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 15, 2015 at 12:22pm: The Desire Fair is staging another fabulous event at the Old Town Hall in Chelsea. Don't miss this opportunity to view and purchase work from some of the UK's finest designer makers.

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The event showcases stunning collections from both emerging British talent as well as established contemporary jewellers and silversmiths. All are professional designer makers who have been selected from the very best jewellers and silversmiths in the UK for the quality of their work, individuality and innovation.

Jewellers here work in leather, acrylic, ceramics, paper, glass, copper and wood as well as more traditional silver, gold and platinum jewellery featuring gemstones, pearls, beads and enamelwork.

Take a look at our Facebook album for a small sample of the type of work that can be viewed and purchased at this event.

Don't miss kinetic jewellery by Michael Berger, cellulose acetate jewellery by Lesley Strickland, fold-formed jewellery pieces in aluminium,

Bold jewellery by Kate Gorman
copper and silver by NbNg and innovative, bold, mixed media jewellery by
Kate Gorman for those who really want to stand out from the crowd!

London skyline tealight holder
Amongst the silversmiths exhibiting are Jen Ricketts with her intricate functional work including city skylines, Brett Payne with his hand forged sterling silver candlesticks and Rebecca Joselyn whose work has appeared on Channel Four's Four Rooms.

Comment by Rebecca Skeels on February 15, 2015 at 12:18pm: Call for Applications -
A’ International Jewellery Design Awards

The A' Jewellery, Eyewear and Watch Design Awards are open for entries by Jewellery, Eyewear and Watch Design professionals worldwide. Designs that were designed within the last 10 years are eligible to be nominated.
http://www.designaward.com/#presentation

Comment by Rebecca Skeels on February 15, 2015 at 12:16pm: Call for Applications -
Wearable Technologies Competition
Your chance to innovate

This £210k IC tomorrow contest seeks to encourage innovation in wearable technology.

https://ictomorrow.innovateuk.org/web/wearable-technology-innovatio...

Are you a digital start-up or SME seeking funding?

We have six awards of up to £35k to fund the development of digital solutions solving challenges across wearable techonology in the theme areas of sport, wellbeing, entertainment, hospitality, health and safety and accessability and design.

Comment by Rebecca Skeels on February 15, 2015 at 12:11pm: Paid Metalwork Internship -
Bristol
http://www.rebeccagouldson.co.uk/

Full time, four day week, fixed term,
6 month paid internship.
You will work alongside Rebecca, helping in the day to day running of the studio, as well as assisting with varied projects which include public art, corporate and private commissions, exhibitions and product collaborations.

Comment by Rebecca Skeels on February 15, 2015 at 12:08pm: Fair & Events Manager - London
c. £28,000

The Goldsmiths’ Company is one of the Twelve Great Livery Companies of the City of London.
We are now seeking a Fair & Events Manager to manage the annual Goldsmiths’ Fair, Britain’s premier selling event for contemporary jewellery and silver.
http://thegoldsmiths.co.uk/

Comment by Rebecca Skeels on February 15, 2015 at 11:55am: 2015 Creative Toolbox Series on Art and Science

The first of a 3-part series will kick off on:
Thursday, April 2, 2015
The Art and Science of Creativity : An Evening with Dr. Edison T. Liu
Hannaford Hall, USM Abromson Center, Portland Campus
5:30pm-7:30pm

Edison T. Liu, M.D., President and CEO of The Jackson Laboratoy, will track through music and lecture, the commonality between art and science and how human beings are hardwired to create. Using piano pieces to underscore his points, he will discuss how both art and science find comfort in patterns and define how to create something from nothing. Part piano recital and part lecture, this event will both entertain and enlighten, showing how creativity and innovation in art and science has impact on all our lives.

Special thanks to our sponsors CBRE/ The Boulos Company, Artel-usa.com, Rinck Advertising, TK &A, Maine Magazine and MaineBiz

Space is limited! Tickets are $35 each and corporate sponsorships are available.
Contact cynthia@mainecenterforcreativity.org to register today or call Jean at 207-730-0694.

In the next few weeks look for more information:

June The Art and Science of Food, Details Soon

October The Art and Science of Craft Brews, Details Soon

Comment by Rebecca Skeels on February 15, 2015 at 11:53am: HOTHOUSE BLOG
A blog charting the progress of the makers on the Hothouse programme

Hothouse is a programme of creative and business development for new makers. Hothouse 5 is taking place from February to July 2015 and here some of the makers talk about their expereinces.
http://www.craftscouncil.org.uk/articles/hothouse-blog?utm_source=C...

Comment by Rebecca Skeels on February 15, 2015 at 11:51am: What is Luxury?
What is Luxury? is a free Crafts Council and V&A exhibition, from 25 April to 27 September 2015 in the Porter Gallery at the V&A.

What is Luxury? will look at luxury today. Extraordinary works of craftsmanship will be on display including a couture gown by fashion designer Iris van Herpen and fine examples of haute horologerie by British watchmaker George Daniels, alongside more unexpected projects which explore the cultural value of materials such as gold, diamonds and plastic.

http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/exhibitions/what-is-luxury/

Comment by Rebecca Skeels on February 15, 2015 at 11:48am: Acts of Making
Acts of Making is a two week festival of craft performances, live installations and workshops taking place in Bilston, West Midlands, from 14 - 28 February and Gateshead, Tyne & Wear, from 7 - 21 March.

Over a fortnight visitors will be able to: witness the creation of a patterned carpet made entirely from dust; create their own music via logs; watch a colourful procession of Vespa and Lambretta scooters parade through the streets; be part of an ongoing collection of stories and photographs which look at our relationship with jewellery.

http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/shipley-art-gallery.html

Comment by Rebecca Skeels on February 15, 2015 at 11:40am: The First Decade Project
Hundreds of archive items such as sketchbooks, drawings, photos and letters from the Crafts Council Collection are going online this year as part of The First Decade Project

The First Decade Project, supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund, is the first step in digitising the Crafts Council Collection’s archive. The project will focus on 100 objects acquired between 1972 to 1982 in order to create a rich digital story for each. The project will go live in November 2015.

http://www.craftscouncil.org.uk/what-we-do/the-first-decade?utm_sou...