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 June 5, 2017 at 8:44am: http://www.professionaljeweller.com/applications-now-open-make-mark...
Applications are now open for the second Goldsmiths’ Company Assay Office’s Make Your Mark Awards, which invites students and young designers to design a piece of jewellery or silverware that celebrates the London hallmark.

There are two Award categories to enter – Jewellery and Silversmithing – and the competition is open to current students, apprentices and recently graduated designers (within the last five years) of precious metal-related jewellery and silversmithing courses.

Prizes will be awarded to the most artistically convincing design, model or finished piece in which precious metal is used with prominence, and where the London hallmark is an integral part of the design.

Comment by Rebecca Skeels on June 4, 2017 at 3:39pm: If you're interested in 3D printing and cutting-edge haptic design methods, join us at our 20:20 Visions conference to hear Ann Marie Shillito talk about her work and methods. 7-9th July at Sheffield Hallam University.

For tickets, please visit: www.acj.org.uk (info & booking) or on Eventbrite

We look forward to welcoming you!

Comment by Rebecca Skeels on June 4, 2017 at 9:30am: http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/BBU651/curator-crafts-study-centre/
Curator: Crafts Study Centre
University for the Creative Arts
Location:    Farnham
Salary:    £27,155 to £31,459 per annum
Hours:    Part Time
Contract Type:    Permanent
Placed on:    2nd June 2017
Closes:    31st July 2017
Job Ref:    17-SURR138-0153-1

UCA is the No.1 Specialist University for the Creative Industries in the Complete University Guide and Guardian University Guide league tables. Ranked 21st in the UK by the Guardian, UCA is also top 10 in three of its subject listings: Fashion & Textiles (6th), Film Production & Photography (7th) and Architecture (9th). For more than 150 years the University for the Creative Arts in Canterbury, Epsom, Farnham, Maidstone and Rochester has been leading the way for art and design education.

The Crafts Study Centre is the university museum of modern crafts, situated at the front of the campus of the University for the Creative Arts, Farnham. The Centre has recently been successful in its application to the HEFCE Museums, Galleries and Collections Fund which provides revenue support from 2017-2022. It is a fully accredited museum with a remarkable permanent collection and archives of British crafts from 1900 to the present day. The Crafts Study Centre presents temporary exhibitions and an associated programme of lectures, artist talks and conferences to develop understanding of the field for public and HE audiences. The Centre also works closely with (mainly) PG students in the School of Craft & Design at UCA.

The Curator is the key collections management post, reporting to the Director and overseeing all aspects of care and management of the collections and archives, as well as curating occasional temporary exhibitions, line managing the PT post of archives cataloguer, supporting all research visits and delivering an annual exhibition project for MA students. The Curator handles enquiries, copyright issues and requests for images and licensing.

Comment by Rebecca Skeels on June 3, 2017 at 6:13am: ACJ Website: http://www.acj.org.uk/ to join as a full member for discounts on events such as the 20:20 conference! Plus findings magazines, opportunities, supplier and insurance discounts and so much more!

Do join the followers on our network pages too.. this is free ..

Facebook has 3019 likes and 3013 followers
https://www.facebook.com/Association.Contemporary.Jewellery/

Linkedin has 3014 members:
https://www.linkedin.com/groups/3628898

Twitter has 1253 followers:
https://twitter.com/ACJ_Org_UK

Crafthaus to link to our fabulous international group, 66 followers:
http://crafthaus.ning.com/group/associationforcontemporaryjewellery

And Instagram with 820 following:
https://www.instagram.com/acj.org.uk/

Comment by Rebecca Skeels on June 3, 2017 at 5:56am: Shimell and Madden | The Process | 2017
https://vimeo.com/219195069
'An insight into the creative and craft process of Shimell and Madden, this video profile shows how the duo work together and develop their ideas. London based, they create structural gold pattern work that form distinctive fine jewellery pieces.'

Click the link above to see our new video!
Produced by Intone Films, music by Datassette.

Comment by Rebecca Skeels on June 3, 2017 at 5:55am: http://www.jewellery-summer.academy/index.php
International Summer Academy 2017 at the Campus Idar-Oberstein

Comment by Rebecca Skeels on June 3, 2017 at 5:52am: https://www.klaushausofficial.com/

You know how to saw and how to use a file. Soldering is not an issue. Obviously, you enjoy making things by using your hands, but you are feeling lost and stuck. Feeling isolated or out of touch? Wondering what the hell it is you are doing, and how to generate new ideas?
This workshop is for you
https://www.klaushausofficial.com/about-1

Comment by Rebecca Skeels on June 3, 2017 at 5:49am: Here at Kernowcraft, we love seeing what you create with our products and discovering more about your jewellery making journey

With that in mind, we'd like to introduce a new feature to our website -
MEET THE JEWELLER, where we interview aspirational jewellers to learn about their story
https://www.kernowcraft.com/blog/meet-the-jeweller-behind-sadie-jew...

Comment by Rebecca Skeels on June 3, 2017 at 5:47am: Lincoln Cathedral Heritage Skills Festival
Team members from the Assay Office will be at Lincoln Cathedral's Heritage Skills Festival 23 - 24 June demonstrating handmarking skills, and showing how we analyse precious metal content with an XRF machine. Come and join us! Visit lincolncathedral.com or email visitors@lincolncathedral.com for more information.

Comment by Rebecca Skeels on June 3, 2017 at 5:44am: QUICK!
Undergraduate Summer School at the Goldsmiths' Centre - Applications Open
10 - 14 July
Application deadline: Fri 9 June 2017, Free to attend.
This course offers practical experience for undergraduates who have completed their first year on a UK-based certified Precious Metal course. Enhance your jewellery and silversmithing skills this summer. Visit the Goldmiths' Centre website.
http://www.goldsmiths-centre.org/