Revere Academy Announces New Scholarship Contest for Beaders



The Revere Academy of Jewelry Arts is offering a new scholarship aimed at the beading community. 

The respected jewelry school is now offering a complete scholarship for any of its 3-day classes to …

Someone from the World Entertainment News Network just contacted me about seeing this article about my ring: http://www.odditycentral.com/pics/pimple-popper-ring-is-one-disgusting-piece-of-jewelry.html

They want to feature my ring!!!

I found it very entertaining…

Since Thursday evening last week, it has been absolutely non-stop! I spent the weekend in Birmingham, the home of the jewellery industry in the UK and a city I love for its energy, friendliness and genuine multi-culturalism: ignore the naysayers who deride the place... It is WELL worth a visit.

The reason for visiting Birmingham this time was for a board meeting of the Association for Contemporary Jewellery, roughly the UK equivalent of SNAG, albeit on a slightly smaller…

Toshiko Takaezu was an especially strong influence on my work as a potter in the early 1970’s.  She made wonderful large, quiet pieces and was a strong role model for me as a woman in a field then heavily dominated by men.  Her esthetic has continued to be a reminder to me as a metalsmith of the strength and beauty in seemingly simple organic forms.

Safe journey, Toshiko…

Genevieve's Visiting Artist program is going strong and she has two other wonderfully talented instructors/artists coming up!

August 5-6, 2011 Forging Fine Silver with Michael David Sturlin

September 6-10, 2011 Hydraulic Press A-Z with Cynthia Eid

Along with the fabulous instructors above more are being added along with a developing schedule…

If you'll be in Seattle for SNAG, I hope you'll check out the show "Art by Attrition" at Kobo Gallery at Higo.

Curated by Julia Harrison, the show features pieces made by artists who use subtractive or reductive techniques to produce their forms.  "Subtractive processes have a particular dynamic.  When using these techniques, all of the material that an artist will have to work with is present from the beginning and, once removed, cannot be replaced.  This exhibition will call attention…

I have been feeling very nostalgic for San Francisco since my visit there last November. Strangely this is always triggered when I see a house in New Jersey with a stucco exterior.  I realized the places I lived the longest or during important turning points in my life were all stuccoed. I never realized that this visual memory was so strong. I felt something like this when I moved back to S.F. after living in Wisconsin for three years, I thought I longed to see the ocean again, but what hit…

I have a feeling that many artists and makers are confused about the different digital images.

 Are you confused about:

• RAW
• PSD
• TIFF
• JPG
• GIF
• PNG…

Please take a moment to congratulate fellow crafthauser Jan Huling on making the cover of the newest American Craft Magazine.  Inside this issue is a nice 2-page spread about her work !

Awesome !…

For those of you who cannot make it to the conference this year I will be bogging my experience every day.

Here is a posting I made today:

http://artbywinona.blogspot.com/

Thanks for reading!

Off to Birmingham this weekend to meet with fellow jewellers and Crafthaus members, Miriam Rowe and Yi Liu. I'm going down for a meeting of the board of the Association for Contemporary Jewellery and it's always good to make these things a bit social too.

Been doing a lot of work on "A Forest" too. I managed to complete the top of the main box structure:

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“Craft in America – Messages” – to be aired nationally on PBS on May 24, 2011 at 8pm (7pm in New Orleans). Please check your local listing to confirm your time if not noted here.…

The big picture: Crafthaus

Well, I got loads done today despite having a strange 'flu-like thing which is making me cough a lot and sneeze loads - not good for soldering - without making me feel bad in any other way... 

Attached most of the top section of "A Forest": 

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We are pleased to announce that the Metropolitan Museum of Art has purchased a Thomas Gentille etching and aquatint which was shown during his solo exhibition atGallery Loupe in October 2010. 

The etching will be accompanied by the companion armlet which was given by the artist in honor of one of his great art instructors, Clay Walker.