What's New? July 23 Newsletter

The MASSC Jewelry Challenge

Posted by Angelina Ciulik

The Metal Arts Society of Southern California invited its membership to enter into a jewelry challenge as an avenue to participate and push themselves. Each of the participants received identical kits with materials which in the end would be bent, hammered, stretched, soldered, riveted and morphed into the finished pieces. They were given a timeline of 6 weeks to complete and return the finished piece. Photos were taken of everybody’s pieces and a luncheon was held for the members to vote on their three favorite pieces. The event was very successful and I’m proud to say that my entry received honorable mention.

I take a lot of in progress photos so I’d like to show you how I went about creating my locket.

Morgan Herrin - Carvings in 2 by 4s

Based in Richmond, Virginia artist Morgan Herrin transforms the most humble material—laminated construction grade 2x4s—into spectacularly detailed figurative sculptures. His choice of imagery is surreal: a noble 15th century knight melts into a network of dripping stalagmites or a classical marble bust that is overgrown with parasitic sea creatures. The resulting works are a fascinating juxtaposition of material and subject matter that require up to a year of labor to produce.

Retracing my steps: Explorations in Fiber Sculpture at Arrowmont

Class Day at Arrowmont - Day 3

- blog post by Amber O'Harrow, 2014 Arrowmont / crafthaus Workshop Scholarship Recipient

Day 3 was a busy and productive day.  We started with a slide show, which included my, now, favorite work by Pat Hickman.  I can’t remember what it is called, but they are little lizards, that she FOUND dead and encased in gut…superb!  Our assignment for today was to think about time.

 

Midsummer

Posted by The Justified Sinner

As usual, I've relocated to the South Coast for the summer and have been doing very little to do with work. Since my last post, I've had my friend and fellow-jeweller, Madelyn Smoak with us here and that has lead to adventures.


We started off in London at Tate Britain to see the British Folk Art show. This is an interesting show but somehow rather unsatisfying. I am really glad that the show has been put together but it feels rather sparse with plenty of space around the works which are spread over three distinct sections. One of these sections has about 20 ships' figureheads in it. The objects themselves are fascinating and for me, the naive paintings hold a special charm. In my opinion, what lets this show down is that it is very definitely a "gallery show": as someone who goes out of his way to look at folk art and naive paintings wherever I can find them, I am used to seeing them in situations which are themselves intriguing.

Game Changers: Fiber Art Masters and Innovators

Game Changers: Fiber Art Masters and Innovators are artists, past and present, who continuously revisit traditional techniques and materials while developing revolutionary approaches in the realm of fiber art. Every work in the exhibition was chosen to showcase the individual practice of each invited artist. Some of these creators have been working in the public eye for decades, and some have produced pieces specific to the exhibit, making this their first museum showing. All of them epitomize the dynamism and fluidity of work in fiber. These artists thread humanity’s oldest cultural impulses into the world of contemporary art.

Hella Jongerius: Craftmanship in Industrial Design

Hella Jongerius works at the intersection of craft and industrial design, focusing specifically on the imperfections, or the human element in design. Her work is concerned with facilitating a relationship between an object and a human being. Here she also shows how design reflects the human condition, a condition which is often fragile. Jongerius also talks about the connections that design creates.

A new brick and mortar shop in Hamilton, Ontario (Canada) is looking for jewellery and fashion designers. Owner Shilo Morton offers consignment with 60% to the designer.
Website:  www.iloveshine.ca with info.
(Thank you to Rickson Sharkey for the tip!)

Daniel Agdag - Sketching with Cardboard

Daniel Agdag on sculpting with cardboard:

"It began as pure necessity. I had a small space to work in and it was a very convenient. I just needed a blade, a ruler, some cardboard and a cutting mat."

Blog post by The Justified Sinner

Enjoy this wonderful video about one of my great heroes, Kevin Coates, as he makes the pieces for his "Bestiary" exhibition at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, soon to be on tour around the UK, including a visit to Edinburgh in 2015.

Gillian Bates - Seascape Embroidery

Gillian Bates is a UK-based textile artist who specializes in embroidery to capture memories of seaside Britain. Her work is done as if she’s drawing with needle and thread instead of a pen, as she makes her mark by using a freehand machine, embroidering on white cotton drill fabric. The blocks of colors on the canvas are a mix of reclaimed, recycled & new fabrics sewed into place.

Jeremy Mayer - Typewriter Assemblage

I was born in Northern Minnesota in the US of A in the 1970's. I moved to Northern California in 1990. I have no formal art training. I disassemble typewriters and then reassemble them into full-scale, anatomically correct human figures. I do not solder, weld, or glue these assemblages together- the process is entirely cold assembly. I do not introduce any part to the assemblage that did not come from a typewriter.

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