What's New? Oct 7 Newsletter

MFA Student Interview Series | Kimmie Pledger

Posted by Jessica Todd

What is your best piece of financial advice for potential and/or current MFA students?

I don’t recommend getting a job while you are in grad school – there just isn’t time. I took out a loan but that isn’t always the way to go. Work hard to make and save money before you start school. Once grad school started, I began making work to sell over the summer, Christmas break, spring break, etc. An Etsy shop is great way to earn money. Use your studio access to your advantage to create work to sell, but concentrate on your grad work first.

Read the full interview here ...

Victoria Lansford posted a video Tansu Gothic:

I am in love with this work by Randi Parkhurst!
Tansu Gothic is a compelling work that challenges the notions and boundaries of book arts. From the first encounter, a sense of mystery is conveyed by the almost fortress-like architecture that is its exterior. A dizzying array of drawers, doors and hidden compartments only hint at what is within. The rich tone and textures of hand-painted papers and intricate handmade structures invite the viewer to explore the contents of this intriguing piece.

- Victoria

Automata, Blue John and Samurai

Posted by The Justified Sinner


I've begun to catch up with commissions and making stock work. Immediately, I'm working on a piece incorporating a small 9ct Edwardian brooch and some of the metal found on Dungeness beach.

Schmuck-date

Posted by Melissa Cameron

I don’t know about you, but I’ve had a bit of a time getting my Schmuck entry in this year. I’m finally done (phew!) but completing it did involve tedious word counts and emailing the images – a bit unusual. One thing it did not involve was Firefox, so try another browser. I had to use Safari.

Two new exhibitions at Velvet da Vinci: Hilary Pfeifer: Save Our Souls and Amber Chamber !

Join bead artists Nancy Josephson & Jan Huling for a 5 day Beadism Workshop in Puerto Vallarta!

20th Annual Northwest Jewelry and Metals Symposium!

Saturday, October 17th
Broadway Performance Hall
1625 Broadway, Seattle, WA 98122

Register Here!

The Seattle Metal Guild’s Symposium Committee are pleased to present the 20th Anniversary Northwest Jewelry and Metals Symposium!

This year’s stellar lineup includes the dynamic designer-creator partnership of Jessica Rosenkrantz and Jesse Louis-Rosenberg - better known as Nervous System, who together will present Growing Objects about their unique working methods, their title a nod to 3D printing jargon as well as the growth systems of flora and fauna that they replicate. Jewelry artist and writer Jillian Moore will talk Big Time, Small Potatoes about how the facets of her practice – making, writing, teaching and selling – are delicately fused together to form her creative career, while object maker and educator Christine Clark will expand on her love of craft and humanity and how these twin loves meet in her installations, and the residencies that have helped her in her artistic journey. Blacksmith John Rais will present The Process of Design, Large And Small, charting his career through his works, including the collaborations that have especially helped his larger objects. Finally, artist Jennifer Trask’s talk, Vestige: Written in Bone will expand on her practice, from the influence of archaeology, anthropology and biology to her metalsmith training, and her passion for the decorative arts.

Announcing SNAG's Emerging Curators Program in the Field of Jewelry and Metalwork

New in 2015: SNAG has identified the need to support emerging curators in the field of jewelry and metalwork. The Emerging Curators program offers grants up to $2,500 to assist an emerging curator or curators in executing an exhibition focused on jewelry and/or metalwork. Additional benefits also offered. A selection committee will award the grants.


Application deadline is December 1, 2015

Notification of results is January 2, 2016
Exhibition must be open before December 31, 2017

Learn more and apply

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