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 3, 2018 at 9:40am: This Month's Craft in Focus Featured Maker:

Brian Eburah - Jeweller

Brian Eburah on his stand

Brian specialises in anodizing titanium and niobium, incorporating them with precious metals and a selection of stones into jewellery and small artworks. His design inspirations are also available as canvas or photographic prints.

Titanium, niobium and tantalum have unique properties in producing iridescent colours when applying a DC voltage. Unlike anodized aluminium no pigments are involved, with the colours being created when light refracts off the metal surface after passing through the hard oxide layer produced through the anodizing process. The individual colours depend on the thickness of the oxide layer based on the voltage applied.

Brian was introduced to these techniques at Central School of Art in the 1970s and has developed the colouring processes over the years. New methods and ideas are often seen through trying to replicate details from nature or often learning from mistakes!

http://www.craftinfocus.com/brian-eburah

Comment by Rebecca Skeels on February 3, 2018 at 9:37am: Kate Haywood

Until 7 October 2018

Since graduating just four years ago, Kate Haywood has emerged as one of the UK's most distinctive and imaginative new ceramicists, showing at leading venues in the UK and abroad. She makes intriguing, surreal sculptures in finely modelled porcelain with colourful textiles, glass and metallic elements. Frequently inspired by found objects from long ago and far away, Haywood's works are designed to engage our imagination and senses.

Speeches 6.20-6.30pm

Kate Haywood talk 7.15-7.30pm

http://manchesterartgallery.org/exhibitions-and-events/exhibition/k...

Comment by Rebecca Skeels on February 3, 2018 at 9:26am: ONE OF AJF'S FOUNDERS HONORED BY THE AMERICAN CRAFT COUNCIL

Susan Cummins Named An Honorary Fellow For Her Advocacy Work

Thursday, February 1, 2018, San Francisco, California: Art Jewelry Forum (AJF) is pleased to share the news that Susan Cummins, one of the founders of this organization, has been named an Honorary Fellow by the American Crafts Council (ACC).

Since 1975, the ACC has recognized individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to the craft field in America by awarding the distinction of Fellow of the Council, known collectively as the College of Fellows. Honorees must demonstrate leadership in the field, outstanding ability as an artist and/or educator, and 25 years or more of professional achievement as an American craftsperson. Awardees are nominated by the active College of Fellows and selected by a committee of their peers--just one of many reasons why this honor is so meaningful.

This honor is especially significant to Art Jewelry Forum because Susan Cummins's dedication and leadership throughout her 20-year relationship with AJF is an integral part of this recognition by the ACC. Her involvement with and dedication to art jewelry is an inspiration to us all. You can read more about her activities in a 2014 interview in American Craft Magazine, titled "Powerful Objects," or simply visit www.artjewelryforum.org to see the tangible results of her advocacy for art jewelry.

Comment by Rebecca Skeels on February 3, 2018 at 9:21am: Metallurgy Courses
An understanding of the origins, intrinsic materials characteristics and processing parameters of metals is essential when selecting and specifying an alloy for a given application.

This suite of AMRC technical courses provides a working knowledge of the properties and applications of a range of ferrous and non-ferrous alloys.

Carbon & Alloy Steel Metallurgy
13th February (AMRC Training Centre), 27th February (MTC, Coventry)
Stainless Steel Metallurgy
14th February (AMRC Training Centre), 28th Feb (MTC, Coventry)
Fundamentals of Metallurgy
6th March (ImechE, London), 17th July (AMRC Training Centre)

To book your place please email Jack Greenwood on cpd@amrctraining.co.uk or call 0114 222 4446.

Comment by Rebecca Skeels on February 3, 2018 at 9:14am: Visit KTN at the Wearable Technology Show on the 13th & 14th March in ExCel, London, where we will be hosting twelve innovative exhibitors demonstrating a wide range of wearable technologies.

Registration for the exhibition is free, however there is a charge for the 10 track seminar programme. KTN’s subscribers can benefit from a 50% discount on conference passes.

http://www.wearabletechnologyshow.net/register-now-2018?utm_campaig...

Comment by Rebecca Skeels on February 3, 2018 at 9:11am: Developer and supplier of conductive inks, pastes and adhesives for truly wearable electronic technology. Their electronic materials are specially designed to be seamlessly integrated into textiles and wearables to enable light-up clothing, heating gloves and wearable sensors.

https://www.dzptechnologies.com/?utm_campaign=1060497_Wearable%20Te...

Comment by Rebecca Skeels on February 3, 2018 at 9:09am: Deadline 7th Feb
Liberty Open Call is back - and this year we’re focused on finding the best untapped interior design talent in the UK. We’re inviting designers, makers and craftspeople to upload a photo of their product to Instagram using #LibertyOpenCall for the chance to be stocked in our world-famous home department. Asking the public to help sway their vote, our buying team will have final say on the winner, to be revealed during London Craft Week in May.
http://www.libertylondon.com/uk/instore-pages/liberty-open-call.htm...

Comment by Rebecca Skeels on February 3, 2018 at 9:02am: Creative subjects being squeezed, schools tell BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-42862996?utm_source=Permanent+-...

Comment by Rebecca Skeels on February 3, 2018 at 8:58am: The 30 finalists in the running for the second edition of the LOEWE Craft Prize have been announced, whittled down from a staggering 1,900 submissions by makers representing more than 75 countries.

http://www.craftscouncil.org.uk/articles/finalists-for-the-second-l...