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 September 6, 2018 at 9:27am: https://mailchi.mp/2868eb979d19/cast-awards-and-new-blog-posts-1423...

We are honored to be the keynote speakers at this year's WCIAA conference! The Western Cast Iron Art Alliance conference October 3-7, 2018 in Granite City, Illinois is a biennial event focusing on cast iron. There will be exhibitions like the Flaming Sculpture Walk, the Professional and Student Cast Iron Exhibition, and there are opportunities for performance iron casting.

There will be workshops that focus on the creation of sand molds, ceramic shell, reaction molds, and jewelry-scale cast iron, which we're super excited to try.

There will be tours of an industrial steel mill that casts huge quantities of steel as well as other exciting activities.

Our keynote talk will be on Thursday, October 4 and we'll also have a book signing.

Granite City, IL is just outside of St Louis, MO.

http://www.wciaa.org/cast-iron-art-conference/

Comment by Rebecca Skeels on September 6, 2018 at 9:13am: LONDON CRAFT WEEK

Adi Toch

To kick off our new series Maker in Focus, we spoke to LCW 2018 participating maker Adi Toch about her love of metal; why craft is a tool for problem-solving, and how she could have chosen science instead.

To read the full interview http://www.londoncraftweek.com/news_blog/maker-focus-adi-toch?utm_s...

Comment by Rebecca Skeels on September 6, 2018 at 9:11am

FIRST STEPS INTO CAD
Mon 17 Sep 2018
6pm - 8pm, £25

Learn more about CAD software Rhino 3D interface, commands and best practice techniques to start your journey into computer-based 3D design. Ideal for beginners.

http://www.goldsmiths-centre.org/whats-on/whats-on-cad-workshop-ser...

Comment by Rebecca Skeels on September 6, 2018 at 9:01am: Key Dates · LOEWE Craft Prize 2019

20 June 2018: Entry site opens to submit works

31 Oct. 2018: Submissions close

31 Jan. 2019: Shortlist of finalists announced

Spring 2019: Winner announced

Spring 2019: Exhibition of finalist works in Japan

https://craftprize.loewe.com/#_home

Comment by Rebecca Skeels on September 6, 2018 at 8:53am: OPEN CALL

Françoise van den Bosch Foundation Artist in Residence programme 2019 at Studio Rian de Jong

11May2018 - 15Sep2018

Studio Rian de Jong

Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS

DEADLINE: 15/09/2018

The foundation offers an opportunity to live and work in one of the most active jewellery communities in the world.

https://francoisevandenbosch.nl/en/category/residency-en/

Comment by Rebecca Skeels on September 6, 2018 at 8:50am: TRIPLE PARADE Biennale for Contemporary Jewellery. 4th Edition

19Oct2018 - 06Jan2019

HOW Art Museum

Shanghai, CHINA

This year’s Biennale will present the vast diversity of global contemporary jewellery creations to the Chinese public, while generating fascinatingly creative and inspiring dialogues in contemporary art, fashion, design and crafts.

http://www.howartmuseum.org/article/index/id/424

Comment by Rebecca Skeels on September 6, 2018 at 8:36am: CALLING NEW TALENT: The free business taster programme Getting Started at the Goldsmiths’ Centre is now open to recent graduates from jewellery, silversmithing and metalwork courses. Apply before Wednesday 3 October 2018 https://buff.ly/2BUp2Nf

Comment by Rebecca Skeels on September 6, 2018 at 8:25am: Please join us on Friday 14 September, 6-8pm for refreshments and to celebrate 3 exciting new exhibitions:
New Ashgate Gallery

Surrey Artist of the Year 2018 Competition: Vote for your favourite from 15 shortlisted artists chosen by visitors to this Summer's Open Studio Events.

Su Jameson | One Year On: A solo exhibition of work by 2017 Surrey Artist of the Year, ceramic sculptor Su Jameson.

Accidentally on Purpose: Chemistry, light, skill and chance are the key ingredients for the recipe of 'Accidentally on Purpose'. An exhibition of 3 artists (Lynn Pascoe, Bryony Rich and Simon Painter) who have all mastered working with their materials and the element of the unexpected within their finished works.
http://www.newashgate.org.uk/whats-on

Comment by Rebecca Skeels on September 6, 2018 at 8:21am: > Elements: A Festival of Jewellery, Silver & Gold will return to Edinburgh from 19-21 October 2018.

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> Each year, Elements brings 50 of the UK's finest contemporary silversmiths and jewellers together in the heart of Edinburgh for a selling fair, an exhibition, and a range of events. We're thrilled to reveal this year's Elements makers.

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> We are welcoming number of familiar faces, including Bryony Knox, Brett Payne and Misun Won, as well as some first time exhibitors, including Megan Falconer, Lynne MacLachlan and Shivani Patel.

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> http://www.elementsfestival.co.uk/elements-festival-makers?utm_sour...

Comment by Rebecca Skeels on September 6, 2018 at 8:12am: WIN a jewellery making book!
Find out how to enter our competition by clicking the button below or keep scrolling to see our range of books to help top up your knowledge, along with some fun behind the scenes action too... https://www.kernowcraft.com/blog/read-a-book-day-competition?utm_me...