The Association for Contemporary Jewellery

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The Association for Contemporary Jewellery is devoted to the promotion, representation, understanding and development of contemporary jewellery in the United Kingdom and abroad.

Website: http://www.acj.org.uk/
Location: UK
Members: 67
Latest Activity: Oct 11, 2020

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The Association for Contemporary Jewellery

is devoted to the promotion, representation, understanding and development of contemporary jewellery in the United Kingdom and abroad.

Founded as a membership association in 1997 and registered as a Limited Company in 2006, it recognises a need to foster discussion, debate and critical review and interaction amongst its members. To this end we organise conferences, lectures, seminars, workshops and an annual general meeting for our members. Our regular newsletter, findings, features reviews, information, comment, book offers and discounts and is of benefit to both our members and the wider public. We also produce a monthly e-bulletin featuring news and opportunities.

We welcome as members practising jewellers, associated designers and crafts people, educators, students, gallery owners and retailers, museum curators, critics and collectors - indeed, anyone with an interest in contemporary jewellery.

The Association for Contemporary Jewellery
PO Box 37807 London SE23 1XJ United Kingdom
Telephone: + 00 44 (0)20 8291 4201
Fax: + 00 44 (0)20 8291 4452
Email: enquiries@acj.org.uk

WHAT WE DO

• promote greater understanding of contemporary jewellery
• support jewellers’ creative and professional development
• develop audiences for this lively field of contemporary craft and design

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streamlining our pages

Started by Rebecca Skeels Oct 11, 2020. 0 Replies 1 Like

Dear All Members, Followers and Likers of our Network pages.We are currently streamlining our pages at the moment and have found that fewer people are now following and using twitter and crafthaus to find out about jewellery events, exhibitions, opportunities, seeing new work and generally chatting about jewellery.If you use these, please head over to our other pages on other platforms: -Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Association.Contemporary.Jewellery/Linkedin Group: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/3628898/Linkedin Business page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/association-for-contemporary-jewellery-limitedInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/acj.org.uk/and of course, our main website…Continue

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Comment by Rebecca Skeels on March 22, 2015 at 1:20pm: Tickets on sale now!
19-21 June
Shop for unique handmade items from over 100 makers and designers at our second annual Design & Craft Fair, featuring MADE, the team behind MADE London, MADE Brighton and the Brighton Art Fair.

Ticket price includes free talks and demonstrations – including crazy patchwork with Janet Clare, using art and crafts in the garden with Annie Guilfoyle, and Guardian journalist Joanna Moorhead on meeting her great aunt, Leonora Carrington, the artist and friend of West Dean College founder Edward James.

Early bird prices until 11 June: BOOK NOW
Adults £8.25 (£9 on gate) Children under 16 free

Comment by Rebecca Skeels on March 22, 2015 at 1:18pm: Adam Thorpe: Flowering
March 25 – April 26, 2015
Opening Reception: Friday, March 27, 6-8pm

Adam Thorpe’s Flowering, a 25ft installation on the gallery’s atrium wall, draws inspiration from the roadside memorial, where flowers are placed on a chain-link fence. Working with basswood (Tilia americana), hand tools, chisels, and gouges, the artist has carved an intricate series of wilted blossoms and flowers in full bloom, each unique in its own ornate and commemorative nature. Against the backdrop of the everyday chain-link fence, these elaborate objects become meditative manifestations of very idea of memorial. Created using techniques beyond the confines of traditional woodcarving, the work also considers a meeting of the ornamental and sculptural, evoking a sense of intricacy and movement that is a commonly found in nature, as well as the artists hand.

Thorpe, an elected member of the UK’s Master Carver’s Association, started woodcarving at an early age in his father’s home workshop in England. He apprenticed with British Master Carver Ian Agrell, before studying drawing and modeling at the City and Guilds of London Art School. Since moving to the United States in 1992, he has worked on carving, restoration, and ornamental design for private residences and national museums, including the spectacular Salon Doré restoration project at the San Francisco Museum of the Legion of Honor. He presently lives in Oakland, California.

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Comment by Rebecca Skeels on March 22, 2015 at 1:13pm: http://www.artfund.org/what-to-see/member-offers/50-off-entry-to-co...
COLLECT, the leading international art fair for contemporary objects, returns for its twelfth anniversary to the Saatchi Gallery in 2015.

The fair, presented by the Crafts Council, will run from 8 – 11 May 2015 and will present contemporary design works from some of the world’s leading craft makers and artists.

Tickets are £8.50 with your National Art Pass (including £1 donation, standard entry £17). To buy tickets in advance online simply quote artpass15 when booking.

Please note that your National Art Pass will need to be presented upon entry.

For more information, visit http://www.craftscouncil.org.uk/what-we-do/collect/

Comment by Rebecca Skeels on March 21, 2015 at 11:23am: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/Association-Contemporary-Jewellery-...*2_*2_*2_lna_PENDING_*2&_mSplash=1

2499 ACJ linkedin network members. That's a lot of people To share your exhibitions, work, events, informations and questions with. Keep posting.

