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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
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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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Talente Competition 2016 Winners
During the Handwerksmesse Munich, this years winner of Talente 2016 Competition were announced: Sarah Bartmann, Naama Ben Moshe, Dovile Bernadisiute, Carina Deuschl, Mariana Mejia Suarez, Jieun Oh, Joseph Spannagel and Edu Tarín.
Jewellery:
Dovile Bernadisiute, Lithuania
With Dovile Bernadisiute‘s pendants and brooches the jury liked the reflection on contemporary life and the convincing way of including and transforming found objects. Not only the choice of these findings but also the form of the works relate to everyday life, especially in transit areas like railway stations and airports. They are linked for example to mobile phones or powder boxes. The works emanate calm and assume a talisman-like function.
Edu Tarin, Spain / Germany
Edu Tarin‘s brooches and pendants not only convinced by their sculptural quality but also by the unusual way of working with the material. They are characterized by the combination of tradition and modern technique. The seeming simplicity of the monumental works helps to concentrate on their unusual surface.
Techniques:
Joseph Spannagel, Germany
Josephs Spannagel’s light object is characterized by the numerous possibilities of variation and configuration as well as by the carefully considered power supply line and the innovative way of power transmission. The jury was convinced by the novel construction and the use of magnets positioned inside the construction.
klimt02.net/events/award-givings/talente-competition-2016-winners-internationale-handwerkmesse-munich
Dear Fellow ACJ members,
I am writing to introduce myself to you and the Narrative Jewellery project I am undertaking. I have run Crafthaus on-line exhibitions highlighting narrative jewellery and my website details are below if you would like to see my work.
I am approaching Narrative Jewellers whose work is inspired or informed by the narrative to ask if they would like to have their work included in the book I am writing, I have a publisher and the book will be distributed worldwide.
If selected for the book you will need to sign a Release Form for images submitted.
There is no cost to be included in the book, just a little of your time
And here are the links to the Crafthaus exhibitions which was in two parts so you can see some of the makers
http://crafthaus.ning.com/group/tales-from-the-tool-box-chapter-one...
http://crafthaus.ning.com/group/tales-from-the-tool-box-chapter-two...
The book will have a foreword by Professor Jack Cunningham and will also include images his work, two essays by Dauvit Alexander and Jo Pond also with images of their work
At this time I have over 200 other makers. These Include:
Professor Keith Lewis (USA)
Arther Hash (USA)
Ruud Peters (Netherlands)
Ted Noton (Netherlands)
I’m hoping to have around 300 images and I’m still contacting other narrative makers and inviting them to be included.
If you know of any other narrative makers that I could approach that would be of great help.
If you are interested in having your work in the book please e-mail at mark@markfenn.co.uk with Tales from the toolbox – ACJ in the Subject line (this will help me Identify new makers). I will then e-mail you with the deadline date and how to submit the files to me.
Please Note: do not send any images or text at this time. I’m just wanting to have makers express their interest in taking part.
Please may I ask that you keep the contents and any attachments of this e-mail confidential and not to disclose the title and contents of the book at this stage.
I look forward to hearing back for you.
With best wishes and kind regards,
Mark Fenn
http://www.joyabarcelona.com/ Barcelona JOYA
http://www.no-gram.com/ NO-GRAM is the first "Shopping Cloud" totally dedicated to contemporary jewellery. The founder of NO-GRAM, Rita Marcangelo, with years of experience in the field as a gallery owner and curator, wanted to bring art jewellery to an even wider public.
The project is promoted by Alternatives gallery and was founded with the express purpose of creating a meeting place between independent designers and an international clientele in search of something unique and innovative. Individuality is a key word and our experts travel far and wide to select the very best designers around the world.
The works we propose are the result of a rigorous selection process, made through the careful evaluation of the quality of the craftsmanship and artistic value of each piece. The materials used to make the jewellery are of little importance to us. What really matters is the quality, uniqueness and originality. Quality is the key to finding an object you will want to cherish for a long time, and this is exactly what we strive to achieve at NO-GRAM, as quality matters to us, our clientele matters to us!
handful of book recommendations. Also, I’ve just started a column over at Inc, and have linked to some of my latest articles about productivity and innovation.
As always, please reply and let me know if there’s anything I can do to be of help in your work.
Have a great month!
Todd Henry
ToddHenry.com
P.S. My Everyday Brilliance course is on sale at Udemy at the moment.
The latest from my column at Inc.
Five (Non-Obvious) Habits That Unleash Your Best Work
Successful people often have a handful of daily rituals that keep them aligned and refreshed. Do you?
A Rocket Scientist’s Guide To The Right Kind Of Crazy Ideas
Adam Steltzner helped land a rover on the Red Planet, and he has a few tips for us about how to think big.
Don’t Let Your Rituals Become Ruts
The danger of daily rituals is that they might turn into fossilized and assumptive behavior. Here's how to prevent it from happening.
4 New Ways To Look At A Difficult Problem
It's not enough to stare at a problem; You have to surround it. Here are a few tools for thinking laterally about your most tricky challenges.
Join The Louder Than Words Book Club
Let’s read my new book together over the course of eight weeks. I've put together an eight week journey with audio Q&A's, worksheets and more.
Just click here to join. http://www.toddhenry.com/ltw-bookclub-confirm/
http://www.handmadeinbritain.co.uk/shows/sculpt/apply/
Handmade at Kew is excited to present a brand new, six-week outdoor sculpture exhibition, SCULPT AT KEW! Bringing together the beautiful natural surroundings of the iconic Kew Gardens with stunning, man-made creations, SCULPT AT KEW provides a unique opportunity for artists to show and sell their work whilst allowing the public to enjoy both the sculptures for sale and the gardens themselves. All work exhibited will be available to purchase or commission.
The exhibition will be directed by Handmade in Britain, with a close partnership with the Kew team who will together carefully curate the event in various spaces throughout the gardens. The contemporary approach in the presentation and curation of the event will reflect quality, tradition, heritage and integrity.
Applications are invited worldwide from international contemporary artists and designer-makers working in the following areas: CERAMICS, POTTERY, GLASS, METALWORK, STONE, WOOD and GARDEN, WATER & FIGURATIVE SCULPTURE. The deadline for applications is on 6pm Thursday 19th May 2016.
If you would like to know more and are interested in applying, then please contact Jacqui Rudd at sculpt@handmadeinbritain.co.uk or 0203 105 1682 for an application pack.
We look forward to hearing from you.
Space Available at RHS Garden Wisley Spring Fair
Due to a cancellation, a space has become available at our Spring event held within the Garden at RHS Garden Wisley from 28 April - 2 May (sorry we cannot accept any more jewellery exhibitors).
Visit Our Website
http://files.ctctcdn.com/b0eaa6dd101/08ddc0b5-199c-480a-bc01-2a892e...
Interested?
We will be selecting a maker for this space early next week. If you wish to be considered please complete and return this form and send with images of your work (if you haven't exhibited with us before). Don't worry about sending the deposit payment - we will contact you about this if you are selected.
Call for Publication: "Tales from the Toolbox"
Looking for narrative jewelry.
http://crafthaus.ning.com/.../call-for-publication-narrative-...
Deadline June 1, 2016
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