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Comment by Rebecca Skeels on March 13, 2016 at 6:15am

Hole & Corner presents Marvellous Mechanica

3 - 7 May

11:00 - 19:00

Booking:

Not necessary

The House of St Barnabas Chapel

1 Greek Street

London

W1D 4NQ

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Comment by Rebecca Skeels on March 13, 2016 at 6:13am

http://www.londoncraftweek.com/programme?utm_source=Master+List&...

 

London Craft Week

 

Vacheron Constantin is the founding partner of London Craft Week

 

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Concept to Creation with Stephen Webster

 

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Engraving at Rebus

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Comment by Rebecca Skeels on March 6, 2016 at 4:10pm

Well done Peter
Very well deserved!
Peter Taylor, Director of the Goldsmiths’ Centre in Clerkenwell, has been named as the winner of the Jewellery Award at the Creative & Cultural Skills Awards 2016.

Peter won the award, which is given in partnership with the National Association of Jewellers, at a ceremony this week at The Backstage Centre, Thurrock’s training and rehearsal facility for the live events industries, for his instrumental role in developing craft skills and helping young people into successful creative careers in the jewellery industry.

Initially trained as a designer and goldsmith at the Birmingham School of Jewellery, Peter established the Jewellery Industry Innovation Centre for the University of Central England and joined The Goldsmiths’ Company as its first Director of Technology & Training in 2002. He recognised the need for a dedicated training hub to support the craft and industry. With generous funding from The Goldsmiths’ Company, he played a pivotal role in the planning and development of the Goldsmiths’ Centre and became the charity’s first director.

Since opening its doors in 2012, the Goldsmiths’ Centre has supported over 35 aspiring craftspeople, aged 16 to 19 years, through training in traditional and cutting edge technologies. Foundation Programme students have gone on to apprenticeships, won awards at the Goldsmiths’ Craft and Design Council competition and competed in the Skills Show, the largest national skills excellence event. The Centre also mentors over 30 apprentices on the Goldsmiths’ Company Apprenticeship Scheme, offering release training and support to their dedicated Masters.

On winning the Award, Peter Taylor said, “Supporting aspiring craftspeople into lifelong careers in goldsmithing is an incredibly rewarding job. Since opening the Goldsmiths’ Centre, I have seen numerous young people receive the education and training opportunities to enter this rewarding industry. I am immensely proud to receive this award, not only in recognition of my work to promote and grow the UK jewellery industry, but also for the Goldsmiths’ Centre and its young craftspeople who amaze me daily with their talent and dedication to uphold this ancient craft.”

Comment by Rebecca Skeels on March 5, 2016 at 11:03am

One for the ACJ full Members:
Call for Entries: ACJ 2016 Members' Show at New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham
By popular request, this year’s exhibition is an un-themed selling show of new work.
A maximum of 40 ACJ members will each show a small collection of pieces at the well-respected New Ashgate Gallery in Farnham, Surrey, near the University of Creative Arts.
Dates: Deadline for application 30th June
Delivery of work: 1st September
Show open 16th September to 5th November
Costs: no application fee. Participants will pay £40, which includes return postage. Commission: 50% of retail price goes to the Gallery, so the maker’s price is doubled.
Pricing: retail prices from £30 to about £1,000, with a good selection of the lower price points. The work: a coherent collection of up to 10 pieces made within the last two years.
This year there will be no print catalogue, but an online catalogue will be published on our website from members’ own photos.
Application form & terms of participation will be published soon in the e-bulletin and on our website. http://www.acj.org.uk
Deadline for applications 30th June.

Comment by Rebecca Skeels on March 5, 2016 at 11:03am

Jewellery and Silversmithing Temporary Tutor
South Hill Park Arts Centre requires a temporary Jewellery & Silversmithing Tutor to teach their summer term courses on Monday mornings, afternoons and evenings and Thursday evenings between Monday 25th April – Sunday 10th July. (If you would also be interested in the 2 year residency, please consider applying for both roles.)
Teaching is paid at £20.39 per hour
Further information and application forms can be downloaded from http://www.southhillpark.org.uk/about/vacancies/v
Closing Date: 25th March

Comment by Rebecca Skeels on March 5, 2016 at 11:02am

ACJ full members!
There is an exciting opportunity for an ACJ group or ACJ member to apply for a Jewellery Unlimited Award.
This award is to assist an individual or group to enable them to undertake a form of professional development. Groups should be all ACJ members. The benefits include publishing your report or video on the event/activity/course in one or more of the following: the ACJ website, the e-newsletter, Findings magazine, at a symposium or conference.
Thanks to the Bristol ACJ group and their Jewellery Unlimited exhibition for their kind donation of funds to make this opportunity available. The award is open to individuals or groups, and the board hopes that the award will benefit as wide an audience as possible.
Please see the application forms in 'grants for groups' in the member section of the website (or email the administrator to request copies) and if you have any questions please feel free to contact us. enquiries@acj.org.uk
Deadline for applications is 31st May 2016.