If you would like to become a full ACJ member please visit http://www.acj.org.uk/index.php/join-acj

Comment by Rebecca Skeels on March 20, 2015 at 1:18pm: Dear all,

The Crafts Council are an in kind partner in an exciting project with Etsy to bring together high quality makers from across the UK to have their work exhibited as part of London Design Festival. The opportunity is being led and administered by Etsy and is open to all makers in the UK and the work will be shown as part of Tent London during LDF. Application guidelines are attached (in English and in Welsh) and links and further information are provided below. Please feel free to circulate to your networks and help us to promote this opportunity.

Best wishes,
Katia

OPEN CALL! FOUR CORNERS OF CRAFT - EXHIBIT AT THE LONDON DESIGN FESTIVAL

Hello! Sarah here from Etsy UK.

Do you make beautiful contemporary craft? Apply for our Four Corners of Craft exhibition...
Four Corners of Craft is a national maker development and exhibition project supported by the Crafts Council and creative organisations in England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales. It will culminate in an exhibition to showcase great contemporary craft on Etsy, in partnership with Tent London and the London Design Festival on 24-27th September 2015.
Lead partners include: Crafts Council, Contemporary Applied Arts, Design Trust, Craft Scotland, Creative Scotland, Craft NI, Arts Council of Northern Ireland and Helfa Gelf. With support from: Arts Council of Wales, Ruthin Craft Centre, The Makers' Guild in Wales and many more incredible organisations around the UK.
Calling all designer-makers! We’re seeking excellent cross-disciplinary craft from all corners of the UK.

Fiona Logue, Director of Craft Scotland says ‘Etsy is a supportive and accessible route to market and their work assists our makers in developing their businesses.’ Makers will benefit from professional development support (from the Design Trust and local sources) and ultimately sell their work at the exhibition.

Learn more and apply here: http://etsy.me/1wrPmFX

Deadline: Tuesday 7 April 2015
If you’re eligible for this opportunity and don’t currently sell on Etsy, you can open a shop in order to apply. Get started with 20 free listings! Enter the code: FOURCORNERS at http://etsy.me/1HtQHwH (new sellers only).

Exhibit with Etsy at London Design Festival etsy.me

Do you make beautiful contemporary craft? Apply for Four Corners of Craft, in partnership with the Crafts Council and arts organisations nationwide.

Comment by Rebecca Skeels on March 15, 2015 at 10:01am: https://www.facebook.com/events/953099804701325/

Comment by Rebecca Skeels on March 15, 2015 at 9:47am: he deadline for our 2015 touring exhibition, Sleight of Hand is fast approaching!

Opening at the Brewhouse, Burton upon Trent in September, Sleight of Hand goes to the Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh for October and then to Plymouth College of Arts for November and December. The work will be returned in the week beginning 16th December.

The theme for the exhibition is Sleight of Hand. Clever fingers, magic, deception, smoke & mirrors, craftiness, sheer skill....it's your interpretation, but the work must be well made and it must be wearable!

Application deadline is 16th April for those of you who have yet to apply.

The Panel will meet in May, with the work needed from August to December.

We will be producing a full colour catalogue, and placing adverts in Crafts Magazine as well as each venue advertising locally.

This year there is NO application fee! However, participation for selected members will cost £75, and £60 for student & new graduate members. For this you get an excellent tour and two free catalogues; delivery of work is at your cost, with return paid by ACJ.

This show will have a selling element, in that the exhibition pieces will be for sale at the Scottish Gallery (50% commission). The collection will remain intact for the Plymouth leg, which is not a selling venue, and pieces sold will be returned before Christmas.

The application form is available from enquiries@acj.org.uk

Any questions - get in touch!

Comment by Rebecca Skeels on March 15, 2015 at 9:45am: Whether kinky or super smooth, metal can be an unconventional yet beautiful material for facades, walls or floor coverings.

Check out the versatility of metal as a design material below along with
more material highlights from the week

Team Materia
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Comment by Rebecca Skeels on March 15, 2015 at 9:36am: Crafts Council Maker Directory

The Crafts Council is launching a new Maker Directory and maker sign-up starts today.

The Directory is an attractive, easy-to-use and designed with an excellent, intuitive search function allowing people to find makers, selected by the Crafts Council, across the UK by name, work, location and discipline.

We are still developing the user interface to the Maker Directory but you can see the following pages: search results by Project; search results by Maker; Project page; and Maker profile page

Comment by Rebecca Skeels on March 15, 2015 at 9:32am: COLLECT

Tickets https://craftscouncil.yourticketbooking.com/events/COLLECT?utm_sour...
are now on sale for COLLECT, which returns to the Saatchi Gallery, London from Friday 8 May - Monday 11 May 2015.

The fair is a chance to buy world-class, museum-quality contemporary craft from 35 international galleries each representing established and emerging artists.

Alongside these eminent galleries the fair will feature COLLECT Open, a space created for artists to explore new ideas, and a preview of the latest Crafts Council Touring Exhibition I AM HERE. There will also be a programme of talks from curators, gallerists and many of the exhibiting artists.

We’re recruiting volunteers to work at COLLECT 2015. If you’re interested in being part of the fair, apply online.http://www.craftscouncil.org.uk/about/jobs/?utm_source=Crafts+Counc...