Brigitte Martin's Blog – August 2016 Archive (15)

2016 Halstead Design Challenge KINETIC - Stacy Rodgers "Various Species"

Stacy Rodgers

Various Species

Medium/Materials: Sterling silver, copper, brass, seashell

Dimensions:  4 x 4 x 1…

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Added by Brigitte Martin on August 29, 2016 at 1:00pm — No Comments

Craft Forms 2016 Call for Artists: The Nude Figure

Craft Forms 2016

22nd International Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Fine Craft

December 2, 2016 – January 28, 2017

 

Juror: Stefano Catalani, Director of Art, Craft & Design at the Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, WA…

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Otto von Busch - Featured Speaker at the ACC Conference in Omaha - October 2016

"Present Tense" featured speaker #OttoVonBusch has a question to get your gears turning for #ACCpt16. Thoughts?…

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Arrowmont’s Utilitarian Clay VII Symposium hosts four pottery exhibitions

Primal Pottery Project: Head (Ears)

Ole Jensen…

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Added by Brigitte Martin on August 26, 2016 at 8:29am — No Comments

Mike Monteiro: F*ck You, Pay Me

What is good advice for how to deal with a client who refuses to pay for design work because of obviously false/irrational reasons?

The most popular CreativeMornings talk of all time, Mike Monteiro gives valuable advice on how to get paid for the work that you…

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Added by Brigitte Martin on August 26, 2016 at 7:59am — No Comments

A Curious Turn: Moving Mechanical Sculpture – The Crafts Council exhibition at Habitat

Five Artists Reflect on their Waning Powers. Paul Spooner, 1983

A Curious Turn, an exhibition by Crafts Council at Habitat, explores the resurgence in automata making over the last 30 years and features works by the leading makers of these amazing moving mechanical…

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The London Design Festival - September 17-25, 2016

The London Design Festival is an annual event, held to celebrate and promote London as the design capital of the world and as the gateway to the international creative community. The next Festival will be held 17-25 September 2016.

Go to Festival's website…

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ESSA Looking For 2017 Instructors



Eureka Springs School of the Arts is seeking to expand its offerings of workshops in 2017 and is accepting proposals from qualified instructors to teach one, 

three and five day…
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Added by Brigitte Martin on August 25, 2016 at 6:47pm — No Comments

Umut Demirgüç Thurman and James Thurman featured in Ornament magazine

Congrats to metalsmith couple and crafthaus members Umut Demirgüç Thurman and James Thurman on their 6-page feature spread in the newest issue of Ornament magazine! Bravo. So happy to see this article…

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Added by Brigitte Martin on August 9, 2016 at 8:00am — No Comments

I.M.A.G.I.N.E. Peace Now!

Hello Friends!…

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THE CRAFT SCHOOL EXPERIENCE: AN EXPERIENCE I WISH FOR EVERYONE

Bill May is the executive director of Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts.  He established a studio specializing in architectural art glass which he directed for twenty-five years.



Twenty–eight years ago, having enrolled in my first…

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Get ready for the ACC Present Tense Conference in October!

Michael Strand received a standing ovation at the SNAG conference in Boston last year. No wonder, he's a great presenter and he will again play a big role at this ACC event in October. Love hearing his 8 reasons to join the ACC conference even though I needed no convincing because I am already…

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Added by Brigitte Martin on August 6, 2016 at 5:30am — No Comments

Morbid Anatomy Museum, Brooklyn, NY

Many of you may know that I am fascinated by taxidermy, the extreme kind (see past blog.) After all, what is taxidermy but a craft? A skill that can…

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Added by Brigitte Martin on August 2, 2016 at 10:00am — 3 Comments

Make it Shake, Rattle & Spin - The Halstead Design Challenge

Gabrielle Gould, "Spring Garden View"

Medium/Materials: Copper, brass, sterling, shells, feathers

Dimensions: 4 x 4 x 1 inches

Photographer: Gabrielle Gould

SOLD!



Artist Statement:

My Kinetic design…

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Added by Brigitte Martin on August 2, 2016 at 8:21am — No Comments

Racine Art Museum's Online Art Auction is now live

"Double Bind", Artist: Patricia Hickman, Medium: Fiber, Dimensions: 10" x 6", Date of Work: 2010

Retail Value: $1,000

RAM's Art from the Heart Art Auction

Bidding ends August 4, 2016 at 5:00 pm…

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Added by Brigitte Martin on August 1, 2016 at 9:59am — No Comments

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