The Association for Contemporary Jewellery

Information

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

23 members like this

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

Discussion Forum

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

View All

Comment Wall

Comment

You need to be a member of The Association for Contemporary Jewellery to add comments!

Comment by Rebecca Skeels on February 21, 2016 at 6:25am: Material Symphysis

Comment by Rebecca Skeels on February 21, 2016 at 5:56am: Craft&Design mag is out... get yours now if you are not subscribed! Hot off the press! Our March/April magazine, celebrating 20 years of sponsoring the Newcomer Award at The British Craft Trade Fair! http://www.craftanddesign.net/

Comment by Rebecca Skeels on February 21, 2016 at 5:46am: http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2016/feb/19/inside-grayson-...

Comment by Rebecca Skeels on February 21, 2016 at 5:40am: ‘Material Platform’ Materia and Broeinest, the flexible meeting place for thinkers and makers, are pleased to present an exciting new exhibition titled ‘Biobased Materials.’ This exhibition features over 100 of the most inspiring sustainable design materials on the planet.

The exhibition opens on January 1st, 2016 and will run until April 1, 2016. Themes to follow later in the year will include ‘Smart Textiles’,’ Lovely Light’ and ‘Luxurious’.

Biobased Subthemes:

Plant-based

Animal-based

Key Dates:

Exhibition – January 1, 2016 until April 1, 2016

Materia Cafe – Thursday, February 25, 2016

http://materia.nl/event/biobased-materials-exhibition/?utm_source=M...

Comment by Rebecca Skeels on February 21, 2016 at 5:39am: This month, 3d printing filament company 3Dom USA in collaboration with biocomposite company c2Renew presented their latest product ‘Entwined‘, a biobased, sustainable 3d printing filament (i.e. ink) made with industrial hemp.

Leaders in developing new materials for 3d printing, this collaboration has already developed rather delicious biobased printing filaments including Wound UP, a coffee-base filament and Buzzed, a beer based 3d printing filament.

Entwined itself contains no artificial dyes and exhibits an earthy brown colour with a slight luminescence. CEO Jake Clark of 3Dom USA says of this biobased filmanet ‘It’s almost iridescent in its ability to showcase different shades and densities within the same printed object. There’s a large amount of visible bio-fill, something you don’t get with standard PLA. It is compatible with major brands includng the MakerBot, LuzBot and FlashForge.’

Hemp vs PLA?

PLA (polylactic acid) is one of the most common materials used in 3d printing filaments. It is a thermoplastic material most commonly from corn starch. Entwined compares favourably to PLA in terms of both ease of use and performance. An added benefit is that unlike corn crops, hemp is a dense crop, requiring no herbicides or pesticides, thus making it an ecological material alternative.

http://materia.nl/article/eco-friendly-3d-printing-with-beer-coffee...

Comment by Rebecca Skeels on February 21, 2016 at 5:29am: Arts Fest, RHS Garden Wisley

16-17 July 2016
Craft in Focus has again been invited to work with RHS Garden Wisley this summer with Arts Fest. Now in its third year the event will again focus on bringing a 'live' fair to the Garden. The RHS will be providing a wide range of music, theatre, storytelling etc while, for our part, we will coordinate a mix of demonstrating exhibitors and workshops to sit alongside this exciting event.

Click to see images from a previous event on our Facebook page.
The event will be promoted by the RHS advertising campaign, backed up with additional marketing by ourselves. As is usual for events at the Garden, it would be expected to attract in the region of 10,000 visitors, with approximately 15 to 20 craft based exhibitors expected.

We are seeking up to 20 exhibitors from all areas of craft/art that, as well as displaying their work for sale, can offer an interesting and informative demonstration and, in particular, those who are able to run small workshops for the visitors.

Workshops may be short, drop in and go, or structured and more formal with a finished piece to take away.

It is difficult to state an exact cost to participate, except that it will be modest, as some demonstrations/workshops will be more involved than others. Structured workshops, for instance a batik workshop, should be available to book in advance, so it is important that capacity of workshop is stated, and how many workshops per day.

If you wish to apply to be involved in this new and exciting project please return this form ASAP. We shall then contact you to discuss further what you are offering and suggest charges or expenses etc. http://files.ctctcdn.com/b0eaa6dd101/6b9c123a-c313-43a7-b97a-89331f...

Comment by Rebecca Skeels on February 21, 2016 at 5:21am: AJF news

Exciting news ... Art Jewelry Forum has been awarded the 2015 Nobel Jewellery Peace Prize from the Swedish group Diagonal Art Projects! The award is in recognition of AJF's work to bring international awareness to the field, specifically through the activities of AJF's Ambassador Program, headed by Australian Kevin Murray. AJF is thrilled to be recognized for the international nature of our work.

Here's what Diagonal Art Projects had to say:

Art Jewelry Forum is stepping up the game of global awareness of art jewellery by appointing individuals as AJF ambassadors for cities and countries that have an existing art jewelry scene, but tend to fall in the shadow of larger actors. This approach, and the possibility to nominate ambassadors from a country not yet represented, helps to fill gaps in the jewellery map. To an organisation giving a microphone to a variety of voices -- 2015 Jewellery Peace Prize goes to AJF.

Thanks to Diagonal Art Projects for shining light on our international activities and for brightening our day! You can see the other prize winners and read more about Diagonal Art Projects here.

Xo,

Art Jewelry Forum

Comment by Rebecca Skeels on February 21, 2016 at 5:17am: New to IJL 2016 at Olympia

We are excited to welcome an array of new UK and International companies to IJL 2016. Look out for David Miracca Fine Jewellery, Westpack, MIA Diamonds, Yamamori, Nour London, Fancy Jewels, Yvonne Ryan, Ria Poynton and more…

Who's Exhibiting? http://www.jewellerylondon.com/Exhibitors?utm_campaign=IJL2016_VisP...

Comment by Rebecca Skeels on February 21, 2016 at 5:15am: F.Hinds High Street by Design Competition

Are you a jewellery designer, student or jewellery lover? If the answer is yes, then now's your chance to take part in the F.Hinds Competition. The lucky winners will see their pieces being sold in F.Hinds' stores and online.

How to Enter

http://www.jewellerylondon.com/fhinds?utm_campaign=IJL2016_VisProm_...

Comment by Rebecca Skeels on February 21, 2016 at 5:13am: IJL and the NAJ are looking for emerging designers!

International Jewellery London and the National Association of Jewellers are looking for emerging UK designers who want to take their business to the next level!

Do you know anyone who may be interested in entering KickStart? Please forward this email onto them for a chance to boost their brand with the support of IJL and the NAJ.

Entries close on the 13th March and we don't want any UK talent to miss out!

KickStart Benefits & Criteria

http://www.jewellerylondon.com/kickstart?utm_campaign=IJL2016_VisPr...