The Association for Contemporary Jewellery

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The Association for Contemporary Jewellery

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

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

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 July 20, 2016 at 2:32pm

MADE BRIGHTON - The Design and Craft Fair
23rd - 25 September, 10am - 5pm

MADE BRIGHTON – The Design and Craft Fair will be running alongside Brighton Art Fair and will present fifty of the best contemporary designer makers in the country, selling work ranging from cutting edge ceramics and contemporary jewellery to blown and kiln formed glass as well as wood and textiles.

Tickets are just £7.50 and are reduced online in advance.

Comment by Rebecca Skeels on July 20, 2016 at 2:31pm

http://www.craftscouncil.org.uk/opportunities/call-for-entries-make...

Crafts council Opportunities

Call for entries: Make 16 - Contemporary Crafts for Christmas
Deadline: 25 July

Paid Craft Internships in Spain (Ceramic & glass studios, fashion & art)
Deadline: 30 July

Letter Carving Apprenticeship
Deadline: 31 July

Make:Shift:Do 2016 - Open Call
Deadline: 8 August

Rosy James Memorial Trust award for craft makers
Deadline: 26 August

COLLECT galleries call for applications
Deadline: 23 September

Comment by Rebecca Skeels on July 20, 2016 at 2:24pm

http://www.knowsley.gov.uk/things-to-do/museums-and-galleries/exhib...


Knowsley has two of the best contemporary art galleries in Merseyside and the North West of England. The first floor of The Kirkby Centre (L32 8XY) is home to the stunning Kirkby Gallery and Huyton Gallery is located within the Huyton Library building (L36 9GD). In addition to the galleries, Prescot Museum is located within The Prescot Centre building in Prescot’s Indoor Shopping Centre (L34 5GA) and focuses on the local history of the area including the important clock and watch making industry.
Knowsley Galleries logo

The galleries display work by local, regional, national and international artists including touring exhibitions from the Hayward Gallery, Knowsley’s Annual Open Exhibitions, schools, and community arts projects. Knowsley council also works in partnership with other arts agencies to deliver exhibitions such as Liverpool Biennial and pan-Merseyside projects.

'Crafted' exhibitionCrafted 2016 exhibition
31 May - 24 September: Huyton Gallery
31 May - 13 August: Kirkby Gallery

The ‘Crafted’ exhibition is a biennial show, presenting the work of makers from areas of contemporary craft, design, sculpture and fine art. For the first time, ‘Crafted’ will be shown in both Kirkby Gallery and Huyton Gallery simultaneously, offering more opportunity to see some of the best artwork from across the UK. Another special feature to this exhibition is that central to the arm of the show in Kirkby Gallery, are the work of nine UK designers, on loan from The Crafts Council, setting the tone for this stunning exhibition.

Comment by Rebecca Skeels on July 20, 2016 at 2:22pm

National Treasures
http://www.craftscouncil.org.uk/opportunities/national-trust-retail...

Talented contemporary craft makers please step forward. We're working with the National Trust and Heritage Craft Association to develop a product range to be launched at eight National Trust properties across the country.

The deadline for applications is Monday 29 August 2016 so have a look and apply today.

Comment by Rebecca Skeels on July 20, 2016 at 2:20pm

The UK's hidden heroes
http://www.craftscouncil.org.uk/content/files/KPMG_CC_innovation_re...

Craft makers are the “hidden heroes” of the UK’s innovation economy according to a new KPMG report - Innovation through Craft: Opportunities for Growth

It shows how the craft sector is adding value to the economy with examples including makers devising embroidered surgical implants and designing drug catheters.

The report warns that government and business must better invest in the sector or risk losing a £3.4 billion industry to global competitors.

Comment by Rebecca Skeels on July 20, 2016 at 2:18pm


Twelve Tall Tales

Storytelling through objects and making

Moonwalk in clogs. Meet a broom with an attitude. Let a machine predict your fate…

Twelve artists, makers and designers tell tales through objects, motivated by their ability to contain, convey and inspire stories. Selected by designer Onkar Kular for their narrative potential, this eclectic group of works presents varied and unexpected approaches to translating fictional, humorous, cultural, political and historical stories and references into crafted objects.

