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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
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
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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Breaking down the barrier between craft and art
Mar 20th 2016, 10:26 by P.W.
.Indeed, the fair is welcome evidence that the barriers built by 19th-century art historians—between fine and decorative art, high art and craft—have fallen down. The most compelling example of this, and the most covetable object at the fair, is a Japanese porcelain; a life-sized, resting deer offered by Jorge Welsh, a specialist in Chinese export wares. Made in the late 17th or early 18th century it is a rare survival, demonstrating the exceptional expertise of Japanese ceramicists. (Their skill at making such large, glazed porcelain pieces without cracking during firing was not yet known in Europe.) Milky pale green, the deer’s fur indicated by barely perceptible incised lines, it is an arrestingly beautiful creature from its elegantly raised head (topped by genuine antlers) to its daintily folded cloven hoofs. For those on the market, the asking price was €2.1 million.
It is no coincidence that a Japanese object should be the most splendid example of the shift away from old, Western art-history conventions. In Japan, creative work was grouped according to what was made: painting, calligraphy, flower arranging, fans, gardens and paper. As Wahei Aoyama, owner of the.....http://www.economist.com/blogs/prospero/2016/03/tefaf-maastricht-fa...
Contemporary Jewellery Exchange 2016?
Details can be found here
http://www.preeapproved.com
Theme: Green can mean environmental, envious, inexperienced, natural, youthful, a leafy hue... It can be expressed in symbolic, literal, modern, traditional, abstract, and completely unique ways. Share your interpretation of Green.
Eligible Submissions: Entries may include 2- and 3-dimensional media, such as paintings, drawings, photography, mixed media, installations, ceramics, jewelry, fabric, sculpture, fiction, poetry, short stories and other written explorations (up to 900 words). Submissions must be the original work of the applicant(s). Apply using the online form.
Highlights: Be profiled, get published, and shine on! Up to 40 applicants will be selected. Plus, if you are chosen as one of the top 4 applicants, you will also be highlighted in a feature section with a profile written about you and your work. All selected artists and writers are showcased in the magazine and the juried online exhibition.
About ArtAscent: The mission of ArtAscent is to promote artists of images and words, and connect them with art lovers. This is accomplished by calls for artists and writers, artist profiling, art magazine publication, and artist and writer online showcasing. Each call is theme based, with the intent to showcase diverse creative explorations of that theme via various media. This marketing tool is created by artists and writers, for artists and writers.
Call application: https://ArtAscent.com/the-call-for-artists-and-writers/
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