Comment by Rebecca Skeels on March 5, 2016 at 11:02am

https://artjewelryforum.org/schools/directory

Comment by Rebecca Skeels on March 5, 2016 at 11:02am

The Goldsmiths’ Company Assay Office is committed to providing a premium quality hallmark and a premium quality service to match. Last year we introduced the simplest pricing method in UK Hallmarking to date. We merged categories and services to produce a range of straightforward unit prices depending on the number of articles submitted at a time when transparency in our trade was essential.
This year, we are not increasing the price of our core hallmarking services. From 1 April 2016 prices will increase for laser engraving (lettering, logos, signatures, and numbering), Special Assay services, and Laboratory Services. There will also be a slight rise in the cost of our 1-hour hallmarking service for up to five items of the same metal and fineness. All costs remain competitive, and we encourage you to take advantage of our broad range of services. By using them and the London hallmark you form part of our trade’s legacy, and support its permanence.
In addition to simplifying the price list and providing you with easier to understand invoices, we will be launching a new website later this year to further ease your interaction with us.
http://www.thegoldsmiths.co.uk/welcome-to-the-assay-offi…/…/
The new price list will come into force on 1 April 2016 and can be viewed on our website along with our current price list, which will be valid until 31 March 2016.
May we take this opportunity to wish you a successful and profitable 2016 and to thank you for your continued business. We look forward to continuing to fulfil your hallmarking needs for many years to come.
Yours sincerely
John Love
Superintendent Assayer
john.love@assayofficelondon.co.uk

Comment by Rebecca Skeels on March 5, 2016 at 11:01am

PAMELA RAWNSLEY 1952 - 2014
Image: Vessel Sequence; Out of the North, 2011, Pamela Rawnsley
Dates: Tue 15 March 2016 to Wed 4 May 2016
Time: 8am – 6pm
Cost: Free
Venue: The Atrium at the Goldsmiths’ Centre
Landscape has been a constant obsession in Pamela Rawnsley’s life and in her work. Exploration was key to her progress; through material manipulation, print and drawing she pushed boundaries.
Pamela’s work is internationally respected and is in many private and public collections including National Museum Wales, The Goldsmiths’ Company, V&A Museum.
As the Arts Council of Wales noted, ‘A leading silversmith and artist, passing in her prime … robbed Wales of one of its finest makers of recent times.’ The new work, begun during her Creative Wales Ambassador Australian residency, is exceptional.
For more info, please visit www.goldsmiths-centre.org

Comment by Rebecca Skeels on March 5, 2016 at 11:01am

Ron Arad Rocks! A Selection of New Jewellery
24 February - 8 April 2016
Overview
Works
Press release
View works
Louisa Guinness Gallery is delighted to present Ron Arad Rocks!; a solo exhibition of new jewellery by internationally renowned artist, architect and designer Ron Arad. The exhibition will offer unique and editioned works including necklaces, bracelets and earrings made from silicon, laser sintered polyamide, quartz, gold and silver.
Ron Arad Rocks! is a culmination of the artist's most recent work in jewellery and focuses on three separate projects; Rocks, Naja and Hot Ingo. Like his large-scale work, each project combines material innovation, intelligent and beautiful design with the artist's inviolable sense of humour.
Far from the precious stones the title suggests, Arad's Rocks series are made from solid silicon. Though the silicon is soft and pliable to the touch, each piece appears heavy and dangerously jagged; the effect is of bare shards of glass hanging a breath from the wearer's skin. Not until the viewer has the piece in their hands are they able to detect Arad's sophisticated manipulation of silicon. Far from smashing and threading glass, he chips away at a plain of prepared silicon, shaving each fragment off.
The impression of opaque or coloured glass is created by dropping lengths of coloured or graphically patterned silk into the silicon, adding an ingenious layer to the optical illusion. Sculpted by the hands of the maker each work is unique varying in shape, color and form.
https://vimeo.com/155673129

The Hot Ingo earrings and Hot Ingo Necklace derive from Arad's early experimentation with laser sintered polyamide and rapid prototyping in Not made by hand not made in China launched in Milan over a decade ago. One step in the artist's long exploration of what computers and machines are able to achieve, the necklace and earrings take their name and inspiration from Arad's long standing friend and collaborator Ingo Maurer.
"I have always been inspired by Ron's work," says Guinness."I am astonished by his consistent ability to solve practical problems with simplicity, intelligence and aesthetic panache. Take Naja not only beautiful and wearable but an ingenious solution to the middle aged drama of short sightedness."
Naja, the final series, is a magnifying glass pendant made of a solid quartz lens, surrounded by a serpentine coil of silver or vermeil. The work is named after the distinctive "be-spectacled" markings on the hood of a Naja cobra. Not only a beautiful object, artwork and jewel, with a typically Aradian twist it can also be used to decipher a cocktail menu.

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