Interdisciplinary. Community. Advocacy. Humor.
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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ACJ site redesign
New website layout launched 24 May 2014.
We hope you will find the site easier to use!
Our email addresses have also been redirected, and we may have some teething problems. If you do not receive an answer within 3 days, please resend your email.
New features: we will soon publish catalogues for exhibitions , and issues of past Findings magazines.
The Archive section gives details of our extensive activities, and various events in the jewellery field.
Comments & suggestions are welcome: projects@acj.org.uk
Job Opp at the UL Design Museum:
Reports to: Curator Permanent Collection Display
Department: Project
Hours: 1248 hours per annum (an average of 3 days a week)
Contract: Fixed term 1 year
The Collection Officer is responsible for the smooth and timely delivery of a new Collection Management System and checking, developing and improving object metadata to the highest standards. The Collection Officer will support the Curator, Permanent Collection Display in the management of the collection and the development of a museum archive and library. The Collection Officer will also assist in research and development of Permanent Collection Display where appropriate.
Please quote Job Ref: Collection Officer/2014 in email subject header
Closing date for applications: Monday 9 June 2014
Interviews: Tuesday 17 June 2014 at 9am
You and your guests are cordially invited to the private view of the exhibition
Estynnir gwahoddiad cynnes i chi a’ch gwesteion i wyliad preifat o’r arddangosf
http://www.lgac.org.uk/invite_spirit.html
Inspired by the glacial landscapes, strata and hues during a charity trek to Everest Base Camp, Spirit Collection features bold, sculptural statement pieces. A collaboration with PDR at Cardiff Metropolitan University, the pieces are virtually carved out of clay with haptic arm technology and 3D printed before being finished by hand.
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Wedi ei ysbrydoli gan y tirweddau, y strata a’r arlliwiau rhewlifol yn ystod taith gerdded elusennol i Wersyll Cyntaf Everest, mae casgliad Spirit yn cynnwys darnau cerfluniol beiddgar a thrawiadol. Caiff y darnau, sy’n ffrwyth cydweithio â PDR ym Mhrifysgol Metropolitan Caerdydd, eu cerfio’n rhithiol allan o glai trwy ddefnyddio technoleg braich gyffyrddiadol a’u hargraffu’n 3D cyn cael eu caboli â llaw.
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Jewellery Showcase / Arddangosfa Gemwaith
Beth Legg
The remote environment Beth comes from in the far north coast of Scotland has always strongly influenced her work. Fascinated by the hinterlands and quiet edges of places, her jewellery reflects on the often bleak and fragile nature of this environment. She works instinctively with the materials rather than contriving designs beforehand. “I like to think of the body as a landscape - the jewellery pieces are transformed when worn and the wearer appropriates the narrative of the landscape and forms their own associations through the piece.”
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Mae’r ardal anghysbell y daw Beth ohoni, ar unigeddau pell arfordir gogledd Yr Alban, wastad wedi dylanwadau’n sylweddol ar ei gwaith. Gan fod perfeddwlad a chyrion tawel amrywiol ardaloedd yn ei rhyfeddu, mae ei gemwaith yn myfyrio ar natur fregus a digon anial yr amgylcheddau hyn. Bydd yn gweithio’n reddfol â’r deunyddiau’n hytrach na dyfeisio cynlluniau ymlaen llaw. “Rwy’n hoffi ystyried y corff fel tirwedd – caiff y darnau o emwaith eu trawsnewid o’u gwisgo a bydd y person sy’n eu gwisgo’n mabwysiadu naratif y tirwedd gan lunio eu cysylltiadau eu hunain trwy’r gwaith.”
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Craft Showcase / Arddangosfa Crefft
Alison Graham
Alison’s work is inspired by the transient nature of colours and surfaces in the landscape, specifically the Lake District in northern England where she grew up, and the Gower Peninsula in South Wales where she regularly goes surfing. She creates sensations of depth and movement by hand-painting glazes onto porcelain forms. Interactions between the colours of both clays and glazes are explored, experimenting with hue, luminosity, translucency and transparency of the surface, to create visual effects that appear ambiguous or nebulous.
Caiff gwaith Alison ei ysbrydoli gan natur byrhoedlog lliwiau ac arwynebau yn y tirwedd, yn enwedig ardal y llynnoedd yng ngogledd Lloegr ble y’i maged, a Phenrhyn Gŵyr yn Ne Cymru, ble y bydd yn mynd i syrffio’n aml. Bydd yn creu ymdeimlad o ddyfnder a symudiad trwy baentio gwydredd â llaw ar wrthrychau porslen. Bydd yn archwilio’r rhyngweithiadau rhwng lliwiau’r clai yn ogystal â’r gwydredd, gan arbrofi ag arlliwiau, disgleirdeb, tryleuder a thryloywedd yr arwyneb, er mwyn creu effeithiau gweledol sy’n ymddangos yn amwys neu’n aneglur.
Monday to Friday / Dydd Llun i Ddydd Gwener 9.30am-5pm
Saturday / Dydd Sadwrn 9.30am-4pm
Admission is free / Mynediad am ddim
Registered charity no: 1006933. Company Limited by guarantee no: 2616241.
Elusen Gofrestredig rhif: 1006933. Cwmni Cyfyngedig trwy Warant rhif: 2616241.
DOORS OPEN AT 10AM TODAY!
The time has come for May Design Series 2014 to open its doors. Prepare to be amazed by top products, ideas and inspiration. As the sun is shining, celebrate the start of the British summer with a glass of Pimm's on us - pick yours up from the champagne bar from 12pm!
You should have got your badge in the post, but don't worry if not - simply bring along your registration key and print another one when you arrive at the show.
YOUR REGISTRATION KEY IS: 0g5k7nqxj6e1h
Opening Times:
Sunday 18 May: 10am - 6pm
Monday 19 May: 10am - 8pm - join us for a drink from 5.30pm. Drinks sponsored by Wandsworth Group
Tuesday 20 May: 10am - 5pm
How to get here:
The easiest way to travel to ExCeL is via the DLR. Please alight at the PRINCE REGENT stop for easy access to the May Design Series.
For more information on travelling by car, rail, tube, river, cable car or air please click here.
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