: 13px; color: #4eb2fe !important;">A Bit of Clay on the Skin</a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #808080; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: center;"> via PBS, filmed at the Museum of Art and Design.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">18 Karat Gallery offered up a second public viewing of [Fe]rrous, the well known show traveling from San Francisco's <a href="http://www.velvetdavinci.com/show.php?sid=159">Velvet Da Vinci Gallery</a>. If you have yet to see the steel, iron, and alloyed pieces selected for [Fe]rrous, view the digital exhibition in house on crafthaus <a href="http://crafthaus.ning.com/group/ferrous">here.</a></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Two treats at the <a href=""">Design Exchange</a>: <em>Design Sans Frontiers </em>included larger sculptural works <span>&</span><em> A Table!</em><span> </span>explored artistic interpretations of table settings in any vast expanse of the word.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span>At the Harbourfront Centre, </span><em>Quintet: A Conversation in Design</em><span>, brings together Shona Kearney, Paul McClure, Wing-Ki Chan, Martha Glenny, & Katharina Moller -5 professors from Toronto's esteemed George Brown College- in the fifth installment of their traveling exhibition that has already touched ground in Montreal, Halifax, and Ottawa. Shona Kearney's <em>Direction and Movement</em> series especially caught my eye because of an understood dialogue the work had with the display. The spotlight created shadows off the figures, prolonging her motive of reminding us we are not alone, and the grounded connectedness we all have but forget during our daily grind. Read about Kearney's inspiration and the other <em>Quintet</em> artists in their <a href="http://issuu.com/quintetcollective/docs/quintetjewellery/27">online catalogue here</a>. </span></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058416080?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="500" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058416080?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="500" class="align-center"/></a>Shona Kearney, <em>Direction and Movement</em>, Steel and Silver, 5 cm x 5 cm x 0.5 cm.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The methods Jules Verne used in his literary classic to circumnavigate the globe -railroad, horse drawn carriage- are obviously slower than today's standards. Similarly, SNAG representatives mentioned this year for the first time, audio recordings synced with powerpoint slides of speaker presentations will be available online, expeditiously increasing your</span> ability to circumnavigate the conference, heading straight to the topics of your choosing. In fact, to get an additional quick and complete overview of shows and pieces featured during the SNAG/TIJF Gallery Hop, check out the 80 page <a href="http://issuu.com/scarlsen/docs/tijf_catalogue_/1">Toronto International Jewelry Festival guide</a> online.<br/></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 13px;"><span>From the time available for check in Wednesday afternoon, to the last deejayed song on the dance floor Saturday night, the 80 hour Meta Mosaic conference schedule was filled to capacity, so s</span>tay tuned for more SNAG conference coverage as the days progress!</span></p>
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