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New workshop with Ruudt Peters: Dream Now

A jewellery course by Ruudt Peters

assisted by Kerianne Quick

After the successes of the last years, this year Ruudt Peters is beginning his workshop in springtime under the…

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Added by Brigitte Martin on January 26, 2012 at 8:43am — No Comments

Bifei Cao is 2012 SNAG/crafthaus Scholarship Recipient

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Added by Brigitte Martin on January 23, 2012 at 10:30am — 4 Comments

Jewelry Courses in Florence

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Added by Brigitte Martin on January 21, 2012 at 10:05am — No Comments

Call for papers: Making it Relevant - a professional practice symposium

Making it Relevant - a professional practice symposium open to all aspiring and existing makers and exploring the influence of career paths and cultural heritage on contemporary craft practice.

Saturday 28th April 2012, 10.30am – 4pm (registration from 10am)

Delegate fee: £20 / £12.50 students. Discount available for groups of 5 or more.

A light lunch…

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Added by Brigitte Martin on January 18, 2012 at 11:02am — No Comments

Australian Furniture Maker Ross Annels receives 2012 Crafthaus Scholarship

Crafthaus is happy to announce that Australian furniture maker Ross Annels is the 2012 Crafthaus Scholarship recipient! Congratulations.…

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Added by Brigitte Martin on January 17, 2012 at 9:30am — 1 Comment

Art Jewelry Magazine Call for Artists! "Hardware Store Jewelry"

We're seeing more and more jewelry makers who are looking for alternative materials to help cut costs. There seems to be a trend toward "hardware store jewelry" -- jewelry made from bits and pieces that you can find at such non-traditional jewelry supply stores as ACE, TrueValue, Home Depot, Lowes, etc.

Have…

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Added by Brigitte Martin on January 13, 2012 at 11:29am — No Comments

The Perfect Craft Education ? Glenn Adamson writes for American Craft Magazine

Q: Let's say you could design an education for a promising 15-year-old craft artist, with cost as no issue. What sort of experiences, training, and learning would you want for that…

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Added by Brigitte Martin on January 13, 2012 at 10:00am — No Comments

$5,000 prize: AIA Medal of Honor Redesign - CALL FOR ENTRIES

AIA New York Chapter

Medal of Honor Redesign

CALL FOR ENTRIES

The AIA New York Chapter announces a competition for the redesign of the Medal of Honor. Conferred by the Chapter since 1914,…

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Added by Brigitte Martin on January 12, 2012 at 12:06pm — No Comments

Call: Sugarloaf Craft Festival

Maryland

Deadline: May 31, 2012

Sugarloaf Craft Festivals, one of the nation’s most prominent and popular juried shows of fine art and crafts, is now accepting applications from artists and craftspeople in all media for its Fall 2012 shows.

Exhibition space is available at every show in all categories, including fiber and fashion, photography, fine art, furniture, ceramics and pottery, blown and leaded glass, jewelry,…

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Added by Brigitte Martin on January 11, 2012 at 9:29am — No Comments

Call: The Ugly Necklace Competition

Deadline: March 15, 2012

A jewelry design competition with a twist. The contest presents a challenge not often tackled – at least intentionally. Here's your opportunity to show your design skills, your visual acumen, your senses and sensibilities. Can you put together a well-designed and functional, yet UGLY, necklace?

It’s Not Easy To Do Ugly! Your mind and eye won’t let you go there. As research into color and design has…

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Added by Brigitte Martin on January 11, 2012 at 9:27am — No Comments

Call: Metalsmith Exhibition in Print 2012

**The 2012 Metalsmith Exhibition in Print is holding a call for related work. The 2012 theme is “Gothic Jewelry,” with guest curator, Valerie Steele.** Steele is the Director and Chief Curator at the Museum at Fashion Institute of Technology in New York. Often quoted in the media, she’s been the subject of profiles in Forbes: “Fashion Professor,” and in the New York Times, “High-Heeled Historian,” as well as listed in the New York Daily…

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Added by Brigitte Martin on January 10, 2012 at 12:30pm — 2 Comments

Call: 2012 Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show

2012 Craft Show

The 36th Annual Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show, a juried exhibition and retail sale, will be held at the Pennsylvania Convention Center from November 8 to 11, 2012, with a preview party on November 7. The jury will accept 195 craft…

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Added by Brigitte Martin on January 10, 2012 at 8:55am — No Comments

Call: 1st annual World Championship Belt Buckle Competition

The 1st annual World Championship Belt Buckle Competition is a juried online exhibition inviting all one-of-a-kind, handcrafted, wearable examples in the belt buckle format including western, modern, fashion, narrative and conceptual.

60 finalists will…

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Added by Brigitte Martin on January 7, 2012 at 7:56am — No Comments

Humor in Craft - Publishing Date Released

Schiffer Publishing officially released the cover and other information regarding the Humor in Craft book:

Hardcover: 256 pages
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing (Release date: March 28,…

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Added by Brigitte Martin on January 4, 2012 at 11:55am — No Comments

FIT online course Materials and Properties

The Jewelry Design Department at FIT is offering an online course in materials used in the jewelry industry. This course provides a foundation of information to understand the efficient, safe use of traditional and alternative jewelry materials and manufacturing processes. Topics surveyed are safety, basic chemistry, properties of metals and stones, manufacturing processes, historic and economic backgrounds of precious metals, and social responsibility relative to mining, processing, and…

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Added by Brigitte Martin on January 2, 2012 at 9:13am — No Comments

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I come from a very different background than most at the conference. I apprenticed with a self taught flutemaker. After 3 years, the only CV I left with was a flute I made that got me hired by a Boston company. I designed my own flute from experience and imagination. To this day my work has always been my only resume.At the SNAG conference almost everyone had a college degree in the arts. Whenever a speaker was introduced, their education highlights were listed along with the schools they were…See More

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