Works by Åbäke, Auger-Loizeau, Carl Clerkin, El Ultimo Grito, Zhenhan Hao, Hilda Hellström, Hefin Jones, Noam Toran, Dawn Youll, and new commissions by Cecilie Gravesen and Dash Macdonald are shown alongside film, text and photography to highlight the strong links between contemporary making and storytelling.

Competition
http://www.craftscouncil.org.uk/what-we-do/twelve-tall-tales?utm_so...

The Welsh Space Campaign by interdisciplinary designer Hefin Jones proposes that Wales has the capacity to explore space, injecting Welsh culture, skills and traditions into every item needed to establish a national space campaign. The creation of a space suit using fabric woven in the last remaining wool mills in Wales, space clogs, and a pressure system looks at local industries and their craft skills in new wider contexts.

Enter our social media competition and win a night’s stay at The Hospital Club and dinner for two people. Get creative and enter by 29 August 2016. Tell us what object you would make to help send someone to space? You can enter using a photo and a caption but you must include #TwelveTallTales and tag in @CraftsCouncilUK. We'll judge each entry based on their creativity and announce the winner after 29 August 2016.

Comment by Rebecca Skeels on July 20, 2016 at 2:16pm

ANNOUNCING THE $20K SUSAN BEECH MID-CAREER GRANT 
 
Prestigious new international competition for mid-career artists
 
 
Mill Valley, California, USA--Art Jewelry Forum (AJF) is pleased to announce a new international grant opportunity for mid-career artists established by San Francisco-based jewelry collector Susan Beech. The objective of this grant is to recognize a mid-career artist who has made a substantial contribution to the field and to provide resources for the artist to develop and implement a significant jewelry-related project that she/he would not otherwise have the ability to undertake. This grant will alternate with the ongoing AJF Artist Award program, which will run again in 2018. 
 
The Susan Beech Mid-Career Artist Grant is open to makers between the ages of 35 and 55 at the time of the proposal deadline. Artists submitting proposals must have an active and ongoing exhibition record and not be enrolled in a professional training program.  
 
The proposed project should be about jewelry, loosely defined. There must be a specific outcome to the project, and it must be completed within a two-year time frame. Examples could include (but are not limited to) creation of a new body of work; a book, catalog, or other publication; research and development (including travel study); or performance art involving jewelry. A proposed budget must be included as part of the proposal.  
 
The grant recipient will receive a grant of $20,000, to be paid over the two years in which the project will be implemented.

 
The deadline to apply is midnight, MST, on January 16, 2017. Complete application guidelines can be found on AJF's website. Submit applications here
Comment by Rebecca Skeels on July 20, 2016 at 2:14pm
Comment by Rebecca Skeels on July 20, 2016 at 2:12pm


How do I start in jewellery design?
https://ccskills.org.uk/careers/advice/question/how-do-i-start-in-j...

I want to get into jewellery design. Where do I start?
Expert answers
Harriet Kelsall
Harriet Kelsall's reply:

Hello there Kerry-Ann and thank you for your question. There are lots of different ways to start in jewellery design but a lot depends on your situation. For example are you still at school or are you working and so you plan to go onto further education or not? There are ways to start either way.

Even if you aren't ready for a degree, it is a good idea to start by getting some kind of making experience. For example you can do a short course or an evening course in jewellery making (somewhere where they have actaul workbenches rather than just beading). When you design jewellery you need to know a bit about how it is made so that your designs work well.

There are some really good jewellery short-courses and longer courses of all kinds available at the Goldsmiths Centre in London.

People start at all differnet times of their life but I think the most successful ones usually have a degree in jewellery design or similar as this is a good foundation so this is a good idea if you are able. You can study some jewellery degrees part time. There are good degrees all over the place but speaking as an employer of many jewellery designers, I think one of the best is at the Birmingham School for Jewellery (the Design for Industry Course).

You might like to go along to IJL in London in early September to chat to other jewellery designers there about how they got into it. It is a great show and well worth a visit.

Good luck!

Comment by Rebecca Skeels on July 20, 2016 at 2:05pm

Kernowcraft Metal wire is a huge part of jewellery making and where many jewellers start their journey. With it's importance in mind we thought we would pay a little attention to the fundamentals of working with wire and explore a few key areas.
Find top tips, techniques and inspiration below or in our latest blog post.
Plus keep scrolling for this weeks wire inspired make the look project.
http://www.kernowcraft.com/blog/working-with-wire-top-tips-techniqu...

 

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