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 February 2, 2019 at 4:07am: Competitions: Registrations now open

Ocean plastic solutions investment accelerator: reducing plastic pollution

UK businesses can apply for a share of up to £2 million to develop solutions that tackle the environmental crisis of plastic pollution in the world’s oceans.

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Comment by Rebecca Skeels on February 2, 2019 at 4:03am: Livelihoods of Visual Artists Report: https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/publication/livelihoods-visual-artis...

Comment by Rebecca Skeels on February 2, 2019 at 3:48am: This month's featured maker for Craft in Focus: Suzy Grimshaw - Jeweller. Suzy designs and makes jewellery from her London based studio. Following a career with a large high street retailer, managing a franchise store group, she took a leap of faith and went back to college to study jewellery manufacture and design. Four years later, and having seen her work exhibited in both the V & A and Science Museum, she launched her business. Suzy has been showing at Craft in Focus shows since 2012. https://www.craftinfocus.com/suzy-grimshaw

The starting focus of her work is simplistic shapes. Suzy explains, ‘I like to explore the void inside the shapes and create patterns within these using precious metal, semi precious stones or beads and silk. The use of this internal void came when studying the work of Barbara Hepworth and Naum Gabo.

I also love to work with fine chain. Using traditional jewellery making skills I make a frame for the chain links, this is then soldered, polished and hand stitched with fine silk threads to create fluid ribbon like jewellery. As each piece is handmade individually, it is always going to be unique to you. Lately I have also been hand knotting chain which gives really interesting textures and feels wonderful to wear.’

Comment by Rebecca Skeels on February 2, 2019 at 3:44am: a-n Board Recruitment: help shape a-n’s future

As a-n moves towards celebrating 40 years in 2020, we are seeking to broaden the skills base of a-n Board with new members who can play an active role in both representing and monitoring the organisation at this pivotal time. https://www.a-n.co.uk/news/a-n-board-recruitment-help-shape-a-ns-fu...

Comment by Rebecca Skeels on February 2, 2019 at 3:43am: a-n is seeking new members of Artists Council, an advisory group to the Board and Executive that plays a key role in advocacy, lobbying and developing a-n programmes. https://www.a-n.co.uk/news/artists-council-a-n-seeks-new-advisory-g...

Comment by Rebecca Skeels on February 2, 2019 at 3:42am: Residencies: Wysing Arts Centre

In 2017, Wysing Arts Centre restructured its residency programme to be more responsive to artists’ situations and to support a more diverse pool of practices. .. https://www.a-n.co.uk/resource/residencies-wysing-arts-centre/

Comment by Rebecca Skeels on February 2, 2019 at 3:39am: AUTOR Magazine #6 /// Call for Submissions

The Beauty Issue

How do you define beauty? What pleases your eye and tickles your heart and your mind?

Beauty and Jewelry have always been intimately connected and evolved through time side by side. Observe art, watch a movie, or look around you in the real world. Beauty usually is framed by jewelry. And jewelry as an “addition” and an “extra”, attempts to enhance beauty and bring it into focus.

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AUTOR Magazine is about contemporary and art jewelry and its unique relationship to the human body. Adorn and be indulged by beauty… This is your chance to BE the magazine – there are no limits to fame, so be as famous as you can imagine.

SEND: jewelry that stands out, strong visuals of bodies adorned, honest writing, authentic voices, unexpected angles, connection and intimacy. We’re looking for jewelry-related projects, photo editorials, visual or digital art, texts, interviews, confessions.

E-mail for submissions >>> mag@dautor.ro

Deadline for submission: 25 February

http://dautor.ro/en/the-beauty-issue-call-for-submissions-autor-mag...

Comment by Rebecca Skeels on February 2, 2019 at 3:32am: Arts & Crafts Spring Showcase 2019

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Application Deadline: Mon 11 Feb , 10am

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We're now inviting applications from local designers, makers, artists and craftspeople who would like their work to be considered for display and sale within our public areas for our Spring 2019 Showcase. artsdepot welcomes over 154,000 people each year, providing a great opportunity to show your work to a wide variety of local art lovers.

Comment by Rebecca Skeels on February 2, 2019 at 3:31am: crafts council maker of the week: Maker of the Week is Essemge who has been selected as one of the designers represented by Artistar Jewels. https://www.craftscouncil.org.uk/directory/maker/essemge/